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Get Started
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``brainspike`` is the point-neuron spiking-network layer of the BrainX
ecosystem: building, simulating, and training spiking neural networks of point
neurons.

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   .. grid-item-card:: 1 · Install
      :link: /get-started/installation
      :link-type: doc

      Get a working install for CPU, GPU (CUDA), or TPU — or pull the whole
      BrainX ecosystem in one command.

   .. grid-item-card:: 2 · NEST-compatible tutorials
      :link: /nest-style/index
      :link-type: doc

      Create populations, connect them, and simulate with the NEST-style
      ``Simulator`` — the current public API.

Where to go next
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Look up a specific model in the :doc:`/apis/index`, or browse runnable scripts
in the :doc:`/examples/nest-gallery`.

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   installation