Table of Contents

• Welcome to the NEST simulator documentation!
  • How the documentation is organized
  • Contribute
    • Links to other projects:

User Documentation

• Download NEST
  • Download the current version of NEST here:
  • Download the NEST Live Media for Virtual Machines
  • Previous Releases
• Installation Instructions
• Getting Started
  • A quick overview of simulating neural networks
  • How do I use NEST?
  • Physical units in NEST
  • Next Steps
• Tutorials
  • Part 1: Neurons and simple neural networks
  • Part 2: Populations of neurons
  • Part 3: Connecting networks with synapses
  • Part 4: Topologically structured networks
  • Introduction to the MUSIC Interface
  • Connect two NEST simulations using MUSIC
  • MUSIC Connections in C++ and Python
  • The pymusic interface
  • Practical Tips
  • Video Tutorial Series
• Example Neural Networks in NEST
• Guides
  • Analog recording with multimeter
  • Connection Management
  • Parallel Computing
  • Random numbers
  • Scheduling and simulation flow
  • Simulations with gap junctions
  • Simulations with precise spike times
  • Using NEST with MUSIC
• Getting Help
  • Have a specific question or problem with NEST?
  • Getting help on the command line interface
  • Set up the integrated helpdesk
• Reference Material

Getting Involved

• NEST Community
  • Mailing List
  • Contributing to NEST
  • Reporting bugs
  • Become a NEST member
• Publications
• Developer Space
• NEST-Initiative

• License
  • GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
  • Preamble
  • GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE