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HDF® View

The HDF Group is a non-profit with the mission to ensure the sustainable development of HDF5 technologies and the ongoing accessibility of HDF-stored data. With over 3,500 downloads a month from users from all over the world, HDFView plays a large role in fulfilling that mission. If you value HDF5 technologies and our mission, please consider making a small donation.

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Current Release: HDFView 3.1.1

HDFView Software

HDFView software consists of the HDFView utility and the Java HDF Object Package.

HDFView is a visual tool written in Java for browsing and editing HDF (HDF5 and HDF4) files. Using HDFView, you can:

  • View a file hierarchy in a tree structure
  • Create new files, add or delete groups and datasets
  • View and modify the content of a dataset
  • Add, delete and modify attributes

HDFView uses the Java HDF Object Package, which implements HDF4 and HDF5 data objects in an object-oriented form.

New Features and Changes

  • HDFView 3.1.1 is a maintenance release that was built with HDF5-1.10.6, HDF 4.2.15, and Open JDK 11.
  • With this release, the metadata information for NetCDF (3) files displays properly under the “Get Object Info” tab.

For a list of the new features and changes in this release, please see the Release Notes.

User’s Guides and Documentation

Available at the HDF Support Portal HDFView and Java Object Package Support page.

Pre-built Binary Distributions

HDFView-3.1.1-centos7_64.tar.gz 68.3 MB

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Linux CentOS 7 Binary; Uses Linux installer

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HDFView-3.1.1-osxapp.zip 67.4 MB

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Mac Binary (unsigned); Compressed app

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HDFView-3.1.1-win10_64-vs16.zip 217.2 MB

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Windows 10 64-bit Binary (unsigned), VS 2019; Uses Windows Installer

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HDFView-3.1.1-win10_64-vs15.zip 209.1 MB

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Windows 10 64-bit Binary (unsigned), VS 2017; Uses Windows Installer

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HDFView-3.1.1-win7_64-vs14.zip 209.0 MB

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Windows 7 64-bit Binary (unsigned), VS 2015; Uses Windows Installer

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    Windows ONLY: HDFView was built with VS, and it requires that the Visual C++ Redistributable Packages be installed on your machine. If you cannot access HDF5 files then you do not have these packages. You can obtain the latest supported Microsoft Visual C++ downloads HERE.

    Source Code

    For further details see the section on installing from source on the HDFView and Java Object Package Support page.
    Source is available from the HDFView Source Portal page.

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