# New release: Brian 2.6 **URL:** \ **Category:** Announcements\ **Tags:** release\ **Created:** [15 March 2024 18:00 UTC](https://brian.discourse.group/t/new-release-brian-2-6/1166 "2024-03-15T18:00:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mstimberg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/brian.discourse.group/mstimberg/32/11_2.png) [@mstimberg](https://brian.discourse.group/u/mstimberg)\ **Post date:** [15 March 2024 18:00 UTC](https://brian.discourse.group/t/new-release-brian-2-6/1166/1 "2024-03-15T18:00:14Z")
It’s been a while since the last release, so we are very happy to announce that **Brian 2.6** is finally out πŸŽ‰ This release comes with a major new feature to run standalone simulations repeatedly (or in parallel), without recompiling its code. We now also automatically push Docker images to [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/repository/docker/briansimulator/brian/general), provide Python wheels for Python 3.12, and build and test on Apple Silicon hardware. The release also fixes various compatibility issues with the upcoming numpy 2.0 release – although we cannot be sure yet whether the ongoing development will not make additional changes neccessary. As always, the new release also fixes a bunch of small bugs and errors, and updates the documentation and the examples. Brian 2 can be installed with pip from the [pypi repository](https://pypi.org/project/Brian2/), and via several other means (some of them might take a while to catch up to the latest release). See the [installation instructions](https://brian2.readthedocs.io/en/2.6.0/introduction/install.html), and the badges in the [README file](https://github.com/brian-team/brian2/blob/03225b207ecc41bd2f2d12a029137dbec1950650/README.rst) for more details. Thanks to everyone who contributed 🀝! For all the details about this new release, please have a look at the [release notes](https://brian2.readthedocs.io/en/2.6.0/introduction/release_notes.html).