Spiking Neural Networks ML Frameworks

Frameworks and implementations for building, training, and simulating spiking neural networks (SNNs) that use temporal spike dynamics. Does NOT include conventional deep learning frameworks, neuromorphic hardware accelerators as primary focus, or general neuroscience simulation tools without SNN training capabilities.

There are 85 spiking neural networks frameworks tracked. 1 score above 70 (verified tier). The highest-rated is fangwei123456/spikingjelly at 71/100 with 1,931 stars. 2 of the top 10 are actively maintained.

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#	Framework	Score	Tier	Stars	Language
1	fangwei123456/spikingjelly SpikingJelly is an open-source deep learning framework for Spiking Neural...	71	Verified	1,931	Python
2	neuromorphs/NIR Neuromorphic Intermediate Representation reference implementation	69	Established	153	Jupyter Notebook
3	BindsNET/bindsnet Simulation of spiking neural networks (SNNs) using PyTorch.	68	Established	1,659	Python
4	norse/norse Deep learning with spiking neural networks (SNNs) in PyTorch.	65	Established	794	Python
5	jeshraghian/snntorch Deep and online learning with spiking neural networks in Python	63	Established	1,900	Python
6	foundation-model-stack/fms-model-optimizer FMS Model Optimizer is a framework for developing reduced precision neural...	61	Established	21	Python
7	synsense/rockpool A machine learning library for spiking neural networks. Supports training...	61	Established	77	Python
8	synsense/sinabs A deep learning library for spiking neural networks which is based on...	59	Established	110	Python
9	NACLab/ngc-learn NGC-Learn: Neurobiological Systems Simulation and NeuroAI Design in Python	57	Established	177	Python
10	larq/zoo Reference implementations of popular Binarized Neural Networks	56	Established	109	Python
11	libffcv/ffcv FFCV: Fast Forward Computer Vision (and other ML workloads!)	54	Established	2,986	Python
12	PSAL-POSTECH/PyTorchSim PyTorchSim is a Comprehensive, Fast, and Accurate NPU Simulation Framework	53	Established	97	Python
13	genn-team/ml_genn A library for deep learning with Spiking Neural Networks (SNN).	53	Established	38	Python
14	cai4cai/torchsparsegradutils A collection of utility functions to work with PyTorch sparse tensors	52	Established	37	Python
15	JeremieMelo/pytorch-onn A PyTorch Library for Photonic AI Computing Model Training and Co-Design (NeurIPS'21)	51	Established	316	Python
16	chainer/chainer A flexible framework of neural networks for deep learning	51	Established	5,922	Python
17	chainer/chainercv ChainerCV: a Library for Deep Learning in Computer Vision	51	Established	1,483	Python
18	chainer/chainerrl ChainerRL is a deep reinforcement learning library built on top of Chainer.	50	Established	1,201	Python
19	TheBrainLab/Awesome-Spiking-Neural-Networks A paper list of spiking neural networks, including papers, codes, and...	49	Emerging	717	—
20	chrhenning/hypnettorch Package for working with hypernetworks in PyTorch.	49	Emerging	132	Python
21	neuromorphs/NIRTorch PyTorch helper module to translate to and from NIR	49	Emerging	18	Python
22	emstoudenmire/TNML Tensor network machine learning. Based on the paper "Supervised Learning...	48	Emerging	163	C++
23	jsalbert/biotorch BioTorch is a PyTorch framework specializing in biologically plausible...	47	Emerging	57	Python
24	larq/larq An Open-Source Library for Training Binarized Neural Networks	45	Emerging	728	Python
25	MadryLab/trak A fast, effective data attribution method for neural networks in PyTorch	45	Emerging	232	Python
26	artiomn/awesome-neuromorphic A curated list of awesome neuromorphic frameworks, libraries, resources, and...	45	Emerging	54	—
