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| Name (with Product URL) | Application Type | Open Source / Commercial | Platforms | Languages | Short Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H5s | Browser/Editor | Open Source & Commercial | Windows 10 | Native desktop UI for efficient navigation and concise display of an HDF5 data model | |
| h5glance | Browser/Editor | Open Source | Notebook view works on any platform. Terminal view is for Unix-y systems (Linux, Mac, etc.). | Explore HDF5 files in the terminal and in Jupyter notebooks | |
| ActivePapers (http://www.activepapers.org) | General Problem Solving | Open Source | File format for storing computations. | ||
| Adaptive Entropy Encoding Library | Special Purpose | Open Source | Freely available SZIP implementation available from the German Climate Computing Center | ||
| ADIOS | Special Purpose | Open Source | IO componentization of different IO transport methods | ||
| Adxv | Visualization/Analysis | Open Source | Linux, Mac, Windows | Software for the display and analysis of X-Ray diffraction images | |
| Amelet-HDF | Special Purpose | Open Source | API to provide standard for working with electromagnetic data | ||
| Bathymetric Attributed Grid Data Format | Special Purpose | Open Source | Linux, Win32 | File format for storing bathymetric data | |
| BEAM | Special Purpose | Open Source | Basic ENVISAT Toolbox for (A)ATSR and MERIS data | ||
| Bear | Special Purpose | Open Source | Bers slices and holomy representations | ||
| BEAT | Visualization/Analysis | Open Source | Unix, Windows,Mac | Toolkit for working w/atmospheric data | |
| Cactus | General Problem Solving | Problem solving environment | |||
| Ceemple | Special Purpose | Commercial | C++ | Rapid C++ technical computing environment,with built-in HDF support | |
| CGNS | Special Purpose | Open Source | Software for working with CFD Analysis data | ||
| Chombo | Special Purpose | Open Source | Tools for working with partial differential equations | ||
| CSP | Format Conversion | Open Source | Command-line tool to convert/plot a Perkin Elmer sp3 spectra file into HDF5 | ||
| Damaris | Visualization/Analysis | Open Source | C++, Fortran | Middleware for in-situ data analysis and visualization in support of HPC simulations | |
| Data Visualizer for O-Matrix | Visualization/Analysis | Commercial | Windows | O-Matrix command-line interface that works with Intel Array Visualizer | |
| Dawn | Visualization/Analysis | Open Source | Python | Visualization and Analysis platform for synchrotron data | |
| Derby | Special Purpose | Open Source | Data browser for exploring product types from GCM | ||
| DIAdem (HDF5 DataPlugin) | Sci Data Mgmt | Commercial | Helps engineers and scientists to quickly locate, inspect, analyze, and report on measurement data | ||
| DREAM.3D | Visualization/Analysis | Open Source | A software environment for analyzing digital microstructure dataA | ||
| dxhdf5 | Format Conversion | Open Source | Import HDF5 data into Open DX | ||
| EnSight | Visualization/Analysis | Commercial | Many | Tools for engineering and scientific simulation | |
| Fiberbundle HDF5 (F5) | Visualization/Analysis | Open Source | C | I/O library that implements a common data model for scientific visualization | |
| Field3D | Visualization | Open Source | Linux, Mac | C++ | Library/format for storing voxel data |
| FLASH | Special Purpose | Open Source | Code for simulation of thermonuclear flashes | ||
| G4Linac_MT | Special Purpose | Open Source | C++ | A Geant4 application to model a Medical Linear Accelerator, used in Radiotherapy to treat cancer diseases by employing ionizing radiation | |
| Galacticus | Special Purpose | Open Source | A semi-analytic model of galaxy formation | ||
| Geomatica | Visualization/Analysis | Commercial | Integrated software system for remote sensing and image processing | ||
| Globe Claritas | Special Purpose | Commercial | Linux, Windows, Solaris | Seismic processing software (geophysics) | |
| GNU Octave | Visualization/Analysis | Open Source | MATLAB-like tool | ||
| GriKSL | General Problem Solving | Open Source | Develop grid-based simulation and viz techniques for CACTUS | ||
