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AxonOS Radar · Field Report

The State of
Open BCI.

An exhaustive, automatically-compiled snapshot of every open-source project, tool and team building brain–computer interfaces in public — discovered, relevance-filtered and ranked from public GitHub signals.

Updated 02 Jul 2026, 20:00 UTC·Refreshed every 3 hours·120 resources tracked·Inclusion ≠ endorsement·Radar v4.3.0
120
Projects
341.8k
Total stars
12
≥ 1k stars
118
Active (30d)
1246.4k
Downloads
15.6k
Contributors
2.2k
Releases
8
Funded
120
New this week
0
🔥 Rising
13
Builders
18
Languages
Momentum · field level

How the field moved

Change across tracked snapshots (2026-06-26 → 2026-07-02) — measured, not estimated.

120+14
Projects
341.8k+314240
Total stars
118+52
Active (30d)
0±0
Rising
Positioning · Gartner-style

Reach × Engagement quadrant

The most relevant projects the radar surfaces, placed by two raw GitHub signals. The vertical axis is reach (stars, log scale); the horizontal axis is engagement — forks per star, i.e. how much the community builds on a project rather than just watching it.

PillarsWidely watchedEmergingDev favouritesEngagement — forks per star →Reach — stars, log →pytorchtensorflowspmomigennbrainflowskillmoabbliblslbindsnetspikingjellyBrainPybrian2snntorch

Colour encodes category. Positions are relative to the projects shown. This is a descriptive ecosystem map from public signals — not a quality, vision, or clinical ranking.

Composition

Ecosystem by category

120PROJECTS
Hardware & Acquisition37 · 10.1k★
Other34 · 20.3k★
Decoding & ML26 · 308.8k★
Protocols & OS16 · 2.2k★
Signal Processing6 · 380★
Real-time & Embedded1 · 6★
Rigor

Evidence tiers

L3 explicit BCI17
L2 neural signal91
L0 weak (review)12

How strongly each repo signals a genuine BCI focus, from an explicit statement (L3) down to weak adjacency held for review (L0).

Tooling

Languages of the field

What open BCI is actually written in — by number of tracked projects.

Python64
C++12
MATLAB10
Jupyter Notebook7
Rust5
TypeScript4
Julia2
JavaScript2
Distribution

How the field is spread

Two lenses on the tracked projects — how star reach concentrates, and how recently each project was last pushed.

By reach

Projects per star band

10k+3
1k–10k9
100–1k37
10–10064
< 107
By activity

Last-push recency

active < 30d118
30–90d2
Momentum · per project

Star trajectories

Real star counts across radar snapshots for the highest-scoring projects — the line grows richer with every scan.

pytorch101.2k★ ±0
tensorflow195.9k★ ±0
spm206★ ±0
omi12.9k★ ±0
genn275★ ±0
brainflow1.7k★ ±0
skill90★ ±0
moabb1k★ ±0
Discovery

New on the radar this week

People

Top builders

Owners and organisations shipping the most in the open.

#OwnerProjectsStarsActiveFocus
1mne-tools33.7k3Hardware & Acquisition
2nightscout21.4k2Protocols & OS
3sccn39722Protocols & OS · Signal Processing
4SpikeInterface28932Other
5brainglobe28902Other · Decoding & ML
6cortex-lab24732Other · Protocols & OS
7neuromorphs24602Other · Decoding & ML
8cbrnr24492Hardware & Acquisition
9genn-team23172Other · Decoding & ML
10sappelhoff32633Hardware & Acquisition · Signal Processing
Reach & adoption

Who leads the field

Leaderboards from real public signals. Stars and engagement are always available; downloads, teams and funding are fetched per repository during enrichment.