27	hpi-xnor/bitorch BITorch: Open-Source Implementation of Binary Neural Networks with PyTorch	45	Emerging	38	Python
28	PWhiddy/Growing-Neural-Cellular-Automata-Pytorch Extended experiments of "Growing Neural Cellular Automata"...	43	Emerging	138	Jupyter Notebook
29	TheBrainLab/Spikingformer Spikingformer: A Key Foundation Model for Spiking Neural Networks (AAAI 2026)	43	Emerging	127	Python
30	lightonai/lightonml Python library for running large-scale computations on LightOn's OPUs	41	Emerging	37	Python
31	ajayarunachalam/pynmsnn NeuroMorphic Predictive Model with Spiking Neural Networks (SNN) using Pytorch	41	Emerging	34	Jupyter Notebook
32	markstrefford/Spiking-Neural-Network Basic SNN propogating spikes between LIF neurons	38	Emerging	87	Jupyter Notebook
33	horrible-dong/DNRT [ICLR 2024] Dynamic Neural Response Tuning	37	Emerging	16	Python
34	aidinattar/snn Implementation of Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) using SpykeTorch, featuring...	36	Emerging	10	Python
35	ml-research/cna_modules Cluster-Normalize-Activate Modules	36	Emerging	13	Python
36	danielegrattarola/GNCA Code for "Learning Graph Cellular Automata" (NeurIPS 2021).	36	Emerging	75	Python
37	dlstreamer/pipeline-zoo-models Repository to store INT8 quantized models derived from open model zoo	35	Emerging	5	—
38	LucasBoTang/GradNorm PyTorch implementation of the GradNorm	35	Emerging	119	Jupyter Notebook
39	arnabsanyal/lnsdnn https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.09876	34	Emerging	7	Python
40	akinetic/neural-network The efficient alternative to Neural Networks. Implements SLRM (Segmented...	33	Emerging	2	Python
41	erikhelmut/neural-cellular-automata combine neural nets and cellular automata	32	Emerging	71	Jupyter Notebook
42	htqin/BiFSMNv2 Pytorch implementation of BiFSMNv2, TNNLS 2023	31	Emerging	35	Python
43	os-hxfan/BayesNN_FPGA FPGA-based hardware acceleration for dropout-based Bayesian Neural Networks.	30	Emerging	27	Python
44	MarcosOriolPago/lava-snn-ripples End to end implementation of Spiking Neural Network for the detection of...	30	Emerging	1	HTML
45	genema/Noisy-Spiking-Neuron-Nets [CELL PATTERNS] Official repo of Noisy Spiking Neural Networks	30	Emerging	21	Python
46	zwhexplorer/Spiking-Neural-Network-Accelerator-EE552-project Spiking Neural Network Accelerator	29	Experimental	15	SystemVerilog
47	ksteensig/bnn-doa-estimation Binarized Neural Network DoA estimation	29	Experimental	7	Jupyter Notebook
48	zhouchenlin2096/Spikingformer-CML Enhancing the Performance of Transformer-based Spiking Neural Networks by...	29	Experimental	46	Python
49	muxamilian/duralava duralava is a neural network which can simulate a lava lamp in an infinite loop.	27	Experimental	90	—
50	nguyenhongson1902/direct-training-snn This project used STBP-tdBN method to directly train Deep Spiking Neural...	26	Experimental	36	Python
51	RituPande/hnca Code for 'Hierarchical Neural Cellular Automata' (Alife 2023)	26	Experimental	9	Jupyter Notebook
52	garmeniakos/Ax-Printed-ML-Classifiers Approximate Printed Machine Learning Classifiers	25	Experimental	6	Verilog
53	YN35/minisora A minimal & Scalable PyTorch re-implementation of the OpenAI Sora training	24	Experimental	9	Python
54	Chenghao-Yang/awesome-ml4ls Awesome machine learning for logic synthesis	24	Experimental	30	Python
55	kangh1/rhythmic_sharing Glial-inspired ANN algorithm for unsupervised classification and zero-shot...	24	Experimental	4	Jupyter Notebook
56	VicenteAlex/Spiking_ResNet Implementation of the paper Keys to Accurate Feature Extraction Using...	23	Experimental	35	Python
57	rm-a0/3d-nca 3D Neural Cellular Automata framework with Blender UI, client-server...	22	Experimental	—	Python