| h5check | HDF Tools | Open Source | Linux, Solaris | A tool to check the validity of an HDF5 file | |
| H5CPP | API for HDF5 | Open Source | C++ | Easy to use HDF5 C++ templates for HDF5 | |
| h5cpp | API for HDF5 | Open Source | Linux, Windows, OSX | C++ | C++ wrapper equivalent to HDF5 C API; developed and maintained by DESY and ESS |
| h5edit | General Problem Solving | Open Source | Linux, Windows | Command-line tool to edit HDF5 files. Currently limited to operations on attributes | |
| H5hut | Special Purpose | Open Source | Many | C, C++, Fortran | High performance I/O library for particle based simulations. |
| h5labview | Instrumentation | Open Source | Interface between NI LabVIEW and HDF5 | ||
| H5MD | API for HDF5 | Open Source | File format specification for efficient and portable storage of molecular data | ||
| h5py | API for HDF5 | Open Source | Linux, Mac, Windows | Python | Python interface to HDF5 |
| H5utils | Format Conversion | Open Source | Conversion and Visualization tools for HDF5 | ||
| H5WS API | Remote Access | Open Source | Linux | C | API that allows remote HDF5 data access using Web Services. |
| HDF Compass | Visualization | Open Source | A visual tool to navigate HDF5 files | ||
| HDF Explorer | Browser/Editor | Commercial | Windows | Data Visualization program for HDF and HDF5 | |
| HDF Server | Remote Access | Open Source | Python-based web service to send/receive HDF5 data using HTTP-based REST interface | ||
| HDF4 to HDF5 Conversion Library | Format Conversion | Open Source | Linux, Solaris | Library and tools to convert HDF4 files to HDF5 files | |
| HDF5 bindings for Delphi | API for HDF5 | Open Source | Delphi module with HDF5 bindings | ||
| HDF5 High Level APIs | API for HDF5 | Open Source | C, Fortran | High Level APIs that come with HDF5 to simplify code and provide standards | |
| HDF5 Indexing Prototype | API for fast querying in HDF5 | Open Source | Prototype for storing bitmap and projection indices in HDF5 | ||
| HDF5 Mesh API | Sci Data Mgmt | Open Source | C | Prototype for storing structured and unstructured grids in HDF5 | |
| HDF5 Plugin for ImageJ and Fiji | Special Purpose | Open Source | Java plugin for ImageJ and Fij image processing package | ||
| HDF5 Utilities | HDF Tools | Open Source | All | Utilities that come with HDF5 for analyzing and converting HDF5 files and compiling HDF5 applications | |
| HDF5 XML | Format Conversion | Open Source | An HDF5 DTD and tool | ||
| HDF5 and .NET | API for HDF5 | Open Source | P/Invoke declarations for core HDF5 C-API | ||
| HDF5-FastQuery | API for fast querying in HDF5 | APIs to extend HDF5 selection and accelerate queries | |||
| hdf5read | General Problem Solving | Open Source | Fortran 90 | Module to read selected datasets and attributes from HDF5/HDF-EOS data files | |
| HDF-EOS | Special Purpose | Open Source | Software for working with remote-sensed data from Earth Observing System | ||
| HDF-Java | API for HDF5 | Open Source | Many | Java | Java API for HDF and HDF5 |
| HDFql | High-level language for HDF5 (similar to SQL) | Freeware | Windows, Linux and macOS | C, C++, Java, Python, C#, Fortran, R | Tool to manage HDF5 files. Reads and writes HDF5 data through a simple and clean interface. |
| HDFView | Browser/Editor | Open Source | Many | Java-based tool for viewing and editing HDF and HDF5 files | |
| HL-HDF | Sci Data Mgmt | Open Source | C, Python | C & Python high level library for scientific data in HDF5 | |
| HydroVISH | Visualization/Analysis | Commercial | Linux, Mac, Windows | C++ | Visualization framework built on top of Vish for lidar and multisensor mass data |
| IDL | Visualization/Analysis | Commercial | Many | IDL | Visualize and analyze HDF data with IDL. Query, read HDF files. |
| Igor Pro | Visualization/Analysis | Commercial | Windows, Mac | C, Igor | Visualize/analyze 1D, 2D, 3D data |
| Intel Array Visualizer | Visualization/Analysis | Commercial | Windows | Windows app to read, write, display array data from HDF4, HDF5, others | |
| ITK | Special Purpose | Open Source | Many | Many | Toolkit for performing registration and segmentation of medical images |
