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Release Name: 2.0.0-beta.1

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BrainNet Viewer 2.0.0-beta.1


BrainNet Viewer 2.0 public beta provides MATLAB Desktop, Python Desktop, and a Docker-hosted Web edition. Load brain surfaces, networks and volumetric maps; configure Visualization Settings; Apply, interact, and export.


The MATLAB edition modernizes the application interface and removes the SPM requirement from supported NIfTI/GIfTI reading. Python Desktop does not require MATLAB. Docker runs the Web application in the background, accessed through a browser on local port 1031.


Capabilities include multi-view surface rendering, node and edge controls, statistical volume-to-surface mapping, atlas ROI visualization, AAL/Brodmann Inspect, display presets, portable Scene saving, figure export and surface tools. Downloads include the original surface library, updated atlas-network examples, the shared English manual and illustrated tutorials. Example connections were generated from resting-state fMRI data from a group of adult healthy participants.


Downloads


- BrainNet-Viewer-MATLAB-2.0.0-beta.1.zip: MATLAB application and resources.
- BrainNet-Viewer-Python-2.0.0-beta.1.zip: Python wheel, resources and bilingual installation instructions.
- brainnet_viewer-2.0.0b1-py3-none-any.whl: the same Python wheel for direct installation with desktop dependencies.
- BrainNet-Viewer-Web-2.0.0-beta.1.zip: Docker Compose, resources and bilingual installation instructions.
- SHA256SUMS: checksums for the three ZIP files and wheel.


Downloads: GitHub (https://github.com/mingruixia/BrainNet-V...) · NITRC (https://www.nitrc.org/frs/?group_id=504) · Docker Hub (https://hub.docker.com/r/mingruixia/brai...).


Verify files against SHA256SUMS. Extract into a new folder without overwriting an older installation. Follow the included edition-specific instructions, then the shared manual and tutorials.


Installation


For MATLAB, open the extracted package root as Current Folder and run app = BrainNetViewer;.


For Python, use a separate virtual environment and install the wheel with the desktop extra. Windows and Intel Mac support Python 3.10 or 3.11; Apple Silicon requires native ARM64 Python 3.11 or later, with 3.11 used for verification. Follow the supplied platform-specific fixed dependency instructions; do not copy virtual environments between computers. The Python package version is 2.0.0b1.


For Web, use the English (https://github.com/mingruixia/BrainNet-V...) or Chinese Docker guide (https://github.com/mingruixia/BrainNet-V...). Pull mingruixia/brainnet-viewer:2.0.0-beta.1 for Linux/amd64 or Linux/arm64, start its container, and open http://127.0.0.1:1031/index.html. Docker must remain running. Do not use latest for this beta.


Scope and support


The Web beta is for local single-user use with software rendering. Do not expose it to a LAN or the Internet; it does not provide authentication or isolated multi-user sessions. Save and verify your portable Scene download before stopping or updating the container. Figure export downloads the image and provenance file separately. Checked environments and edition differences are documented; they do not imply support for every hardware configuration or dataset.


Report problems in GitHub Issues (https://github.com/mingruixia/BrainNet-V...), including edition, version, operating system and reproduction steps. Share only data you are permitted to disclose.


Developer: Mingrui Xia — mxia@bnu.edu.cn; mingruixia@gmail.com.


Citation: Xia M, Wang J, He Y (2013). BrainNet Viewer: A Network Visualization Tool for Human Brain Connectomics. PLoS ONE 8: e68910. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0068910 (https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.006...).


Software is GPL-3.0; third-party resources retain their own notices, terms and citations.


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