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Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für nest in AI-Agent-Workflows.

InstallationsbefehlSicherheitshinweise

Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%
brew install nest

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Fedora dnfverifiziert · 92%
sudo dnf install nest

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · nest · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverifiziert · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#nest

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ne/nest/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Neural Simulation Tool (NEST) with Python3 bindings (PyNEST)

Befehle und Aliase

  • nest
  • nest-config
  • nest-server
  • nest-server-mpi
  • nest_indirect
  • nest_serial
  • nest_vars.sh
  • sli

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

NEST is a long-running open source simulator for spiking neural-network models. Its niche is computational neuroscience models where the dynamics, scale, and connectivity of neuron populations matter more than detailed single-neuron morphology.

Projektgeschichte

The NEST project traces its public history to a 1994 release under the name SYNOD and later became the NEural Simulation Tool. The project is coordinated by the NEST Initiative and distributed under GPL-2.0-or-later.

A major adoption shift was PyNEST: the 2008 PyNEST paper describes NEST as a C++ simulation kernel designed for large systems and explains why the project moved from its native SLI simulation language toward Python as the user-facing workflow.

Adoptionsgeschichte

NEST is used mainly in computational neuroscience, especially for large networks of point neurons, plasticity models, cortical-network examples, and reproducible simulator benchmarks. The project site describes a large developer community and support for systems ranging from laptops to clusters and supercomputers.

Homebrew analytics show a specialist but active macOS/Linux package audience: the formula listed 806 installs in the 365-day window visible on the formula page, all on request.

Wie es verwendet wird

Package users normally install it to get the `nest` command and PyNEST bindings. In practice, researchers write Python scripts or notebooks that import `nest`, create neuron/device nodes, connect populations, run `nest.Simulate(...)`, and analyze spike or voltage traces with Python scientific tooling.

The package-nerd angle is that the Python bindings are tied to the Homebrew Python used by the formula; the formula notes that PyNEST is installed with the `python@3.14` dependency and points users at that interpreter path.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

NEST is significant less as a general CLI and more as a packaged scientific runtime: it pulls together a C++ simulator, Python bindings, numerical dependencies, and examples into something reproducible enough for papers, workshops, and neuroscience teaching.

Zeitleiste

  • 1994: first released under the name SYNOD, according to the NEST project site.
  • 2007: Gewaltig and Diesmann published the Scholarpedia NEST citation used for older NEST versions.
  • 2008: PyNEST paper published, documenting the Python interface and the motivation for moving beyond SLI.
  • June 2026: NEST 3.10 listed as the current release on the NEST homepage and Homebrew formula.

Related projects

  • PyNEST
  • NEST Desktop
  • NESTML
  • NESTGPU
  • PyNN
  • Elephant

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risikoklassifikator

blue Risiko · mittel Konfidenz · tool

Warum

  • broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signale

  • text:server

Installationsverhalten

  • In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
  • Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 6 Plattformziele verfügbar.
  • Installiert mit 6 Laufzeitabhängigkeiten.
  • Build-Metadaten listen 2 Build-Abhängigkeiten.

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Executables

Installierte Executables

BefehlArtSichtbarkeitHinweis
nestcliglobales Executable
nest-configcliglobales Executable
nest-servercliglobales Executable
nest-server-mpicliglobales Executable
nest_indirectcliglobales Executable
nest_serialcliglobales Executable
nest_vars.shcliglobales Executable
slicliglobales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.

Seite generiert2026-07-25
Manager-Version3.10
Manager aktualisiert2026-06-11
lokale DatenOK
Upstreamaktuell
neueste erkannte Versionv3.10

https://github.com/nest/nest-simulator

  • OKEs wurden keine Aktualitätswarnungen generiert.