Reach

Most starred

tensorflow195.9k
pytorch101.2k
omi12.9k
mne-python3.4k
spikingjelly2.1k
snntorch2k
brainflow1.7k
bindsnet1.7k
Engagement

Most built-on (forks)

tensorflow75.3k
pytorch28.2k
AndroidAPS5.5k
omi2.1k
Trio1.8k
mne-python1.6k
fieldtrip766
brainflow401
Adoption

Most downloaded

Total release-asset downloads.

pytorch300.5k
brainflow267.3k
nrn246k
liblsl118.5k
spm88.8k
skill77.9k
AndroidAPS64.1k
nidb33.6k
People

Largest teams

Distinct contributors.

pytorch6.7k
tensorflow5.1k
mne-python449
omi242
fieldtrip239
AndroidAPS197
spikeinterface125
nrn124
Funding

Funding channels

8 of 120 projects expose a funding channel — by platform: github (4), custom (4), open collective (3), ko fi (2), patreon (1), tidelift (1), buy me a coffee (1).

Composition · depth

Category health matrix

Per-category vitals from the same public signals: size, reach, share pushed in the last 30 days, weekly movers both ways, and the median time since last push.

CategoryProjectsStarsActive %RisingFallingMedian push
Hardware & Acquisition3710.1k95%2d
Other3420.3k100%1d
Decoding & ML26308.8k100%2d
Protocols & OS162.2k100%1d
Signal Processing6380100%1d
Real-time & Embedded16100%1d
Governance

Licence posture

Whether the field is legally reusable: a declared SPDX licence, a licence GitHub cannot classify (NOASSERTION), or none at all.

Declared licence87
Unclear (NOASSERTION)23
No licence10
Trust · the machine

Pipeline health

The radar reports on itself: every number below comes from data/status.json, committed with each scan.

Last scan2026-07-02 19:49 UTC
Repos scanned2.6k
Off-topic dropped723
Enriched150 / 120
Archived excluded0
Topics saturated21
API budget left4414
Full field

All 120 tracked resources

Every project on the radar, ranked by discovery score. One table, the whole field — the one-click, exhaustive answer.

#ProjectCategoryStarsΔ7dForksTeamDownloadsRel.ActivityLanguageEvidenceActive
1pytorch/pytorch
Tensors and Dynamic neural networks in Python with strong GP…
Decoding & ML101.2k28.2k6.7k300.5k67PythonL2
2tensorflow/tensorflow
An Open Source Machine Learning Framework for Everyone
Decoding & ML195.9k75.3k5.1k100C++L2
3spm/spm
SPM (Statistical Parametric Mapping) - Development Version
Hardware & Acquisition206586188.8k10MATLABL2
4BasedHardware/omi
AI that sees your screen, listens to your conversations and …
Other12.9k2.1k24221.4k100DartL3
5genn-team/genn
GeNN is a GPU-enhanced Neuronal Network simulation environme…
Other275765693736C++L2
6brainflow-dev/brainflow
BrainFlow is a library intended to obtain, parse and analyze…
Hardware & Acquisition1.7k40164267.3k100C++L3
7NeuroSkill-com/skill
NeuroSkill™ — State of Mind Brain-Computer Interface system
Hardware & Acquisition9021577.9k100RustL3
8NeuroTechX/moabb
Mother of All BCI Benchmarks
Decoding & ML1k250762613PythonL3
9sccn/liblsl
C++ lsl library for multi-modal time-synched data transmissi…
Protocols & OS1728731118.5k33C++L0
10BindsNET/bindsnet
Simulation of spiking neural networks (SNNs) using PyTorch.
Decoding & ML1.7k3467210PythonL2
11fangwei123456/spikingjelly
SpikingJelly is an open-source deep learning framework for S…
Decoding & ML2.1k31474PythonL2
12brainpy/BrainPy
Brain Dynamics Programming in Python
Other691109273450PythonL2
13brian-team/brian2
Brian is a free, open source simulator for spiking neural ne…
Other1.2k28792PythonL2
14jeshraghian/snntorch
Deep and online learning with spiking neural networks in Pyt…
Decoding & ML2k291548PythonL2
15cbrnr/sigviewer
A viewing application for biosignals
Hardware & Acquisition156411213.2k7C++L2
16MouseLand/suite2p
cell detection in calcium imaging recordings
Other4582764318PythonL2
17openmeeg/openmeeg
A C++ package for low-frequency bio-electromagnetism solving…
Hardware & Acquisition86492571324C++L2
18mne-tools/mne-bids
MNE-BIDS is a Python package that allows you to read and wri…
Hardware & Acquisition1751086721PythonL2
19remnrem/luna-base
Luna software for sleep EEG analysis (base)
Hardware & Acquisition325242.1k19CL2
20sappelhoff/pyprep
PyPREP: A Python implementation of the Preprocessing Pipelin…
Signal Processing177371517911PythonL2
21nightscout/AndroidAPS
Opensource automated insulin delivery system (closed loop)
Protocols & OS1.1k5.5k19764.1k29KotlinL0
22trendscenter/gift
Group ICA/IVA software (MATLAB)
Hardware & Acquisition10349112335MATLABL2
23Mentalab-hub/explorepy
Python API for Mentalab biosignal aquisition devices
Hardware & Acquisition5422221.8k34PythonL3
24norse/norse
Deep learning with spiking neural networks (SNNs) in PyTorch…
Decoding & ML8091032912PythonL2
25facebookresearch/neuroai
Python suite for neuroscience research across all modalities…
Decoding & ML26560195PythonL2
26NACLab/ngc-learn
NGC-Learn: Computational Neuroscience and NeuroAI in Python
Decoding & ML19535159PythonL2
27ppsp-team/HyPyP
The Hyperscanning Python Pipeline
Hardware & Acquisition9648231820PythonL2
28NeuralEnsemble/elephant
Elephant is the Electrophysiology Analysis Toolkit
Other242984725PythonL2
29neuronsimulator/nrn
NEURON Simulator
Other530146124246k27C++L2
30mne-tools/mne-icalabel
Automatic labeling of ICA components in Python.
Hardware & Acquisition121181212PythonL2
31CAMBI-tech/BciPy
Python Brain-Computer Interface Software
Hardware & Acquisition15340246612PythonL3
32Gabrock94/Pysiology
A Python package for physyological's signals processing
Signal Processing73732710PythonL2
33neurotuning/GEDAI-master
GEDAI denoising plugin for EEG (EEGLAB, Brainstorm and Field…
Hardware & Acquisition61124377MATLABL2
34dipterix/threeBrain
3D Visualization of Brain MRI
Hardware & Acquisition491031913RL2
35mne-tools/mne-python
MNE: Magnetoencephalography (MEG) and Electroencephalography…
Hardware & Acquisition3.4k1.6k44964PythonL2
36chrplr/goxpyriment
An (AI friendly) psychology experiment framework
Other10224122Jupyter NotebookL2
37neuromorphs/tonic
Event datasets and transforms.
Other287534312PythonL2
38bids-standard/bids-matlab
MATLAB / Octave tools for BIDS datasets
Hardware & Acquisition5836183MATLABL2
39sccn/eegprep
EEGPrep is an automated preprocessing tool for human EEG dat…
Signal Processing265102PythonL2
40emer/axon
Axon is a spiking, biologically-based neural model driven by…
Decoding & ML3513161GoL2
41dav0dea/goofi-pipe
real-time neuro-/biosignal processing and streaming pipeline
Signal Processing42117PythonL2
42cortex-lab/phy
phy: interactive visualization and manual spike sorting of l…
Other42218520PythonL0
43braph-software/BRAPH-2
BRAPH 2.0 is a comprehensive software package for the analys…
Decoding & ML6814137MATLABL2
44sappelhoff/eeg_positions
Compute and plot standard EEG electrode positions.
Hardware & Acquisition781637PythonL2
45bids-standard/pybv
A lightweight I/O utility for the BrainVision data format, w…
Hardware & Acquisition24131216PythonL2
46samvallad33/vestige
Vestige gives AI agents sharp memory: a local-first Rust MCP…
Other57557132.4k28RustL2
47maximyudayev/hermes
Heterogeneous Edge Realtime Measurement and Execution System…
Hardware & Acquisition1436126PythonL0
48sccn/eeglab
EEGLAB is an open source signal processing environment for e…
Hardware & Acquisition77427461MATLABL2
49GazzolaLab/MiV-OS
Analysis pipeline for electrophysiology MiV-system and simul…
Protocols & OS16111111PythonL0
50MRC-CBU/COGNESTIC
COGNESTIC-2026 hands-on materials
Hardware & Acquisition25782Jupyter NotebookL2
51beacon-biosignals/PyMNE.jl
Julia interface to MNE-Python via PythonCall
Hardware & Acquisition30779JuliaL2
52Criticality-Cognitive-Computation-Lab/btorch
Brain-inspired differentiable PyTorch toolkit for neuromorph…
Protocols & OS27641PythonL2
53braindecode/braindecode
Deep learning software to decode EEG, ECG or MEG signals
Decoding & ML1.3k26873914PythonL2
54siplab-gt/cleo
Closed-Loop, Electrophysiology, and Optophysiology experimen…
Protocols & OS232331PythonL2
55cbrnr/mnelab
MNELAB – a GUI for MNE-Python
Hardware & Acquisition29378211.9k55PythonL2
56markmikkelsen/Gannet
Gannet is a free, open-source MATLAB-based software toolkit …
Protocols & OS1213410MATLABL2
57openbraininstitute/eFEL
Electrophys Feature Extraction Library
Other1103314PythonL2
58open-ephys/bonsai-onix1
Bonsai library for the Open Ephys Onix Acquisition System
Hardware & Acquisition86514C#L2
59upsidedownlabs/Chords-Web
Chords is a web application that transforms your Arduino boa…
Hardware & Acquisition36157TypeScriptL2
60neuroinformatics-unit/spikewrap
A package to manage electrophysiology analysis.
Other231898PythonL2
61spdlearn/spd_learn
SPDlearn: A Geometric Deep Learning Python Library for Neura…
Decoding & ML34561PythonL3
62metr0jw/Event-Driven-Spiking-Neural-Network-Accelerator-for-FPGA
Energy-efficient Event-driven Spiking Neural Network acceler…
Decoding & ML130111VHDLL2
63KonstantinosBarmpas/NeuroRVQ
NeuroRVQ: Multi-Scale Biosignal Tokenization for Generative …
Decoding & ML4921PythonL3
64fieldtrip/fieldtrip
The MATLAB toolbox for MEG, EEG and iEEG analysis
Hardware & Acquisition97576623917MATLABL2
65rtrelease/Jetson-Symbolics-Neuromorphics
Integrating Symbolic Programming and Neuromorphic Modeling f…
Other1621L2
66Marco-Congedo/PosDefManifoldML.jl
A Julia Package for Machine Learning on the Riemannian Manif…
Decoding & ML253436JuliaL3
67ac-freeman/adder-codec-rs
A unified framework for event-based video. Encoder/transcode…
Other518515RustL2
68openlists/ElectrophysiologyData
A list of openly available datasets in (mostly human) electr…
Hardware & Acquisition540855L2
69ICUnit/Tokai
BCI-assisted neurodivergent productivity suite — self-report…
Hardware & Acquisition21032TypeScriptL3
70max-talanov/1
personal repository
Decoding & ML48146Jupyter NotebookL3
71falcon-eyrie/falcon-core
A modular and extensible software framework for soft real-ti…
Real-time & Embedded627183C++L3
72genn-team/ml_genn
A library for deep learning with Spiking Neural Networks (SN…
Decoding & ML4213138PythonL2
73finsberg/fenicsx-beat
Cardiac Electrophysiology solver in FEniCSx
Other13569PythonL0
74openbraininstitute/BluePyOpt
Blue Brain Python Optimisation Library
Other100404PythonL2
75sepahead/NCP
NCP (Neuro-Cybernetic Protocol): a versioned, typed, cross-l…
Protocols & OS15013RustL2
76ruvnet/ruv-neural
The open closed-loop OS for gamma-entrainment research — a R…
Decoding & ML2063RustL3
77neuromodulation/PyPARRM
Python port of the PARRM algorithm for removing periodic art…
Signal Processing9643PythonL2
78Elata-Biosciences/elata-bio-sdk
Elata SDK is the cross-platform biosignal toolkit for buildi…
Protocols & OS8374TypeScriptL3
79delvendahl/miniML
A deep learning framework for synaptic event detection
Decoding & ML2594Jupyter NotebookL2
80calderast/jdb_to_nwb
Converts electrophysiology, photometry, and behavioral data …
Other7348Jupyter NotebookL0
81CerebusOSS/CereLink
Blackrock Neurotech Cerebus Link for Neural Signal Processor…
Other6125144.2k37C++L3
82nightscout/Trio
Trio - an automated insulin delivery system for iOS based on…
Protocols & OS3401.8k6720SwiftL0
83anindex/polystep
Training non-differentiable networks via optimal transport.
Other1701PythonL2
84enkhbold470/bci-mcp
Stream live EEG brain state (focus, calm, attention) from an…
Protocols & OS1101PythonL3
85MarcHesse/mhflocke
Biologically Grounded Embodied Cognition for Quadruped Locom…
Other1751PythonL2
86SpikeInterface/spikeinterface
A Python-based module for creating flexible and robust spike…
Other811264125PythonL2
87AImageLab-zip/CALHippo-Framework
MICCAI 2026 - CALHippo: A reproducible pipeline for cell-typ…
Protocols & OS1002PythonL2
88gbook/nidb
NeuroInformatics Database
Other328933.6k71JavaScriptL2
89natmegsweden/meeg_course
Imaging in Neuroscience: with a focus on MEG and EEG Methods…
Hardware & Acquisition1443L2
90brainglobe/brainrender
A Python package to visualise neuroanatomical data in atlas …
Other6611033224PythonL2
91pyRiemann/pyRiemann
Machine learning for multivariate data through the Riemannia…
Decoding & ML7681844213PythonL3
92akatsuky999/Waveform-EEG-AIStudio
An agentic workspace for exploring, analyzing, visualizing, …
Hardware & Acquisition901JavaScriptL2
93OpenNeuroOrg/openneuro
A free and open platform for analyzing and sharing neuroimag…
Other1474843100TypeScriptL2
94sappelhoff/usb-to-ttl
A repository to document sending TTL triggers via USB
Hardware & Acquisition8422PythonL2
95brainstorm-tools/brainstorm3
Brainstorm software: MEG, EEG, fNIRS, ECoG, sEEG and electro…
Hardware & Acquisition479185581MATLABL2
96Washington-University/workbench
Connectome Workbench
Other224701819C++L2
97brainglobe/cellfinder
Automated 3D cell detection in very large images
Decoding & ML229772939PythonL2
98Chaste/Chaste
Chaste - Cancer Heart And Soft Tissue Environment - main pub…
Protocols & OS149708313C++L0
99AllenInstitute/MIES
Multichannel Igor Electrophysiology Suite
Other2991322913IGOR ProL0
100ITISFoundation/osparc-simcore
🐼 osparc-simcore simulation framework
Protocols & OS543128100PythonL2
101neuromorphs/NIR
Neuromorphic Intermediate Representation reference implement…
Decoding & ML173392215Jupyter NotebookL2
102iandol/opticka
Opticka is an experiment manager built on top of the Psychop…
Other53255921MATLABL2
103Eelbrain/EelbrainHardware & Acquisition84412919PythonL2
104csinva/csinva.github.io
Slides, paper notes, class notes, blog posts, and research o…
Decoding & ML6181044HTMLL2
105raphasouthall/neurostack
Your second brain, starting today. CLI + MCP server that hel…
Other44321932PythonL2
106cwindolf/dartsort
A modular spike sorter written in Python and PyTorch
Decoding & ML27113923PythonL2
107LorenFrankLab/spyglass
Neuroscience data analysis framework for reproducible resear…
Protocols & OS11756356Jupyter NotebookL2
108eegdash/EEGDash
EEG-DaSh: an open data, tool, and compute resource. a Python…
Decoding & ML749138PythonL2
109FZJ-INM1-BDA/siibra-python
Software interfaces for interacting with brain atlases - Pyt…
Other591112100PythonL2
110anulum/sc-neurocore
Universal Stochastic Computing Framework for Neuromorphic Ha…
Hardware & Acquisition9034651PythonL2
111GWeindel/hmp
Repository for the hmp python package
Signal Processing53121217PythonL2
112neuroinformatics-unit/datashuttle
Tool for the creation, validation and transfer of neuroscien…
Protocols & OS36382414PythonL2
113gifale95/BERG
Trained encoding models to generate in silico neural respons…
Hardware & Acquisition426317PythonL2
114cortex-lab/alyx
Database for experimental neuroscience laboratories
Protocols & OS51122710PythonL2
115SpikeInterface/probeinterface
Python package to handle probe layout, geometry and wiring t…
Other824832PythonL0
116seung-lab/euclidean-distance-transform-3d
Euclidean distance & signed distance transform for multi-lab…
Other2664231C++L0
117vferat/pycrostatesHardware & Acquisition51121011PythonL2
118open-neuromorphic/open-neuromorphic.github.io
Open Neuromorphic Website
Other343034HTMLL2
119confusius-tools/confusius
Python package for analysis and visualization of functional …
Other184529PythonL2
120hed-standard/hed-python
Python validation, summary, and analysis tools for HED (Hier…
Hardware & Acquisition18121214PythonL2
How this is made

Methodology & honesty

Discovery. A zero-dependency Python pipeline queries the public GitHub API across a curated set of neurotech topics and keywords, de-duplicates, and relevance-filters every candidate before it appears here.

Evidence tiers. Each repository is graded L3–L0 by how strongly it signals a genuine BCI focus, with weak or adjacent matches flagged for review rather than hidden.

Scoring. A single published multi-signal formula — log-scaled stars and recency, plus enriched terms for release downloads, contributors and commit activity — applied identically to every project. AxonOS is ranked like everyone else and is never boosted.

Enriched signals. Per repository the pipeline additionally fetches real GitHub data: contributor counts (team size), release-asset download totals (adoption), a 52-week commit-activity histogram (maintenance) and declared funding channels (FUNDING.yml). GitHub exposes repository page views only to a repo’s own owners, so views are deliberately not shown rather than approximated.

Money & domicile. Capital raised and legal domicile are not in GitHub; when shown they come only from a hand-curated, source-cited overrides file and are labelled as such. Nothing is estimated.

The quadrant. Axes are raw GitHub metrics (stars; forks per star), min-max normalised across the projects shown. It is a descriptive map, not a vision or quality judgement.

Refresh. The whole field is re-scanned every three hours; the last good snapshot is kept if a scan partially fails, so the map never goes blank.

Honesty. Every number here is a real public signal. Inclusion is discovery, not endorsement, and nothing is fabricated from data the pipeline does not actually collect.

This report is a community discovery aid compiled from public GitHub metadata. Presence here does not imply endorsement, security, or clinical validation of any project. Figures are point-in-time signals and will change as the field moves.