automation

Dallinger

Laboratory automation for the behavioral and social sciences; human culture on a chip.
124 stars45 forksPythonUpdated 10/21/2026100% free · open source

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Laboratory automation for the behavioral and social sciences; human culture on a chip.
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How Dallinger works
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Dallinger is a very large Python project (~62k lines across 171 code files, plus 62 test files). It is a full software project: use it through its install path rather than reading it end to end. Last commit this month, Other license, has a test suite.

Size
Very large codebase
~62k lines · 171 code files · days to read — use, don't read
Setup
Developer setup
A real software project. Use it via its install path; don't expect to read it all.
Runs on
Python · Docker
No API keys detected
Python 92%JavaScript 4%HTML 4%Jinja 1%
Where to start reading
  1. 1
    README.md
    Start here — what it does and how to install it
  2. 2
    AGENTS.md
    The instructions the AI actually follows
  3. 3
    package.json
    Dependencies and the commands it exposes
  4. 4
    dallinger/__init__.py
    Inside dallinger/ — the main logic begins here
  5. 5
    demos/README.md
    A worked example — copy this to get going
What's in each folder
dallinger/Core code — the actual logic124 files
demos/Examples you can copy317 files
docs/Documentation82 files
dallinger_scripts/Folder4 files
scripts/Helper scripts2 files
tests/Tests — proof it works80 files
.github/CI / automation (GitHub Actions)5 files
.cursor/Editor / agent settings4 files
READMEHas testsDocumentedCI checksDocker readyExamples includedOther licenseUpdated this month
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Creator
Dallinger
Language
Python
Category
automation
Published
9/5/2016

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