| JHDF5 | API for HDF5 | Open Source | Java | High Level Java API for HDF5 | |
| LIBGPIV | Special Purpose | Open Source | Library for (Digital) Particle Image Velocimetry Technique | ||
| lvhdf5 | API for HDF5 | Open Source | HDF5 API for Labview | ||
| Mathematica | Visualization/Analysis | Commercial | Environment for technical tasks ranging from computations to visualizing or modeling data | ||
| MATLAB | Visualization/Analysis | Commercial | Many | Numeric computation, advanced graphics and visualization. Query, read HDF files | |
| MDSplus | Management and Access | Open Source | Tools for data acquisition and storage; methodology for management of complex scientific data | ||
| MED | Special Purpose | Open Source | Standard for storing and recovering data associated with numerical meshes and fields. | ||
| MeteoInfo | Visualization/Analysis | Open Source | C# | Software to view and analyze meteorological and spatial data interactively | |
| Million Song Dataset | Special Purpose | Open Source | Collection of audio features and metadata for a million contemporary music tracks | ||
| Mirador | Management and Access | Earth Science Data Search Tool | |||
| MOAB | Special Purpose | Open Source | Linux/Unix | C++ | Component for representing and evaluating mesh data |
| Mosaik | Special Purpose | Python | A flexible smart grid co-simulation framework | ||
| MultiSpec | Visualization/Analysis | Open Source | Remote sensing analysis application for multispectral and hyperspectral data | ||
| MXA | API for HDF5 | Open Source | File format and API for managing data from scientific experiments using XML | ||
| mz5 | Special Purpose | Open Source | Space- and time-efficient storage of mass spectrometry data sets | ||
| nagg | Special Purpose | Open Source | Tool for aggregating JPSS data granules from existing files | ||
| NCL (NCAR Command Language) | Visualization/Analysis | Open Source | Interpreted language for sci data analysis and visualization | ||
| NetCDF-4 | API for HDF5 | Open Source | Many | Fortran, C++, Java | Set of interfaces for array-oriented data access |
| NeuroHDF | Special Purpose | Open Source | Software to manage neuroscience data | ||
| NeXus | API for HDF5 | Open Source | Common data format for neutron, x-ray and muon science | ||
| NI-HWS | Instrumentation | Commercial | Uses limited subset of HDF5 for storage and retrieval of waveforms and attributes | ||
| Ntuple | API for HDF5 | Open Source | C++ | C++ template-based system for the writing of tabular HDF5 data | |
| O-Matrix | Visualization/Analysis | Commercial | Interpreted matrix language for data analysis and visualization | ||
| OpenCV | Visualization/Analysis | Open Source | Computer vision and machine learning software library | ||
| OPeNDAP | Management and Access | N/A | Software framework for remote scientific data transfer and access | ||
| Opticks | Visualization/Analysis | Open Source | Expandable remote sensing and imagery analysis platform | ||
| OpticsBenchUI | Special Purpose | Open Source | Linux | C, Fortran | Demo of integrated solution to manage a simple optics bench of cameras, motors and DACs |
| OSSIM | Visualization | Open Source | Open Source Software Image Map library for geospatial image processing | ||
| PAM-CRASH | Special Purpose | Commercial | Unix, Linux, Windows | C, Fortran | ESI's open HDF5 database format to store results of FEM-based simulations |
| pandas (http://pandas.pydata.org/) | API for HDF5 | Open Source | Python Data Analysis Library | ||
| Paramesh | Special Purpose | Open Source | Fortran subroutines to extend serial AMR code to parallel | ||
| ParaView | Visualization/Analysis | Open Source | Visualize large data sets in serial or parallel environments, using VTK | ||
| pconvert | Special Purpose | Open Source | Command-line tool to convert BEAM and ENVISAT products to HDF5 | ||
| PhDC4D | Special Purpose | Commercial | Software for maintenance management of ships, offshore structures and static equipment | ||
| Pomegranate | Management and Access | Open Source | Independent | Python | Web service software, web API, library and command line tool |
