phasorpy 0.10__tar.gz → 0.11__tar.gz

{phasorpy-0.10 → phasorpy-0.11}/PKG-INFO

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Metadata-Version: 2.4
 Name: phasorpy
-Version: 0.10
+Version: 0.11
 Summary: Analysis of luminescence lifetime and hyperspectral images using the phasor approach
 Author: PhasorPy Contributors
 License-Expression: MIT
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Requires-Dist: matplotlib>=3.9.0
 Requires-Dist: pandas>=2.3.0
 Requires-Dist: scikit-learn>=1.5.0
 Requires-Dist: scipy>=1.14.0
-Requires-Dist: tifffile>=2024.8.30
+Requires-Dist: tifffile>=2026.5.2
 Requires-Dist: xarray>=2024.6.0
 Requires-Dist: click
 Requires-Dist: pooch
@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@ Requires-Dist: tqdm
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 Requires-Dist: fbdfile>=2025.9.18; extra == "all"
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 Requires-Dist: liffile>=2025.2.10; extra == "all"
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-Requires-Dist: imagecodecs==2026.3.6; (sys_platform == "darwin" and platform_machine == "x86_64") and extra == "all"
+Requires-Dist: imagecodecs==2026.6.6; (sys_platform == "darwin" and platform_machine == "x86_64") and extra == "all"
 Dynamic: license-file
 
 # <img src="https://www.phasorpy.org/_static/phasorpy_logo.svg" alt="&#x25CB;" width="48" height="48" align="left"/> PhasorPy
@@ -50,6 +50,19 @@ Dynamic: license-file
 PhasorPy is an open-source Python library for the analysis of luminescence
 lifetime and hyperspectral images using the phasor approach.
 
+The phasor approach represents time-resolved and spectral signals as
+phasor coordinates (normalized Fourier coefficients at harmonic frequencies)
+for intuitive visualization and analysis.
+
+PhasorPy enables reproducible phasor-based fluorescence lifetime imaging
+(FLIM) and hyperspectral imaging (HSI) workflows in scientific Python.
+It provides tools to read microscopy data in many file formats and to
+calculate, calibrate, filter, visualize, and interconvert phasor coordinates,
+lifetimes, and signals. Phasor coordinates can be exported to standard
+formats and analyzed through cursor-based region-of-interest selection,
+cluster detection, multi-component unmixing, FRET efficiency and concentration
+estimation.
+
 - [Homepage](https://www.phasorpy.org)
 - [Documentation](https://www.phasorpy.org/docs/stable/)
 - [Source code](https://github.com/phasorpy/phasorpy)

{phasorpy-0.10 → phasorpy-0.11}/README.md

@@ -3,6 +3,19 @@
 PhasorPy is an open-source Python library for the analysis of luminescence
 lifetime and hyperspectral images using the phasor approach.
 
+The phasor approach represents time-resolved and spectral signals as
+phasor coordinates (normalized Fourier coefficients at harmonic frequencies)
+for intuitive visualization and analysis.
+
+PhasorPy enables reproducible phasor-based fluorescence lifetime imaging
+(FLIM) and hyperspectral imaging (HSI) workflows in scientific Python.
+It provides tools to read microscopy data in many file formats and to
+calculate, calibrate, filter, visualize, and interconvert phasor coordinates,
+lifetimes, and signals. Phasor coordinates can be exported to standard
+formats and analyzed through cursor-based region-of-interest selection,
+cluster detection, multi-component unmixing, FRET efficiency and concentration
+estimation.
+
 - [Homepage](https://www.phasorpy.org)
 - [Documentation](https://www.phasorpy.org/docs/stable/)
 - [Source code](https://github.com/phasorpy/phasorpy)

{phasorpy-0.10 → phasorpy-0.11}/docs/_static/switcher.json

@@ -1,15 +1,20 @@
 [
   {
     "name": "dev",
-    "version": "0.11",
+    "version": "0.12",
     "url": "https://www.phasorpy.org/docs/dev/"
   },
   {
-    "name": "0.10 (stable)",
-    "version": "0.10",
+    "name": "0.11 (stable)",
+    "version": "0.11",
     "url": "https://www.phasorpy.org/docs/stable/",
     "preferred": true
   },
+  {
+    "name": "0.10",
+    "version": "0.10",
+    "url": "https://www.phasorpy.org/docs/v0.10/"
+  },
   {
     "name": "0.9",
     "version": "0.9",

{phasorpy-0.10 → phasorpy-0.11}/docs/acknowledgments.rst

@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ PhasorPy was inspired by the
 `Globals for Images - SimFCS <https://www.lfd.uci.edu/globals/>`_ software by
 Enrico Gratton.
 
