MNE-Python
Neurophysiological data analysis with preprocessing, visualization and source estimation.
ML and data science PyPI BSD-3-Clause
How MNE-Python is used
MNE-Python joined the catalog on its public numbers (106,814 downloads a week on PyPI and 3,557 GitHub stars), not on our project count: it is a dependency in 8 public GitHub projects of our scan, 0 of them set up for AI coding agents. Projects that use it most often also use Matplotlib (87.5%), Altair (62.5%), Beautiful Soup (62.5%).
MNE-Python popularity over time
Gid Score 36: downloads 43, use in agent projects 14, GitHub stars 33, downloads trend 64 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with MNE-Python
| Matplotlib | 87.5% of MNE-Python projects · 32.5× more than average |
|---|---|
| Altair | 62.5% of MNE-Python projects · 554.3× more than average |
| Beautiful Soup | 62.5% of MNE-Python projects · 29.0× more than average |
| colorlog | 62.5% of MNE-Python projects · 242.5× more than average |
| Cython | 62.5% of MNE-Python projects · 970.0× more than average |
| docutils | 62.5% of MNE-Python projects · 388.0× more than average |
How MNE-Python is funded
Open Collective: MNE-Python
| Received, last 12 months | $1,924 Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| Estimated annual budget | $2,140 Open Collective's estimate |
| Balance | $1,823 |
| Raised since the start | $1,924 · $101 paid out |
| Contributors, last 12 months | 2 |
Oct 2025Sep 2026
Money by month. First money received in Nov 2025. The typical month is the median: one big one-off donation does not move it.
USD after payment processor fees, as Open Collective reports it; fiscal host Open Source Collective. Source
Ways to fund MNE-Python
Open Collective
As the maintainers list them in FUNDING.yml on GitHub. Checked Oct 20, 2026.
Install
| Package | pip install mne |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (8) |
| Example projects | linktianx/RSRD_BWAS |
Alternatives to MNE-Python
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