Table 1.

Comparison of major features across behavioral control system toolboxes

	BControl	pyBpod	pyControl	VirMEn	Rigbox
Behavioral task design paradigm	Procedural	Procedural	Procedural	Object oriented	Functional reactive
Presents visual stimuli? 3D/VR environments?	No	No	No	Yes, yes	Yes, no
Interfaces with hardware?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Time aligns multiple datastreams?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Communicates with a remote database?	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Contains unit and integration tests?	?	?	Yes	?	Yes

The top row contains the toolbox names, and the first column contains information on the implementation of a feature. Note: the toolboxes and features mentioned in this table are not exhaustive.