58	Yegor-men/tracetorch A strict, ergonomic, and powerful Spiking Neural Network (SNN) library for PyTorch.	22	Experimental	—	Python
59	martinez1120/drex Implements a transformer with a four-tier memory hierarchy and validated...	22	Experimental	—	Python
60	eriquechen23-cyl/logos-nn A zero-dependency, BP-free Forward-Only Neural Network using Dual-Rail...	22	Experimental	—	Jupyter Notebook
61	xueyuan-she/ParallelSpikeSim GPU accelerated spiking neural network simulator	22	Experimental	16	Cuda
62	Z80coder/db-nets ∂B nets: learning discrete, boolean-valued functions by gradient descent	22	Experimental	21	Mathematica
63	JeremieMelo/M3ICRO-MOMMI Machine Learning-Enabled Compact Photonic Tensor Core based on Programmable...	21	Experimental	13	Python
64	Ranjitbarnala0/COIA COIA-Ω v4.0 — Production-Grade Photonic Compute Platform. 12W monolithic...	21	Experimental	—	—
65	BoccheseGiacomo/ConvolutionalTuringMachine Convolutional Turing Machine: studying Meta-Learning Emergence from Cellular Automata	21	Experimental	13	Jupyter Notebook
66	MECLabTUDA/awesome-nca A curated list of anything related to Neural Cellular Automata (NCA)...	21	Experimental	8	—
67	MXHX7199/SNN-SSTDP SSTDP is a efficient spiking neural network training framework, which is...	21	Experimental	37	Python
68	danielathome19/Engram-Neural-Network tensorflow-engram: A Python package for Engram Neural Networks, adding...	20	Experimental	4	Python
69	kcelebi/cellular-automata Personal Cellular Automata Research with Machine Learning and Demonstrations.	20	Experimental	5	Jupyter Notebook
70	INQUIRELAB/7nm-FinFet-Spiking-Neuron-Simulations 7 Nanometer FinFET based spiking neurons. Utilizing the Leaky Integrate and...	20	Experimental	2	Python
71	theomgdev/OdyssNet Zero-hidden neural networks that solve non-linear problems through temporal...	19	Experimental	1	Python
72	open-neuromorphic/snnmetrics Metrics for spiking neural networks based on torchmetrics	19	Experimental	13	Python
73	Windere/ASGL-SNN Offical implementation of "Adaptive Smoothing Gradient Learning for Spiking...	19	Experimental	27	Python
74	narduzzi/AMLD2025-SpikingTutorial AMLD25 - Tutorial on Neuromorphic Computing	18	Experimental	2	Jupyter Notebook
75	dav0dea/spiking-network Simulation of a real time spiking neural network	17	Experimental	1	Rust
76	N8sGit/nn_tracing Connectomes for artificial neural networks	17	Experimental	1	Python
77	matsushibadenki/SNN A comprehensive Python framework for Next-Generation Neuromorphic Computing...	16	Experimental	1	Python
78	AlekSimpson/spikecore SNN engine capable of running spiking network simulations at scale (1M+...	14	Experimental	1	Jupyter Notebook
79	maayan4ever/-Project-Nord-Spiking-Neural-Network-Language-Model Implement a brain-inspired spiking neural network model that uses sparse,...	13	Experimental	—	JavaScript
80	julianvbw/nca-cpp A reproduction of Growing Neural Cellular Automata based on LibTorch and OpenGL	11	Experimental	—	C++
81	electronics-and-drives/precept Primitive device approximation, a machine learning extension for the PREDICT Toolbox.	11	Experimental	—	Hy
82	chiralevy/deep-learning-with-biologically-plausible-neural-networks A performance comparison between spiking neural networks and conventional...	11	Experimental	4	Jupyter Notebook
83	ProjectIA2019/SpikeNeuralNetwork Spike Neural Network in Prolog (and Arduino)	11	Experimental	4	C++
84	Huizerd/bnns Implementation of binary neural networks with PyTorch and VHDL.	10	Experimental	2	VHDL
85	JCPappo/Resonate-and-Fire-neurons Resonate-and-fire neuron model enabled for backpropagation learning with PyTorch	10	Experimental	2	—

Comparisons in this category

chainer and chainercv (51 vs 51) spikingjelly and snntorch (71 vs 63) norse and snntorch (65 vs 63)