Developing with Ephys Link

Ephys Link is free and open-source software. All of our code is available on GitHub, and we welcome contributions from the community!

This section describes:

• The Socket.IO server's API and how to communicate with Ephys Link from a client application
• How to add a new manipulator to Ephys Link
• General code organization and development practices for Ephys Link

Installing for Development

1. Clone the repository.
2. Install Hatch
3. In a terminal, navigate to the repository's root directory and run

hatch shell

This will create a virtual environment, install Python 13 (if not found), and install the package in editable mode.

If you encounter any dependency issues (particularly with aiohttp), try installing the latest Microsoft Visual C++ (MSVC v143+ x86/64) and the Windows SDK (10/11) via Visual Studio Build Tools Installer.