Debian is a unique democratic organisation of thousands of developers, scientists, and other volunteers around the globe with the joint goal to provide a universal, completely free and open operating system. The well-known stability of Debian and the diversity of the world's largest software archive provides a reliable foundation to carry out everyday research routines. NeuroDebian (http://neuro.debian.net) tracks the latest developments of relevant neuroscientific software and makes them available in this stable and rich environment allowing researchers to maintain a powerful research environment with low effort and thus helping them to be more productive.