Index
Welcome to the OpenSesame documentation area! Here you can find everything you always wanted to know about your favorite free and cross-platform experiment builder. Please don’t hesitate to leave feedback and ask questions on the forum.
The latest stable version of OpenSesame is 0.27.2 Frisky Freud (release notes), the second maintenance release in the 0.27 series. If you are upgrading from 0.26, please read the 0.27 release notes.
About
Getting started
Getting OpenSesame
Running from source
Running with Python portable
Runtime for Android
Running on a tablet/ mobile device
Development snapshots and pre-release packages
Choosing and configuring a system
Usage
Step-by-step tutorial
Video tutorials
About sequences and loops
Variables and conditional ("if") statements
Text formatting (HTML subset)
Collecting responses
Giving feedback to participants
Sound playback and timing
Running experiment without the GUI (opensesamerun)
OpenSesame script syntax
Logging and reading data files
Video playback
The prepare-run strategy
Python inline code
About Python inline code
Canvas functions
Keyboard functions
Mouse functions
Sampler functions
Synth functions
Inline_script functions
Experiment functions
Forms
About forms
Using the form plug-ins
Creating custom forms
Performance issues and troubleshooting
Button functions
Checkbox functions
Image functions
Image_button functions
Label functions
Rating_scale functions
Text_input functions
Form functions
Plug-ins
About plug-ins
Plug-in installation
List of available plug-ins
Creating a plug-in
Questionnaire plug-ins
Back-ends
About back-ends
Xpyriment
Psycho
Legacy
OpenGL
Droid
External devices
Eyelink
SR Box
Serial and parallel port
Triggers for EEG/ ERP
SMI eye tracker
Ambulatory Monitoring System (VU-AMS)
Grip devices (U Plymouth)
Audio input
Boks
Joystick
Miscellaneous
Timing
Counterbalancing
Non-western alphabets
Teaching resources
Release history
Examples
Publications
Contribute
Translate
Develop
Create a plug-in
Documentation
Donate
Forum
Cogsci.nl
BRM Paper
APS Workshop
Boks
Models and prices
Drivers
OpenSesame plug-in
Python library
Serial port communication
Timing
Source code and firmware


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