Download & Install — NiDB Neuroinformatics Database

Official releases, changelogs, and packages are published on GitHub.

Supported Platforms

NiDB provides RPM packages for RHEL 8 and 9 family distributions and DEB packages for Debian and Ubuntu.

Distribution	Version	Download
RHEL-compatible Red Hat Enterprise Linux Rocky Linux AlmaLinux	8	RPM ↗
	9	RPM ↗
Debian	12 (Bookworm)	DEB ↗
Ubuntu	24 (Noble Numbat LTS)	DEB ↗

Installation Overview

A typical install on a RHEL-family system looks like this. See the documentation for complete steps and prerequisites.

1. Download the release

Grab the latest RPM package from the GitHub releases page:

wget https://github.com/gbook/nidb/releases/latest/download/nidb.rpm

2. Install the package

Install with your system package manager:

sudo dnf install ./nidb.rpm

3. Run setup

Complete the guided setup to configure the database and web server:

sudo nidb setup

4. Open NiDB

Navigate to your server in a browser and log in to begin configuring projects and users.

Note: These commands are a simplified overview. Always follow the official installation documentation for prerequisites, version-specific steps, and upgrade procedures.

System Requirements

Recommended baseline for a production NiDB server. Larger datasets and pipeline workloads benefit from more resources.

Component	Recommendation
Operating System	RHEL 8/9, Rocky Linux, CentOS, Amazon Linux, or Debian
CPU	Multi-core; more cores accelerate parallel pipeline processing
Memory	16 GB minimum; 32 GB+ for heavy analysis workloads
Storage	Sized to your dataset; fast SSD recommended for active data
Web Browser	Any modern browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge)

For exact requirements and tuning guidance, see the documentation.

Managed Hosting

Squirrel Research LLC offers managed NiDB hosting on AWS or Google Cloud, handling installation, configuration, backups, and updates.

Hosted NiDB ↗