-This software project was supported in part by the
+This project was supported in part by the
 `Essential Open Source Software for Science (EOSS)
 <https://chanzuckerberg.com/eoss/>`_ program at
 `Chan Zuckerberg Initiative <https://chanzuckerberg.com/>`_
-(grant number 2022-252604, 2022-2024).
+(grant number 2022-252604; 2022-2024).
 
 .. _contributors:
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ and
 User Community
 --------------
 
-Many thanks to the PhasorPy user community for their feedback, bug reports,
+Thanks to the PhasorPy user community for their feedback, bug reports,
 feature suggestions, and data files that have helped improve the library.
 
 Citation

{phasorpy-0.10 → phasorpy-0.11}/docs/api/index.rst

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ This documents the application programming and command-line interfaces of
 the PhasorPy library version |version|.
 
 .. note::
-    The PhasorPy library is still under construction. Backwards-incompatible
-    changes may occur between revisions.
+    PhasorPy is still under active development, and changes in new releases
+    may require updates to existing code.
 
 .. toctree::
     :maxdepth: 3

{phasorpy-0.10 → phasorpy-0.11}/docs/conf.py

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(__file__))
 
 # remove the examples header from HTML tutorials
 import sphinx_gallery.gen_rst
+from sphinx_gallery.sorting import ExplicitOrder
 
 sphinx_gallery.gen_rst.EXAMPLE_HEADER = (
     sphinx_gallery.gen_rst.EXAMPLE_HEADER.replace(
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ exclude_patterns = ['_build', 'Thumbs.db', '.DS_Store']
 # html_theme = 'sphinx_rtd_theme'
 html_theme = 'pydata_sphinx_theme'
 html_static_path = ['_static']
-html_js_files = ['custom-icons.js']
+html_js_files = [('custom-icons.js', {'defer': 'defer'})]
 html_show_sourcelink = False
 html_sidebars = {'**': ['sidebar-nav-bs']}
 
@@ -130,6 +131,13 @@ sphinx_gallery_conf = {
     'filename_pattern': 'phasorpy_',
     'examples_dirs': '../tutorials',
     'gallery_dirs': 'tutorials',
+    'subsection_order': ExplicitOrder(
+        [
+            '../tutorials/applications',
+            '../tutorials/api',
+            '../tutorials/misc',
+        ]
+    ),
     'reference_url': {'phasorpy': None},
     'matplotlib_animations': True,
     'within_subsection_order': 'conf.TutorialOrder',
@@ -151,22 +159,23 @@ class TutorialOrder:
         'introduction',
         'lifetime_geometry',
         'lfd_workshop',
+        # applications
+        'component_fit',
+        'fret_efficiency',
+        'nadh_fraction',
+        'nadh_concentration',
+        'multidimensional',
         # api
         'io',
+        'lifetime_to_signal',
         'phasor_from_lifetime',
-        'multi_harmonic',
+        'fret',
         'filter',
+        'multi_harmonic',
         'phasorplot',
         'cursor',
         'component',
-        'fret',
-        'lifetime_to_signal',
         'pca',
-        # applications
-        'component_fit',
-        'fret_efficiency',
-        'nadh_concentration',
-        'multidimensional',
         # misc
         'logo',
         'apps',

{phasorpy-0.10 → phasorpy-0.11}/docs/contributing.rst

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Contributing guide
 As a community-maintained project, PhasorPy welcomes contributions in the form
 of bug reports, bug fixes, feature implementations, documentation, datasets,
 and enhancement proposals.
-This document provides information on how to contribute.
+This guide explains how to contribute.
 
 The :doc:`code_of_conduct` applies to everyone participating in the
 PhasorPy community.
@@ -74,13 +74,13 @@ a GitHub repository at
 `https://github.com/phasorpy/phasorpy <https://github.com/phasorpy/phasorpy>`_.
 
 The repository is based on `git <https://git-scm.com/>`_, a distributed
-version control software for tracking changes in the source code files and for
+version control system for tracking changes in source code files and for
 coordinating work among programmers collaboratively developing the code.
 
