Project information
Releases
Source code and pre-built binaries (aka Python wheels) for Windows, MacOS and ManyLinux are available at the following places:
For the history of modifications, see the Changelog.
Project resources
Continuous integration: hdf5plugin is continuously tested on all three major operating systems:
Linux, MacOS, Windows: GitHub Actions
Windows: AppVeyor
hdf5plugin can be cited with its Zenodo DOI.
Presentations
HDF5 filters and compression libraries
HDF5 compression filters and compression libraries sources were obtained from:
LZ4 plugin (commit d48f960) and lz4 (v1.9.3): https://github.com/nexusformat/HDF5-External-Filter-Plugins and https://github.com/Blosc/c-blosc/tree/9dc93b1de7c1ff6265d0ae554bd79077840849d8/internal-complibs/lz4-1.9.3
bitshuffle plugin (0.4.2 + patch PR #122) and zstd (v1.5.2): https://github.com/kiyo-masui/bitshuffle and https://github.com/Blosc/c-blosc/tree/9dc93b1de7c1ff6265d0ae554bd79077840849d8/internal-complibs/zstd-1.5.2
bzip2 plugin (from PyTables v3.7.0) and bzip2 (v1.0.8): https://github.com/PyTables/PyTables/, https://sourceware.org/git/bzip2.git
hdf5-blosc plugin (v1.0.0), c-blosc (commit 9dc93b1) and snappy (v1.1.9): https://github.com/Blosc/hdf5-blosc, https://github.com/Blosc/c-blosc and https://github.com/google/snappy
FCIDECOMP plugin (v1.0.2) and CharLS (1.x branch, commit 25160a4): ftp://ftp.eumetsat.int/pub/OPS/out/test-data/Test-data-for-External-Users/MTG_FCI_Test-Data/FCI_Decompression_Software_V1.0.2 and https://github.com/team-charls/charls
SZ plugin (commit f36afa4ae9), SZ, zlib (v1.2.11) and zstd (v1.5.2)
HDF5-ZFP plugin (commit cd5422c) and zfp (v1.0.0): https://github.com/LLNL/H5Z-ZFP and https://github.com/LLNL/zfp
HDF5Plugin-Zstandard (commit d5afdb5) and zstd (v1.5.2): https://github.com/aparamon/HDF5Plugin-Zstandard and https://github.com/Blosc/c-blosc/tree/9dc93b1de7c1ff6265d0ae554bd79077840849d8/internal-complibs/zstd-1.5.2
License
The source code of hdf5plugin itself is licensed under the MIT license. Use it at your own risk. See LICENSE.
The source code of the embedded HDF5 filter plugin libraries is licensed under different open-source licenses. Please read the different licenses:
bitshuffle: See src/bitshuffle/LICENSE
blosc: See src/hdf5-blosc/LICENSES/, src/c-blosc/LICENSES/ and src/snappy/COPYING
bzip2: See src/PyTables/LICENSE.txt and src/bzip2/LICENSE
lz4: See src/LZ4/COPYING, src/LZ4/LICENSE and src/c-blosc/LICENSES/LZ4.txt
FCIDECOMP: See src/fcidecomp/LICENSE and src/charls/src/License.txt
zfp: See src/H5Z-ZFP/LICENSE and src/zfp/LICENSE
zstd: See src/HDF5Plugin-Zstandard/LICENSE
The HDF5 v1.10.5 headers (and Windows .lib file) used to build the filters are stored for convenience in the repository. The license is available here: src/hdf5/COPYING.