Start using Radiens — it works alongside what you already have.
You don't have to switch. Radiens reads your existing recordings, never changes your primary data, exports open formats, and is free to start — so you can try it on a single file today and let it earn its way into your workflow, only as far as it helps.
You risk nothing to try.
Adopting new software usually means migration, setup, and the worry that it might not pay off. Radiens asks for none of that up front — it meets your data where it is and gives it back exactly as it found it.
Reads your files as they are
Open your existing recordings from most systems — no conversion, no migration to begin.
Never changes your primary data
Radiens is read-only on your originals; everything it produces is enrichment, layered alongside.
Open formats, nothing locked in
Export to the open NWB standard at any time — your data is never held hostage to a subscription.
Free to start
The Standard tier and the Python and command-line tools are free — trying it costs a few minutes, nothing more.
The only real risk is the one that isn’t there.
Adopting new software feels risky, in two familiar ways. Early in a career it is the anxiety of the unknown — what if I sink days into this and it does not pan out? Later it is inertia and healthy skepticism — my setup works, so why disturb it for another tool that promises the world? Both are the same worry: that trying will cost something. With Radiens it doesn't. It reads your data without changing it, hands it back in open formats, and is free — so trying is fully reversible. You can open one file, see whether it helps, and walk away having lost nothing. That is the whole point: start small, risk nothing, and let it prove itself.
Start with a single file.
Open a recording and see what's in it — the fewest keystrokes to 'what is this?'The easiest way in is the thing you already do constantly: open a file to see what it holds. Radiens turns any recording on disk into a fully interactive view — no import, no setup — so within seconds you are scrubbing, zooming, and reading the signal.
Open any recording, instantly
Turn a file on disk into a fully interactive view — open, scrub, zoom, and explore — with no import step. Free.
Reads most systems natively
Open recordings from most acquisition systems, and common EEG/ECoG formats, with no conversion step.
See quality at a glance
A signal-quality readout tells you whether a recording is worth your time — before you commit any of it. Free.
It earns its keep — and you don’t need to be an expert.
High-level, data-intensive work without first mastering the open-source stack.From that first view, Radiens grows into your work one job at a time — check quality, sort spikes, run spectral analysis, automate — each step optional, turned on only when it helps. And it puts professional-grade capability within reach without requiring you to assemble and master the open-source ecosystem: you get high-level results without first becoming a tools engineer.
Professional analysis, turnkey
Spike sorting, LFP and spectral analysis, and quality metrics — ready to use, with no pipeline to build. Standard sorting and metrics free.
No open-source expertise required
Get high-level results without mastering SpikeInterface, Kilosort, or a Python environment — though you can use those too.
Grows one job at a time
Adopt Radiens for the parts where it helps and keep the rest of your workflow exactly as it is.
It only ever adds — never subtracts.
Read-only on your primary data; enrichment layered alongside; fits beside the tools you use.Nothing you do in Radiens can harm your original recordings. It reads your primary data and never changes it — every quality metric, provenance record, and derived result is enrichment stored alongside the original. And it fits beside the tools you already use rather than replacing them.
Read-only on your originals
Your primary recordings are never overwritten; Radiens enriches them with metadata and results, never alters them. Free.
Works alongside your tools
Keep NeuroExplorer, Plexon, or your own scripts — RadiensPy and the command-line tool compose with SpikeInterface and MNE. Free.
Open in, open out
Reads most formats with no conversion and exports to the open NWB standard, so data moves freely between Radiens and everything else. Free.
And often, it extends what you can do.
Not just parity with your old tools — capability you didn't have before. As Radiens earns its place, things that were impractical become routine.
- ✓See quality live, at the rig (Vantage™) — catch a problem while the session is still recoverable.
- ✓Reproducibility built in — every dataset carries a provenance record, so any result re-derives itself.
- ✓Scale when you need it — the same analyses run toward on-demand cluster and GPU compute (in development).
Who starts, and why.
The barrier is different at different career stages — and so is the payoff.
For the newcomer
Do high-level, data-intensive work without first becoming an expert in the open-source ecosystem. Radiens gives you professional capability on day one — so your effort goes to the science, not the software.
For the PI
Stay close to your data as your time gets pulled toward everything else. Radiens lets you open, check, and understand your lab’s recordings yourself — because you are the one ultimately responsible for them.
Ready for the specifics?
This page is the why. The how — installing, reading your formats, and moving data to and from your other tools — lives in the documentation, step by step.
Frequently asked questions
Do I have to switch from my current software to use Radiens?
No. Radiens is designed to work alongside your existing tools, not replace them. It reads your recordings from most acquisition systems, exports to open formats, and you adopt it only for the parts of the workflow where it helps — starting with something as small as opening a single file.
Will Radiens change or overwrite my raw data?
No. Radiens is read-only on your primary recordings. Every quality metric, provenance record, and derived result is stored as enrichment alongside the original file, which is never altered — so trying Radiens cannot harm the data you already have.
Can I use Radiens alongside NeuroExplorer, Plexon, Open Ephys, or MNE?
Yes. Radiens reads recordings from most acquisition systems with no conversion and exports to the open NWB standard, and RadiensPy and the command-line tool compose with SpikeInterface and MNE — so it fits beside the tools you already use rather than forcing a switch.
Do I need to know Python or the open-source tools to get high-level results?
No. Radiens gives you professional-grade capability — spike sorting, quality metrics, LFP and spectral analysis — turnkey through its apps, with no pipeline to assemble. The free Python client and command-line tool are there when you want to automate, but they are not required to do serious work.
Is it free to try?
Yes. The Radiens Standard tier is free and permanent, and the RadiensPy Python client and command-line tool are free at every tier — so you can open a file and evaluate Radiens with no commitment and no cost.
Open one file. See if it helps. Nothing to lose.
Radiens reads your existing recordings, never changes them, and is free to start. Try it on a single file today, and let it earn its way into your workflow from there.