| PSH5X | General Problem Solving | Open Source | Windows | Windows powershell module for HDF5 | |
| PV-WAVE | Visualization/Analysis | Commercial | Many | PV-WAVE | Visualization and Analysis language and environment |
| PyHexad | General Problem Solving | Open Source | Python-based Excel add-in for HDF5 | ||
| pyqt-h5browser | Browser/Editor | Open Source | HDF5 Python browser | ||
| pyrat | Special Purpose | Open Source | Python | Simplifies handling of large multi-frequency radio interferometric visibility datasets and images | |
| PyTables | Database | Open Source | Python | Python API to organize and manipulate scientific data tables and other numeric objects | |
| Q5Cost | Special Purpose | Fortran | Library and interface used in Quantum Chemistry | ||
| R | Statistics, Graphics | Open Source | R | System for statistical computation and graphics, has HDF5 interface | |
| RAMS | Special Purpose | Open Source | Atmospheric Modeling System | ||
| RESQML | Special Purpose | Open Source | Exchange standard for subsurface data | ||
| Rybo Geo Data | Special Purpose | Processing of Airborne Geophysical Data | |||
| Salome | General Problem Solving | Open Source | A journaling filesystem driver for HDF5 based on SEC2 driver | ||
| Salome | Special Purpose | Open Source | Linux | CAD/CAE integration and development platform | |
| Scilab | Special Purpose | Open Source | Scientific software package for numerical computations | ||
| SCiLS Lab | Visualization/Analysis | Commercial | Software for statistical analysis of MALDI imaging data | ||
| SeisHDF plug-in | Special Purpose | Commercial | Plug-in for Petrel 2013 for exporting to and importing from HDF5 files. | ||
| Silo | Special Purpose | Open Source | C, C++ | A mesh and field I/O library and scientific database | |
| silx view | Browser/Editor | Open Source | HDF5 browser to view data in plot widgets or in simple tables. | ||
| SLh5 | Visualization/Analysis | Open Source | S-Lang | Open source HDF5 module for S-Lang | |
| SPDLib | API for HDF5 | Open Source | Software for processing laser scanning data (i.e., LiDAR) | ||
| STAR-CCM+ | Special Purpose | Commercial | CFD software | ||
| Swarm | Special Purpose | Open Source | Simulator for fine-grained, composable scheduling | ||
| SWX | Special Purpose | Open Source | Space Weather Explorer to visualize space weather model output in 3D | ||
| SYSTEMA / THERMICA | Visualization/Analysis | Commercial | Linux, Solaris, Windows | Spacecraft modeler and thermal analyser | |
| Tecplot | Visualization | Commercial | Many | Interactive visualization program | |
| THESEUS-FE | Special Purpose | Commercial | Linux, Windows | Simulation software based on Finite-Element solver methodology for handling thermal radiation | |
| TPC5 | Special Purpose | Commercial | HDF5-based format for multi-channel data acquisition | ||
| Veusz | Visualization/Analysis | Open Source | Many | Scientific plotting and graphing package to provide publication-ready output and edit/view data. | |
| VisAD | Visualization/Analysis | Open Source | Java | Java toolkit for interactive and collaborative viz and analysis | |
| Vish | Visualization/Analysis | Open Source | Linux, Mac, Windows | Flexible software environment for processing and visualizing spatio-temporal data (uses F5) | |
| VisIt | Visualization/Analysis | Open Source | Tool for visualizing fields in 2D and 3D meshes | ||
| ViTables | Browser/Editor | Open Source | Many | PyTables and HDF5 file viewer and editor | |
| VSIM | Special Purpose | Commercial | Many | C++, GUI | PIC (particle-in-cell) simulation tool to run plasma, electromagnetic and electrostatic problems |
| WaveCut | Special Purpose | Commercial | Linux, Windows | Application with GUI for analyzing large amounts of signal waveform data | |
| XDMF | Special Purpose | Open Source | Many | Data format and library using XML and HDF5 in High Performance Computing | |
| Yorick | Visualization/Analysis | Open Source | Many | Yorick | Interpreted programming language |
| Zori | Special Purpose | Open Source | Calculate properties of atoms/molecules using quantum Monte Carlo methods |
--- Last Modified: October 23, 2020 | 02:21 PM