Below an overview of the most frequently used pulsar software packages and where you as a user can use them for. If a package is missing: please be so kind to add it to the list. Thank you!
| Reduce data | RFI removal | Timing | Searching | Fake | manage* | |||
| Time | Freq | Accel | ||||||
| DSPSR | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| heimdall | ✔ | |||||||
| PRESTO | ✔ | ✔ | ✔1) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| PSRCHIVE | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| PSRDADA | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
| PsrSoft | ✔ | |||||||
| PulsarHunter | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
| SIGPROC | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| TEMPO | ✔ | |||||||
| TEMPO2 | ✔ | |||||||
*Package to either install pulsar software or manage data conversion and/or transfer