PyRank
nilearn

nilearn

Machine learning for NeuroImaging in Python
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nilearn has 267K monthly downloads and 1K GitHub stars. Version 0.14.0 supports Python 3.10+, first published in 2014.

It is actively maintained under a permissive license, last released in Jul 2026.

It is built on top of jinja2, joblib and nibabel. It is used by 159 tracked packages, including neuromaps, niworkflows and netneurotools.

GitHub topics include machine-learning, fmri and neuroimaging.

Downloads
Day
9.3K
Week
69.1K
Month
267.1K
Stars
1.4K
Forks
667
Issues
224
Version
0.14.0

Package Insights

What's this?
Score breakdown - each component scores 0-100, weighted by percentage
Maintenance
100
Popularity
72
Adoption
84
Community
100
Provenance
0
How the maintenance status was determined
Last commit
3 days ago
Monthly downloads
267,081
• Active
Activity within 30 days
Stable
Activity within 31-180 days
Minimal
Activity within 181-365 days, or no activity data
At Risk
No activity for > 365 days, but > 10,000 monthly downloads
Archived
Repository flagged as archived on GitHub
How the popularity category was determined
Monthly downloads
267,081
Stars
1,411
Stars per 1k downloads
5.28
Industry Standard
> 10,000,000 monthly downloads
Hidden Gem
< 0.5 stars per 1k downloads and > 100,000 monthly downloads
• Community Favorite
> 5 stars per 1k downloads
Rising Star
Balanced ratio of stars to downloads
Unknown
Fewer than 1,000 monthly downloads, or no star data
How download momentum is calculated
Week daily avg
9,870
Month daily avg
8,903
Momentum
+10.9%
((week_daily_avg - month_daily_avg) / month_daily_avg) * 100
Python version support tiers
requires_python
>=3.10
Cutting Edge
Minimum supported version is 3.12 or newer
• Modern
Minimum supported version is 3.9, 3.10, or 3.11
Legacy
Supports 3.8 or older (or Python 2)
Unknown
No requires_python specified or unparseable
License categories
License
BSD-3-Clause
• Permissive
MIT, Apache, BSD, ISC, Unlicense, CC0, etc.
Copyleft
GPL, LGPL, AGPL, MPL, EPL, etc.
Proprietary
Commercial, all rights reserved, custom EULAs
Unknown
No license specified, or none of the above match
How the release cadence was determined
Last release
4 days ago
Total releases
53
Releases/year
4.6
Rapid
Last release within 365 days and > 12 releases/year
• Regular
Last release within 365 days
Slow
Last release 366-730 days ago
Stalled
Last release > 730 days ago, or no releases
Unknown
No usable release date available
How contributor risk was determined
Contributors
250
Monthly downloads
267,081
High Load
≤ 2 contributors and ≥ 50,000 monthly downloads
Moderate Load
< 10 contributors and ≥ 500,000 monthly downloads
Low Load
< 25 contributors and ≥ 5,000,000 monthly downloads, or sole maintainer with ≥ 10,000 monthly downloads
• Balanced
Enough contributors for the package's popularity
Unknown
No contributor data available
Engagement
86
 
Issue Burden
158.8
per 1k stars
Discussions
2.8
per 1k stars
Fork Ratio
37.5%
contrib / forks
Stale Release
No
 
PR Velocity
Quiet
 

Weekly Downloads

GitHub Stars

Not all downloads include detailed metadata. Breakdowns reflect the subset that does.

Downloads by OS

Linux 5.4K
macOS 302
Windows 297

Python Versions

3.12
38.2% 2.1K
3.11
30.9% 1.7K
3.10
17.6% 975
3.13
7.4% 410
3.14
5.9% 326

Top Countries

1. US US
4.8K
2. DE DE
590
3. IE IE
482
4. SG SG
171
5. HK HK
152
6. GB GB
95
7. ID ID
70
8. JP JP
61
9. AU AU
58
10. CN CN
51
GitHub Topics
Tags from the package's GitHub repository describing what it does.

Package Information

License
BSD-3-Clause
First Release
December 10, 2014
Last Release
5 days ago
Last Commit
4 days ago
Latest Version
0.14.0
Total Releases
53
Contributors
250
Open PRs
56
Archived
No
Author
Nilearn developers
Python Versions
3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14
Wheels
py2 py3
Tracking Since
January 6, 2026
Data Updated
July 5, 2026
Data Freshness
Fresh

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