# nest を Homebrew, dnf, Nix でインストール

nest のインストール経路、実行ファイル、メタデータ、AI エージェント向けセキュリティノートを確認します。

## インストール

```sh
sudo av install brew:nest
```

追加のインストールコマンド:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install nest
```

  証拠: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install nest
```

  証拠: 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
```

  証拠: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ne/nest/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## パッケージ情報

- **パッケージキー:** brew:nest
- **パッケージマネージャ:** Homebrew
- **パッケージマネージャページ:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/nest>
- **バージョン:** 3.10
- **ソース概要:** Neural Simulation Tool (NEST) with Python3 bindings (PyNEST)
- **ホームページ:** <https://www.nest-simulator.org/>
- **リポジトリ:** <https://github.com/nest/nest-simulator>
- **上流ドキュメント:** <https://www.nest-simulator.org/>
- **ライセンス:** GPL-2.0-or-later
- **ソースアーカイブ:** <https://github.com/nest/nest-simulator/archive/refs/tags/v3.10.tar.gz>
- **最終更新:** 2026-06-11T04:05:35Z
- **生成日時:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## 実行可能ファイル

- nest-config (cli)
- nest-server (cli)
- nest-server-mpi (cli)
- nest-config (エイリアス)
- nest-server (エイリアス)
- nest-server-mpi (エイリアス)

## 依存関係

- gsl
- libomp
- libtool
- numpy
- python@3.14
- readline

## ビルド依存関係

- cmake
- cython

## macOS 提供ライブラリ

- ncurses

## インストール挙動

- post-install フック: 未定義
- 注意点: 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.
- Bottle: 利用可能 対象 arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## バージョンと鮮度

- ページ生成日: 2026-08-04
- マネージャ版: 3.10
- マネージャ更新日: 2026-06-11
- ローカルデータ: OK
- 上流リポジトリ: https://github.com/nest/nest-simulator
- 検出された最新: v3.10 (最新)
## プロジェクトの歴史と使われ方

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.

### プロジェクトの歴史

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.

### 採用の歴史

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.

### 使われ方

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.

### パッケージ好きにとっての重要性

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.

### タイムライン

- 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

### ソース

- <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/>


## セキュリティノート

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger リスク:** blue / 中
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## ソースデータベース詳細

- **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:** stable

## 他のパッケージマネージャ記録

- 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/


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## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/nest.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/nest.yml)


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