macOS
Homebrewvérifié · 100%
brew install nestlocal Homebrew formula metadata
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Installer nest avec Homebrew, dnf, Nix
Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de nest pour les workflows d'agents IA.
installation
Commandes d'installation supplémentaires
Linux
Fedora dnfvérifié · 92%
sudo dnf install nestFedora Rawhide package metadata · nest · Source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixvérifié · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#nestnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ne/nest/package.nix · Source: api.github.com
aperçu
Résumé du paquet
Neural Simulation Tool (NEST) with Python3 bindings (PyNEST)
Liens du projet
Commandes et alias
- nest
- nest-config
- nest-server
- nest-server-mpi
- nest_indirect
- nest_serial
- nest_vars.sh
- sli
historique
Historique du projet et usages
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.
Historique du projet
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.
Historique d'adoption
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.
Modes d'utilisation
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.
Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent
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.
Chronologie
- 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
Sources
- https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/nest
- https://nest-simulator.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
- https://nest-simulator.readthedocs.io/en/v3.9/tutorials/pynest_tutorial/part_1_neurons_and_simple_neural_networks.html
- https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroinformatics/articles/10.3389/neuro.11.012.2008/full
- https://www.nest-simulator.org/
posture de sécurité
Niveau de risque : blue
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
Classificateur de risque
risque blue · confiance moyen · tool
Pourquoi
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
Signaux
- text:server
Comportement d'installation
- Aucun hook post-install Homebrew n’est enregistré dans les métadonnées de formule.
- Les métadonnées de bottle Homebrew sont disponibles pour 6 plateformes.
- S’installe avec 6 dépendances d’exécution.
- Les métadonnées de compilation listent 2 dépendances de compilation.
Revue recommandée
Avant une utilisation sans surveillance par un agent, vérifiez si l'outil lit des identifiants en clair, écrit un état distant, publie des artefacts ou lance des plugins.
exécutables
Exécutables installés
| Commande | Type | Exposition | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
nest | cli | exécutable global | |
nest-config | cli | exécutable global | |
nest-server | cli | exécutable global | |
nest-server-mpi | cli | exécutable global | |
nest_indirect | cli | exécutable global | |
nest_serial | cli | exécutable global | |
nest_vars.sh | cli | exécutable global | |
sli | cli | exécutable global |
fraîcheur
Version et fraîcheur
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page générée2026-07-25
version du gestionnaire3.10
gestionnaire mis à jour2026-06-11
données localesOK
amontà jour
dernière version détectéev3.10
https://github.com/nest/nest-simulator
- OKAucun avertissement de fraîcheur n'a été généré.
métadonnées d'installation
Métadonnées du paquet
| Clé du paquet | brew:nest |
|---|---|
| Version | 3.10 |
| Gestionnaire de paquets | Homebrew |
| Page du gestionnaire de paquets | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/nest |
| Page d'accueil | https://www.nest-simulator.org/ |
| Dépôt | https://github.com/nest/nest-simulator |
| Docs amont | https://github.com/nest/nest-simulator#readme |
| Licence | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Archive source | https://github.com/nest/nest-simulator/archive/refs/tags/v3.10.tar.gz |
| Dernière mise à jour | 2026-06-11T04:05:35Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dépendances | gsl, libomp, libtool, numpy, python@3.14, readline |
| Dépendances de compilation | cmake, cython |
| Bibliothèques fournies par macOS | ncurses |
| Bouteille | disponible (sur arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| post-install Homebrew | non défini |
| Service | aucun déclaré |
| Précautions | The 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. |
faits du registre
Détails de la base source
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | nest |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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correspondances dans les bases sources
Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets
Les correspondances proviennent d’index externes de gestionnaires de paquets et restent séparées des liens de paquets Automic Vault locaux.
Nix95%
nest
nix profile install nixpkgs#nest- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Nest
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 Dépendances
- 4 fournit
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Nest
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 fournit
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Nest
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 Dépendances
- 2 fournit
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Nest
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 fournit
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Nest
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 Dépendances
- 4 fournit
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Nest
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 fournit
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Nest
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 Dépendances
- 2 fournit
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Nest
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 Dépendances
- 4 fournit
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Nest
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 fournit
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Nest
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 Dépendances
- 2 fournit
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Nest
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 Dépendances
- 5 fournit
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Nest
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 Dépendances
- 3 fournit
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Nest
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 Dépendances
- 3 fournit
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : Nest
piste source
Généré depuis les données du dépôt
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Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Sources utilisées
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment