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nest

nest-simulator

NEST is a simulator for spiking neural network models that focuses on the dynamics, size and structure of neural systems rather than on the exact morphology of individual neurons.
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Shared Repository

This package shares its GitHub repository (nest/nest-simulator) with 1 other package. Stars, forks, and other GitHub metrics reflect the entire repository.
Downloads
Day
1.3K
Week
1.4K
Month
4.9K
Stars
643
Forks
399
Issues
185
Version
3.10.0rc2

Package Insights

What's this?
Score breakdown - each component scores 0–100, weighted by percentage
Maintenance
60
Popularity
65
Adoption
36
Community
100
How the maintenance status was determined
Last commit
14 days ago
Monthly downloads
4,897
• Active
Activity within 30 days
Stable
Activity within 31-180 days
Minimal
Activity within 181-365 days, or no activity data
At Risk
No activity for > 365 days, but > 10,000 monthly downloads
Archived
Repository flagged as archived on GitHub
How the popularity category was determined
Monthly downloads
4,897
Stars
643
Stars per 1k downloads
131.30
Industry Standard
> 10,000,000 monthly downloads
Hidden Gem
< 0.5 stars per 1k downloads and > 100,000 monthly downloads
• Community Favorite
> 5 stars per 1k downloads
Rising Star
Balanced ratio of stars to downloads
Unknown
Fewer than 1,000 monthly downloads, or no star data
How download momentum is calculated
Week daily avg
202
Month daily avg
163
Momentum
—
((week_daily_avg - month_daily_avg) / month_daily_avg) * 100
Momentum not reported for packages with < 5,000 monthly downloads — percentages are noisy at low volume.
Python version support tiers
requires_python
<4.0,>=3.9
Cutting Edge
Minimum supported version is 3.12 or newer
• Modern
Minimum supported version is 3.9, 3.10, or 3.11
Legacy
Supports 3.8 or older (or Python 2)
Unknown
No requires_python specified or unparseable
License categories
License
GNU General Public License v2.0
• Permissive
MIT, Apache, BSD, ISC, Unlicense, CC0, etc.
Copyleft
GPL, LGPL, AGPL, MPL, EPL, etc.
Proprietary
Commercial, all rights reserved, custom EULAs
Unknown
No license specified, or none of the above match
How the release cadence was determined
Last release
2 days ago
Total releases
2
Releases/year
9.5
Rapid
Last release within 365 days and > 12 releases/year
• Regular
Last release within 365 days
Slow
Last release 366-730 days ago
Stalled
Last release > 730 days ago, or no releases
Unknown
No usable release date available
How contributor risk was determined
Contributors
141
Monthly downloads
4,897
High Load
≤ 2 contributors and ≥ 50,000 monthly downloads
Moderate Load
< 10 contributors and ≥ 500,000 monthly downloads
Low Load
< 25 contributors and ≥ 5,000,000 monthly downloads, or sole maintainer with ≥ 10,000 monthly downloads
• Balanced
Enough contributors for the package's popularity
Unknown
No contributor data available
Engagement
80
 
Issue Burden
287.7
per 1k stars
Discussions
0.0
per 1k stars
Fork Ratio
35.3%
contrib / forks
Stale Release
No
 
PR Velocity
Quiet
 

Weekly Downloads

GitHub Stars

Not all downloads include detailed metadata. Breakdowns reflect the subset that does.

Downloads by OS

No OS data available

Python Versions

No Python version data available

Top Countries

1. KR KR
11
2. US US
11
3. HK HK
6
4. CA CA
1

Dependencies

3
59 optional dependencies

Used By

0
Not used by any tracked packages

Package Information

License
GNU General Public License v2.0
First Release
February 18, 2026
Last Release
2 days ago
Last Commit
2 weeks ago
Latest Version
3.10.0rc2
Total Releases
2
Contributors
141
Open PRs
49
Archived
No
Python Versions
3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14
Wheels
cp310 cp311 cp312 cp313 cp39
Keywords
nest simulator neuroscience neural neuron network ai spike spiking
Topics
nest neurons simulation-toolkit point-neurons nest-simulator python simulator cpp
Tracking Since
April 26, 2026
Data Updated
May 3, 2026
Data Freshness
Fresh

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