RuleStudio by kappamodeler

An Eclipse plugin for editing the Kappa modeling language for Systems Biology.

This plugin provides a free & open source desktop environment for working with Kappa models.

Features include:

Kappa syntax highlighting
Run simulations and static analysis directly from Eclipse
Integrated visualization tools for: simulation output, story output, rules, contact maps, and rule influence maps
Integrated rule validation
Upload models directly to RuleBase

For more information on Kappa, please visit KappaLanguage.org.

Install

To install first you need to have Eclipse installed. If you don't already, you can download it from the Eclipse web site.

To install RuleStudio:

Start up Eclipse and go to 'Help' -> 'Install New Software...'
Click on 'Add...' to add a new site.
Give the site, like RuleStudio (the actual name is not important).
Enter 'http://eclipse.rulebase.org" for the location & hit OK.
Uncheck 'Group items by category' if necessary.
Check 'RuleStudio Update Site'.
Click next.
You should see 2 features to install, click next.
If prompted, accept the unsigned features and restart Eclipse.

How long installation takes to install depends on how many of the dependencies you already have.

Upgrade

The process is almost exactly the same to upgrade the plugin.

Getting Started

To get started with RuleStudio, go to 'File' -> 'Model Folder' to create a new project for your kappa files. You can then create kappa files inside your model.

The plugin installs a few Eclipse perspectives for working with kappa files. You can select these (or return to the normal perspective) by going to 'Window' -> 'Open Perspective'.

License

RuleStudio is released under the GNU Lesser General Public License.

Authors

Bob Buffone, Bill Masek, Monte Brown

Download Source

If you are interested in contribute this project, you are encouraged to fork RuleStudio. More information on forking can be found here.

You can also clone the project with Git by running:

$ git clone git://github.com/kappamodeler/rulestudio

or you can download this project in either zip or tar formats.