# 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 ```sh sudo av install brew:nest ``` Commandes d'installation supplémentaires: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install nest ``` Preuve: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install nest ``` Preuve: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: nest from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#nest ``` Preuve: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ne/nest/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Faits du paquet - **Clé du paquet:** brew:nest - **Gestionnaire de paquets:** Homebrew - **Page du gestionnaire de paquets:** - **Version:** 3.10 - **Résumé source:** Neural Simulation Tool (NEST) with Python3 bindings (PyNEST) - **Page d'accueil:** - **Dépôt:** - **Docs amont:** - **Licence:** GPL-2.0-or-later - **Archive source:** - **Dernière mise à jour:** 2026-06-11T04:05:35Z - **Généré:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00 ## exécutables - nest-config (cli) - nest-server (cli) - nest-server-mpi (cli) - nest-config (alias) - nest-server (alias) - nest-server-mpi (alias) ## Dépendances - gsl - libomp - libtool - numpy - python@3.14 - readline ## Dépendances de compilation - cmake - cython ## Bibliothèques fournies par macOS - ncurses ## Comportement d'installation - hook post-installation: non défini - 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. - Bouteille: disponible sur arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Version et fraîcheur - page générée: 2026-08-04 - version du gestionnaire: 3.10 - gestionnaire mis à jour: 2026-06-11 - données locales: OK - dépôt amont: https://github.com/nest/nest-simulator - dernière version détectée: v3.10 (à jour) ## 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 - - - - - ## Notes de sécurité broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Risque Geiger:** blue / moyen - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## 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:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets - Nix - nest: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ne/nest/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - dnf - nest - 3.8-13.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: nest from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst | The neural simulation tool | http://www.nest-simulator.org/ - dnf - nest-common - 3.8-13.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: nest-common from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst | Common files for nest | http://www.nest-simulator.org/ - dnf - nest-devel - 3.8-13.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: nest-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst | Development files for nest | http://www.nest-simulator.org/ - dnf - nest-doc - 3.8-13.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: nest-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst | Documentation for nest | http://www.nest-simulator.org/ - dnf - nest-mpich - 3.8-13.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: nest-mpich from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst | nest built with mpich | http://www.nest-simulator.org/ - dnf - nest-mpich-common - 3.8-13.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: nest-mpich-common from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst | Common files for nest built with mpich support | http://www.nest-simulator.org/ - dnf - nest-mpich-devel - 3.8-13.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: nest-mpich-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst | Header files for nest built with mpich support | http://www.nest-simulator.org/ - dnf - nest-openmpi - 3.8-13.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: nest-openmpi from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst | nest built with openmpi | http://www.nest-simulator.org/ - dnf - nest-openmpi-common - 3.8-13.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: nest-openmpi-common from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst | Common files for nest built with openmpi support | http://www.nest-simulator.org/ - dnf - nest-openmpi-devel - 3.8-13.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: nest-openmpi-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst | Development files for nest built with openmpi support | http://www.nest-simulator.org/ - dnf - python3-nest - 3.8-13.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-nest from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst | Python3 bindings for nest | http://www.nest-simulator.org/ - dnf - python3-nest-mpich - 3.8-13.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-nest-mpich from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst | Python3 bindings for nest with mpich support | http://www.nest-simulator.org/ - dnf - python3-nest-openmpi - 3.8-13.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-nest-openmpi from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst | Python3 bindings for nest with openmpi support | http://www.nest-simulator.org/ ## Liens liés - [Secret-risk packages](https://pkg.so/fr/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/fr/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Language runtime packages](https://pkg.so/fr/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/fr/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [python@3.14](https://pkg.so/fr/brew/python-3-14/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [libtool](https://pkg.so/fr/brew/libtool/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [numpy](https://pkg.so/fr/brew/numpy/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [gsl](https://pkg.so/fr/brew/gsl/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cmake](https://pkg.so/fr/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cython](https://pkg.so/fr/brew/cython/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [ode](https://pkg.so/fr/brew/ode/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, science, simulation. - [lammps](https://pkg.so/fr/brew/lammps/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, science, simulation. - [precice](https://pkg.so/fr/brew/precice/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, science, simulation. - [damask-grid](https://pkg.so/fr/brew/damask-grid/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, science, simulation. - [shamrock](https://pkg.so/fr/brew/shamrock/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, science, simulation. - [simgrid](https://pkg.so/fr/brew/simgrid/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, science, simulation. - [jupyterlab](https://pkg.so/fr/brew/jupyterlab/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, python, science. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/nest.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/nest.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - pkgdb category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph