We are happy to announce the second beta release of Brian 2.0! This new version contains important bug fixes and improvements, we therefore strongly recommend all users of Brian 2 to upgrade. If you are a user new to Brian, we’d also recommend to directly start with the Brian 2 beta instead of using the stable release of Brian 1.

What’s new?

Several new features have been added:

Support for multicompartmental neurons in the C++ standalone mode
New features for TimedArray and SpikeGeneratorGroup
Automatic selection of a code generation target
Tutorials for users starting with Brian
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For a full list of changes, see the release notes. How to get Brian 2: follow the installation instructions in the documentation Further information about Brian2: brian2.readthedocs.org This is still a Beta release, please report bugs or suggestions to the github bug tracker (https://github.com/brian-team/brian2/issues) or to the brian-development mailing list (brian-development@googlegroups.com).