Tool/Resource: BrainNet Viewer - News

BrainNet Viewer 2.0.0-beta.1 public beta released

mingrui@www.nitrc.org (Mingrui Xia) — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 13:06:28 GMT

We are pleased to announce the public beta release of BrainNet Viewer 2.0, a major update for human brain connectome visualization.

This release offers three editions: MATLAB Desktop, Python Desktop, and Docker-hosted Web. The MATLAB edition features a redesigned application interface and removes the SPM requirement for supported NIfTI/GIfTI reading. The Python edition runs independently of MATLAB, while the Docker edition provides browser-based access on local port 1031.

Key features include:
• Multi-view brain surface rendering and configurable node and edge visualization.
• Statistical volume-to-surface mapping and atlas-based ROI visualization.
• Interactive inspection with AAL and Brodmann region information.
• Portable Scene saving, display presets, figure export, and surface tools.
• An expanded atlas-network example library, a unified English user manual, and illustrated tutorials.

Downloads and installation instructions:
NITRC: https://www.nitrc.org/frs/?group_id=504
GitHub: https://github.com/mingruixia/BrainNet-Viewer/releases/tag/v2.0.0-beta.1
Docker Hub: https://hub.docker.com/r/mingruixia/brainnet-viewer

The Web beta is intended for local, single-user use. Please do not expose it to a network or the Internet.

We welcome testing, bug reports, and suggestions through GitHub Issues:
https://github.com/mingruixia/BrainNet-Viewer/issues

Please include your edition, operating system, and steps to reproduce any issue.

Mingrui Xia
mxia@bnu.edu.cn

BrainNet Viewer 1.7 is released

mingrui@www.nitrc.org (Mingrui Xia) — Thu, 31 Oct 2019 3:20:21 GMT

Version 1.7 Release 20191031
- Add a new feature to draw boundary of parcellation or cluster
- Add a new feature to load color table for each vertex on the surface
- Add PlotEdit function in ToolBar
- Fix a bug in drawing directed connections
- Fix a bug in loading non-statistical volume with toolbox name in header description
- Fix a bug in commandline mode when volume data including NaN
- Fix a bug in opening option panel after reading a volume from commandline mode

BrainNet Viewer 1.63 20181219 Released

mingrui@www.nitrc.org (Mingrui Xia) — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 14:25:37 GMT

Version 1.63 Released 20181219
- Fix a bug in combining left and right surface of NV format
- Fix a bug in display node color with volume mapping
- Fix a bug when the length of inputted colormap for node is not 64

BrainNet Viewer 1.62 released

mingrui@www.nitrc.org (Mingrui Xia) — Tue, 13 Nov 2018 14:19:20 GMT

Version 1.62 Released 20181031
- Change color squares to pushbuttons in node module
- Modify the UI of option panel
- Fix a bug in commandline mode
- Adjust ventral view of toolbar
- Fix a bug in panel for choosing color for node module
- Add a function to load custom color map for node module
- Fix a compatible bug of loading nifty files in matlab 2018b on MacOS
- Fix bugs of the apply and save colormap in menu