XNAT Software License Agreement | Installation Instructions | Latest Release Notes
When running XNAT with plugins, be sure to double-check version compatibility between plugin versions and your core XNAT version. This page helps identify the latest compatible version of supported XNAT plugins for each recent XNAT release version.
This collection houses utilities and resources for XNAT users and developers. Some are only distributed for archival purposes and are not actively maintained.
The XNAT Desktop Client is a stand-alone application built with Electron that works with the latest XNAT version to upload image session data with anonymization, and download image session data using a native xnat:// protocol to handle an XML download manifest. The desktop client includes the core functionality of the Upload Assistant, plus transfer management capabilities such as "Pause", "Resume" and "Cancel".
The XNAT Docker-Compose builder generates a containerized version of XNAT and can be configured to populate your XNAT environment with pre-installed plugins and related dependencies.
The XNAT Pipeline Engine is the legacy means of running processing pipelines on XNAT data. This requires the Pipeline Engine Plugin for XNAT 1.9 and above.
XNATpy is an XNAT client developed by ErasmusMC that exposes XNAT objects/functions as Python objects/functions.
You must review and agree to the XNAT Software License Agreement before you can download.
The XNAT web application and server platform are written and maintained by the Neuroinformatics Research Group at the Washington University School of Medicine. They are made available for general use under the 2-clause or Simplified BSD license:
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