Neurosift

Spec sheet

Purpose

Neurosift is a browser-based tool for visualizing neuroscience data, with a focus on NWB files.Read 11 Oct 2026 · neurosift.app

Intended users

The project describes visualization of neuroscience data and interactive exploration of online neuroscience repositories.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Free plan

YesRead 24 Sep 2026 · github.com

Support

The maker directs users to submit feedback or issues from the Neurosift home page.Read 11 Oct 2026 · neurosift.app

License

The project README states that Neurosift is licensed under Apache 2.0.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Archives

It supports interactive exploration of the DANDI Archive, EMBER Archive, and OpenNeuro.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Chat

Neurosift Chat is labeled experimental and offers AI-powered conversational search across DANDI and OpenNeuro.Read 11 Oct 2026 · neurosift.app

Contributions

The README welcomes pull requests and directs users to include a visualization link and screenshot when reporting problems.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

DANDI

Users can browse and explore datasets from the DANDI neuroscience data archive.Read 11 Oct 2026 · neurosift.app

Dashboard type

interactiveRead 24 Sep 2026 · github.com

Data sources

NWB files; DANDI Archive; EMBER Archive; OpenNeuroRead 24 Sep 2026 · github.com

EMBER

Users can browse and explore datasets from the EMBER multi-modal data archive.Read 11 Oct 2026 · neurosift.app

Local development

The README documents running the development server locally with npm after installing dependencies and initializing git submodules.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Local files

The project README describes installing Neurosift with pip and running it on a local NWB file.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

MCP integrations

The setup guide documents using the MCP server with Cline in VS Code and Claude Code.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

MCP tools

The project documents MCP tools for searching DANDI and OpenNeuro, inspecting dandisets and NWB files, and searching NWB documentation.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

NIfTI requirement

The README says the niivue_dist submodule is required for NIfTI file visualization in the development setup.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

NIfTI setup

The developer instructions say the niivue_dist submodule is required for NIfTI file visualization in a development setup.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

NWB tools

The MCP tools include NWB file information, neurodata type searches, and semantic search of PyNWB documentation.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

OpenNeuro

Users can access and visualize datasets from the OpenNeuro repository.Read 11 Oct 2026 · neurosift.app

Platform

webRead 24 Sep 2026 · github.com

Search features

The MCP tools include DANDI dataset search, semantic search, dataset information, asset listing, and OpenNeuro search.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Where Specifiction places it

• Data Visualization Software#90 of 987.0