 PhasorPy uses GitHub's `fork and pull collaborative development model
 <https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/collaborating-with-pull-requests>`_.
 All contributions to the PhasorPy source code and documentation should
-be developed in personal forks/copies of the code, and then submitted as
+be developed in personal forks of the repository, and then submitted as
 `pull requests <https://github.com/phasorpy/phasorpy/pulls>`_ (PRs).
 
 The PhasorPy project loosely follows the
@@ -203,7 +203,6 @@ static type checker::
 
     $ python -m mypy
 
-
 The PhasorPy project follows the Scientific Python
 `SPEC 0 - Minimum Supported Dependencies
 <https://scientific-python.org/specs/spec-0000/>`_ recommendation
@@ -219,7 +218,7 @@ following the `numpydoc
 standard.
 
 Examples in docstrings must run and pass as
-`doctests <https://docs.python.org/3/library/doctest.html>`_ ::
+`doctests <https://docs.python.org/3/library/doctest.html>`_::
 
     $ python -m pytest -v src/phasorpy
 
@@ -232,7 +231,7 @@ to generate the documentation in HTML format published at
 
 Sphinx documentation is written in the
 `reStructuredText <https://docutils.sourceforge.io/rst.html>`_
-markup language in the .rst files in the ``docs`` and ``tutorials`` folders.
+markup language in .rst files in the ``docs`` and ``tutorials`` folders.
 
 All user-facing classes and functions should be included in the
 ``docs/api/*.rst`` files.
@@ -251,8 +250,8 @@ Examples in the .rst files must run and pass as doctests::
 
     $ python -m pytest -v docs
 
-Documentation in HTML format can be built from the docstrings, .rst,
-and tutorial files by running::
+Documentation can be built in HTML format from docstrings, .rst files,
+and tutorials by running::
 
     $ cd docs
     $ make clean
@@ -263,7 +262,7 @@ Then open ``_build/html/index.html`` in a web browser.
 Commit the changes
 ..................
 
-Commit changed and new files to the local repository::
+Commit modified and new files to the local repository::
 
     $ git add phasorpy/new_file.py
     $ git commit -a -m "Summarize changes in 50 characters or less"

{phasorpy-0.10 → phasorpy-0.11}/docs/index.rst

@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 PhasorPy documentation
 ======================
 
-Welcome to the documentation of PhasorPy version |version|.
+Welcome to the documentation for PhasorPy version |version|.
 
 PhasorPy is an open-source Python library for the analysis of luminescence
 lifetime and hyperspectral images using the :doc:`phasor_approach`.
 
-Quickstart
-==========
+Project guide
+=============
 
 The :doc:`tutorials/index` demonstrate how to use the library, from simple
 examples to advanced applications.
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ examples to advanced applications.
 The :doc:`api/index` contains detailed information about all functions and
 classes of the library.
 
-The :doc:`release/index` list recent bug fixes, feature enhancements, documentation,
-and maintenance changes.
+The :doc:`release/index` list recent bug fixes, feature enhancements,
+documentation, and maintenance changes.
 
 The :doc:`contributing` explains how to get support, report bugs,
 submit fixes, and improve the documentation.
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Sample data files used in tutorials and testing are available from the
 Report issues with the code or documentation on the
 `issue tracker on GitHub <https://github.com/phasorpy/phasorpy/issues>`_.
 
-Questions about the usage of the PhasorPy library are answered on the
+Questions about using the PhasorPy library can be asked on the
 `issue tracker on GitHub <https://github.com/phasorpy/phasorpy/issues>`_.
 
 Please cite

{phasorpy-0.10 → phasorpy-0.11}/docs/phasor_approach.rst

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Phasor approach
+Phasor approach
 ===============
 
 "The phasor approach to fluorescence lifetime imaging, and more recently
@@ -140,23 +140,45 @@ Articles
 Software
 --------
 
-Besides the PhasorPy library, several other software implemented the phasor
-approach to analyze fluorescence time-resolved or spectral images:
+Several software packages implement the phasor approach for analyzing
+luminescence time-resolved or spectral images:
 
