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Signal processing · Processing

FieldTrip

A MATLAB toolbox for MEG, EEG and intracranial EEG analysis.

  • Mature
  • Widely used
  • Active
github.com/fieldtrip/fieldtrip (opens in a new tab)Documentation (opens in a new tab)

What problem does it solve?

Provides advanced spectral, connectivity and source analysis as composable functions.

Who is it for?

Methods-oriented researchers working in MATLAB

At a glance

Primary use
Signal processing
Licence
GPL-3.0 · copyleft or unspecified
Language
MATLAB
Current release
20251218, published 8 Jan 2026
Development activity
Last commit 1 Oct 2026 · repository created 23 Jan 2013
Maintainers
Donders Institute and community
GitHub stars
989 as of 3 Oct 2026

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Supported modalities and use

Modalities

Real-time capability

Primarily for offline analysis

Common use cases

  • Spectral and connectivity analysis
  • Source reconstruction
  • iEEG electrode localisation

How it fits into a BCI stack

  1. Hardware

    2 tools

  2. Acquisition

    3 tools

  3. Streaming

    3 tools

  4. Processing

    FieldTrip

  5. Decoding

    4 tools

  6. Applications

    2 tools

  7. Data & standards

    3 tools

Sources

  1. 01

    github.com/fieldtrip/fieldtrip (opens in a new tab)

    Open-source repositoryGitHubChecked against source 3 Oct 2026

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