JuRSE Code of the Month - December 2024

Each month we highlight a code from Forschungszentrum Jülich and this month's code is developed at the Institute of Advanced Simulation, Computational and Systems Neuroscience (IAS-6), and the Peter Grünberg Institut, Neuromorphic Software Ecosystems (PGI-15).

NEST
NEST is a simulator for spiking neuronal networks. A well tested and efficient tool, NEST works on your laptop and also on the world’s largest supercomputers to study behaviour of large networks of neurons.

JuRSE selected highlights
This code's documentation is thorough and includes key components for both users and developers, such as tutorials, examples, and style guidelines. NEST uses GitHub for issue tracking, with instructions and a template on how to report problems. They leverage GitHub Actions to have extensive CI workflows.

More information
Website: https://www.nest-simulator.org
RSD: https://helmholtz.software/software/nest
GitHub: https://github.com/nest/nest-simulator