 .. list-table::
    :header-rows: 0
 
+   * - **Library**
+     - :ref:`PhasorPy <phasorpy>`,
+       :ref:`tttrlib <tttrlib>`,
+       :ref:`FLIMLib <flimlib>`:sup:`2`,
+       :ref:`BrightEyes <brighteyes>`:sup:`2`,
+       :ref:`FLIM_tools <flim_tools>`:sup:`2,4`,
+       :ref:`Cell-analysis-tools <cell_analysis_tools>`:sup:`2,4`
    * - **Desktop**
-     - :ref:`SimFCS <simfcs>`,
+     - :ref:`SimFCS <simfcs>`:sup:`3,4`,
+       :ref:`FLIM Playground <flim_playground>`:sup:`1`,
        :ref:`FLUTE <flute>`,
        :ref:`FLIMPA <flimpa>`,
        :ref:`GSLab <gslab>`,
        :ref:`AlliGator <alligator>`,
-       :ref:`BrightEyes <brighteyes>`,
-       :ref:`FLIM Playground <flim_playground>`,
-       :ref:`HySP <hysp>`,
-       :ref:`FlimFast <flimfast>`
-   * - **Commercial**
+       :ref:`HySP <hysp>`:sup:`3,4`,
+       :ref:`FlimFast <flimfast>`:sup:`3,4`
+   * - **Napari**
+     - :ref:`Napari-phasors <napari_phasors>`:sup:`1`,
+       :ref:`FLIMari <flimari>`:sup:`1`,
+       :ref:`Napari-flim-phasor-plotter <napari_flim_phasor_plotter>`,
+       :ref:`FLOPA <flopa>`:sup:`2`,
+       :ref:`Napari-live-flim <napari_live_flim>`:sup:`2,4`
+   * - **ImageJ**
+     - :ref:`Spectral/Time Gated Phasor PlugIns <phasor_plugins>`:sup:`4`
+   * - **Notebook**
+     - :ref:`PhasorAnalysis <phasor_analysis>`,
+       :ref:`PhasorIdentifier <phasor_identifier>`:sup:`4`,
+       :ref:`PhasorPlots for dummies <phasorplots_for_dummies>`:sup:`2,4`
+   * - **Matlab**
+     - :ref:`FLIMfit <flimfit>`:sup:`2`,
+       :ref:`PAM <pam>`:sup:`2`,
+       :ref:`Instant-FLIM-Analysis <instant_flim_analysis>`:sup:`4`
+   * - **Commercial**:sup:`3`
      - :ref:`FLIM Studio <flim_studio>`,
        :ref:`VistaVision <vistavision>`,
        :ref:`SPCImage <spcimage>`,
@@ -164,29 +186,29 @@ approach to analyze fluorescence time-resolved or spectral images:
        :ref:`Luminosa <luminosa>`,
        :ref:`EzTime <eztime>`,
        :ref:`LIFA <lifa>`
-   * - **Napari**
-     - :ref:`Napari-phasors <napari_phasors>`,
-       :ref:`Napari-flim-phasor-plotter <napari_flim_phasor_plotter>`,
-       :ref:`Napari-live-flim <napari_live_flim>`,
-       :ref:`FLOPA <flopa>`,
-       :ref:`FLIMari <flimari>`
-   * - **ImageJ**
-     - :ref:`Spectral/Time Gated Phasor PlugIns <phasor_plugins>`
-   * - **Matlab**
-     - :ref:`FLIMfit <flimfit>`,
-       :ref:`PAM <pam>`,
-       :ref:`Instant-FLIM-Analysis <instant_flim_analysis>`
-   * - **Library**
-     - :ref:`FLIMLib <flimlib>`,
-       :ref:`tttrlib <tttrlib>`,
-       :ref:`FLIM_tools <flim_tools>`,
-       :ref:`Cell-analysis-tools <cell_analysis_tools>`
-   * - **Notebook**
-     - :ref:`PhasorIdentifier <phasor_identifier>`,
-       :ref:`PhasorPlots for dummies <phasorplots_for_dummies>`
+
+| :sup:`1` Uses PhasorPy internally.
+| :sup:`2` GPL-licensed.
+| :sup:`3` Proprietary or closed-source.
+| :sup:`4` Legacy: no known maintenance activity for at least 2 years.
 