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüsselbrew:nest
Version3.10
PaketmanagerHomebrew
Paketmanager-Seitehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/nest
Homepagehttps://www.nest-simulator.org/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/nest/nest-simulator
Upstream-Dokumentationhttps://github.com/nest/nest-simulator#readme
LizenzGPL-2.0-or-later
Quellarchivhttps://github.com/nest/nest-simulator/archive/refs/tags/v3.10.tar.gz
Zuletzt aktualisiert2026-06-11T04:05:35Z
Pulseupdated
Abhängigkeitengsl, libomp, libtool, numpy, python@3.14, readline
Build-Abhängigkeitencmake, cython
Von macOS bereitgestellte Bibliothekenncurses
Bottleverfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnicht definiert
Dienstkeiner deklariert
EinschränkungenThe PyNEST bindings and its dependencies are installed with the python@3.14 formula. If you want to use PyNEST, use the Python interpreter from this path: $HOMEBREW_CELLAR/python@3.14/3.14.6/bin You may want to add this to your PATH.

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namenest
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

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Nix95%

nest

nix profile install nixpkgs#nest
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Nest
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ne/nest/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
dnf95%

nest 3.8-11.fc45

The neural simulation tool

http://www.nest-simulator.org/

sudo dnf install nest
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later and MIT and LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: nest
  • 18 Abhängigkeiten
  • 4 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Nest
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: nest from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

nest-common 3.8-11.fc45

Common files for nest

http://www.nest-simulator.org/

sudo dnf install nest-common
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later and MIT and LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: nest
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Nest
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: nest-common from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

nest-devel 3.8-11.fc45

Development files for nest

http://www.nest-simulator.org/

sudo dnf install nest-devel
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later and MIT and LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: nest
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • 2 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Nest
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: nest-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

nest-doc 3.8-11.fc45

Documentation for nest

http://www.nest-simulator.org/

sudo dnf install nest-doc
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later and MIT and LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: nest
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Nest
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: nest-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

nest-mpich 3.8-11.fc45

nest built with mpich

http://www.nest-simulator.org/

sudo dnf install nest-mpich
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later and MIT and LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: nest
  • 22 Abhängigkeiten
  • 4 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Nest
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: nest-mpich from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

nest-mpich-common 3.8-11.fc45

Common files for nest built with mpich support

http://www.nest-simulator.org/

sudo dnf install nest-mpich-common
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later and MIT and LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: nest
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Nest
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: nest-mpich-common from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

nest-mpich-devel 3.8-11.fc45

Header files for nest built with mpich support

http://www.nest-simulator.org/

sudo dnf install nest-mpich-devel
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later and MIT and LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: nest
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • 2 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Nest
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: nest-mpich-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

nest-openmpi 3.8-11.fc45

nest built with openmpi

http://www.nest-simulator.org/

sudo dnf install nest-openmpi
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later and MIT and LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: nest
  • 20 Abhängigkeiten
  • 4 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Nest
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: nest-openmpi from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

nest-openmpi-common 3.8-11.fc45

Common files for nest built with openmpi support

http://www.nest-simulator.org/

sudo dnf install nest-openmpi-common
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later and MIT and LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: nest
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Nest
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: nest-openmpi-common from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

nest-openmpi-devel 3.8-11.fc45

Development files for nest built with openmpi support

http://www.nest-simulator.org/

sudo dnf install nest-openmpi-devel
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later and MIT and LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: nest
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • 2 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Nest
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: nest-openmpi-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

python3-nest 3.8-11.fc45

Python3 bindings for nest

http://www.nest-simulator.org/

sudo dnf install python3-nest
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later and MIT and LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: nest
  • 12 Abhängigkeiten
  • 5 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Nest
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-nest from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

python3-nest-mpich 3.8-11.fc45

Python3 bindings for nest with mpich support

http://www.nest-simulator.org/

sudo dnf install python3-nest-mpich
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later and MIT and LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: nest
  • 12 Abhängigkeiten
  • 3 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Nest
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-nest-mpich from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

python3-nest-openmpi 3.8-11.fc45

Python3 bindings for nest with openmpi support

http://www.nest-simulator.org/

sudo dnf install python3-nest-openmpi
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later and MIT and LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: nest
  • 12 Abhängigkeiten
  • 3 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Nest
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-nest-openmpi from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

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  • gslRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • libtoolRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • numpyRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • python@3.14Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • cmakeBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • cythonBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

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