 Details:
 
+-
+  .. _phasorpy:
+
+  `PhasorPy <https://github.com/phasorpy/phasorpy/>`__
+  is an open-source Python library for the analysis of luminescence lifetime
+  and hyperspectral images using the phasor approach.
+  The library enables reproducible phasor-based FLIM and HSI workflows.
+  It provides tools to read microscopy data in many file formats and to
+  calculate, calibrate, filter, visualize, and interconvert phasor coordinates,
+  lifetimes, and signals. Phasor coordinates can be exported to standard
+  formats and analyzed through cursor-based region-of-interest selection,
+  cluster detection, multi-component unmixing, FRET efficiency and
+  concentration estimation.
+  It is distributed under the permissive MIT license.
+
 -
   .. _simfcs:
 
@@ -194,9 +216,8 @@ Details:
   is a free, closed-source, Windows desktop application for fluorescence image
   analysis, visualization, simulation, and acquisition.
   The software was developed by Enrico Gratton during 1998-2022 at the
-  Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics. It provides the most comprehensive
-  set of features for phasor analysis of fluorescence lifetime and
-  hyperspectral images.
+  Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics. It provides a broad set of features
+  for phasor analysis of fluorescence lifetime and hyperspectral images.
   Many `tutorials <https://www.lfd.uci.edu/globals/tutorials/>`__ are
   available.
 
@@ -226,7 +247,7 @@ Details:
   .. _flopa:
 
   `FLOPA <https://github.com/IMCF-Biocev/FLOPA>`__
-  is a napari plugin for FLIM data opening, processing and analysis.
+  is a napari plugin for FLIM data opening, processing, and analysis.
   The plugin is distributed under the GPLv3 license.
 
 -
@@ -257,7 +278,7 @@ Details:
   .. _flimpa:
 
   `FLIMPA <https://github.com/SofiaKapsiani/FLIMPA>`__
-  is an open-source GUI software designed for the phasor plot analysis of
+  is an open-source GUI application designed for phasor-plot analysis of
   raw TCSPC-FLIM data. The software is written in Python and distributed
   under the BSD-3-Clause license.
 
@@ -284,7 +305,7 @@ Details:
   is a collection of open-source software for the acquisition, analysis,
   and simulation of image-scanning microscopy data, including FLIM-phasor
   analysis of time-resolved images. The software is written in Python/VHDL
-  by the lab of Giuseppe Vicidomini and distributed under the GPL3 license.
+  by the lab of Giuseppe Vicidomini and distributed under the GPL v3 license.
 
 -
   .. _flim_playground:
@@ -301,7 +322,7 @@ Details:
   `FLIM_tools <https://github.com/jayunruh/FLIM_tools>`__
   is an open-source Python library for linear unmixing and phasor tools for
   FLIM analysis developed by Jay Unruh. The library is distributed under
-  the GPL2 license.
+  the GPL v2 license.
 
 -
   .. _tttrlib:
@@ -312,6 +333,14 @@ Details:
   and correcting phasor coordinates. The library is distributed under the
   BSD license.
 
+-
+  .. _phasor_analysis:
+
+  `PhasorAnalysis <https://zenodo.org/records/15616954>`__
+  is a Jupyter notebook for the PhasorScope project, an open, integrated
+  platform for multiplexed bioluminescence microscopy. The notebook is
+  designed to run on Google Colab and is distributed under the MIT license.
+
 -
   .. _phasor_identifier:
 
@@ -350,7 +379,7 @@ Details:
   .. _flimfit:
 
   `FLIMfit <https://github.com/flimfit/FLIMfit>`__ is an open-source,
-  MATLAB-based tool to analyse and visualize time-resolved data from FLIM
+  MATLAB-based tool to analyze and visualize time-resolved data from FLIM
   measurements including TCSPC and wide-field time-gated imaging.
   It includes a segmentation tool based on the phasor approach.
   The affiliated `FlimReader <https://github.com/flimfit/FlimReader>`__
@@ -362,7 +391,7 @@ Details:
 
   `PAM <https://pam.readthedocs.io/en/latest/phasor.html>`__
   is an open-source GUI-based MATLAB package for the analysis of fluorescence
-  experiments. The phasor analysis includes region of interests, fractions,
+  experiments. The phasor analysis includes regions of interest, fractions,
   triangular mixtures, and FRET estimation. PAM is licensed under the GPL v3.
 
 -
@@ -385,7 +414,7 @@ Details:
   .. _flim_studio:
 
   `FLIM Studio <https://www.flimlabs.com/software/>`__
-  is a commercial software by FLIM LABS, a vendor of portable devices for
+  is commercial software by FLIM LABS, a vendor of portable devices for
   fluorescence lifetime imaging and spectroscopy. The software provides
   real-time FLIM phasor-plot analysis, AI-driven phasor-plot analysis
   techniques, and an application programming interface. Python modules
@@ -395,7 +424,7 @@ Details:
   .. _vistavision:
 
   `VistaVision <https://iss.com/software/vistavision>`__
-  is a commercial Windows desktop software by ISS, Inc., for confocal
+  is a commercial Windows desktop application by ISS, Inc., for confocal
   microscopy applications, including instrument control, data acquisition,
   and data processing. It performs image segmentation of FLIM images via
   the phasor plot.
@@ -404,7 +433,7 @@ Details:
   .. _spcimage:
 
   `SPCImage <https://www.becker-hickl.com/literature/documents/flim/spcimage-ng/>`__
-  is a commercial Windows desktop software by Becker & Hickl (tm) for
+  is a commercial Windows desktop application by Becker & Hickl (tm) for
   TCSPC-FLIM data analysis. It performs image segmentation of time-resolved
   data via the phasor plot.
 
@@ -412,24 +441,24 @@ Details:
   .. _lasx:
 
   `LAS X <https://www.leica-microsystems.com/science-lab/phasor-analysis-for-flim-fluorescence-lifetime-imaging-microscopy/>`__
-  is a commercial Windows desktop software by Leica Microsystems.
-  The software allows, by using phasors, to follow microenvironmental changes,
-  select components to multiplex signal, and determine FRET efficiency.
+  is a commercial Windows desktop application by Leica Microsystems.
+  The software uses phasors to track microenvironmental changes,
+  select components for signal multiplexing, and determine FRET efficiency.
 
 -
   .. _luminosa:
 
   `Luminosa <https://www.picoquant.com/products/category/fluorescence-microscopes/luminosa-single-photon-counting-confocal-microscope#documents>`__
-  is a commercial Windows desktop software by PicoQuant GmbH, which includes
+  is a commercial Windows desktop application by PicoQuant GmbH, which includes
   single molecule detection, FCS, and time-resolved imaging methods.
-  The InstaFLIM module allows simultaneous TCSPC and phasor analysis
-  options for ROI determination.
+  The InstaFLIM module supports simultaneous TCSPC and phasor analysis
+  for ROI determination.
 
 -
   .. _eztime:
 
   `EzTime <https://www.horiba.com/int/scientific/products/detail/action/show/Product/eztime-software-6283/>`__
-  is a commercial software by HORIBA Scientific. It allows real-time TCSPC
+  is commercial software by HORIBA Scientific. It allows real-time TCSPC
   image analysis and visualization, including phasor plots, in conjunction
   with the FLIMera wide-field camera.
 
@@ -437,14 +466,37 @@ Details:
   .. _lifa:
 
   `LIFA <https://lambertinstruments.com/lifa-software>`__
-  is a commercial software by Lambert Instruments to record and analyze
+  is commercial software by Lambert Instruments to record and analyze
   fluorescence lifetime images, integrating all Lambert hardware.
 
 -
   .. _flimfast:
 
   `FlimFast <https://www.cgohlke.com/flimfast/>`__
-  was a research-grade Windows desktop software for frequency-domain,
+  was a research-grade Windows desktop application for frequency-domain,
   full-field, fluorescence lifetime imaging at video rate, developed by
   Christoph Gohlke during 2000-2002 at UIUC. It enabled phasor vs intensity
   plots of FLIM images during real-time acquisition.
+
+The following software packages are related to FLIM analysis but are primarily
+fitting-based and therefore not included in the phasor-focused list above:
+
+-
+  .. _flimj:
+
+  `FLIMJ <https://flimj.github.io/>`__
+  is an open-source ImageJ toolkit for fluorescence lifetime image data
+  analysis based on FLIMLib, licensed under the GPL v3.
+
+-
+  .. _flimx:
+
+  `FLIMX <https://github.com/M-Klemm/FLIMX/>`__
+  is an open-source MATLAB package to determine and analyze the fluorescence
+  lifetime in time-resolved fluorescence data.
+
+-
+  .. _flimview:
+
+  `FLIMVIEW <https://github.com/mgckind/flimview>`__ is an open-source,
+  lightweight Python package for FLIM image processing.