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CLUSTER FILES-HDF5-DATA · 10 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2016-06-15

Scientific data file viewers

This cluster comprises libraries, viewers, and plugins for reading, browsing, and visualizing scientific data files in formats like HDF5, VTK, MED, MAT, and CBF. Dated entries from June 2016 to May 2026 appear as a slow, steady trickle of one per month at irregular intervals, with no concentrated activity. Traction is minimal, with the highest activity signal on vibehdf5 at four stars, while r-h5mread and h5v-bin have zero stars.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

JUN 2016: 1OCT 2021: 1MAY 2022: 1JUN 2022: 1DEC 2022: 1APR 2025: 1NOV 2025: 1JAN 2026: 1FEB 2026: 1MAY 2026: 1
JUN 2016MAY 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 1 ai-built · 2 hand-coded · 7 unlabelled

Operator · 1 hobby · 9 open source

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 10 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01r-h5mread0★1 moliveopen sourceR package that provides a fast reader for HDF5 files, a common format for storing large scientific datasets.
  2. 02h5v-bin0★2 moliveopen sourceTerminal viewer for HDF5 files that displays matrices, charts, and images.
  3. 03vibehdf54★8 mostaleliveai-builthobbyDesktop application that lets users browse, manage, and visualize data stored in HDF5 scientific data files through a graphical viewer.
  4. 04python-pymatreader0★1 moliveopen sourceLibrary that reads .mat data files to access scientific dataset contents.
  5. 05python-pyfive0★5 moliveopen sourceLibrary that reads HDF5 data files for scientific computing applications.
  6. 06GIScan0★7 mostalelivehand-codedopen sourceScientific analysis tool for reading and analyzing GISAXS data from CBF files.
  7. 07r-reader0★8 mostaleliveopen sourceLibrary of functions that flexibly read data from files for data analysis.
  8. 08dune-vtk0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceLibrary that reads and writes VTK XML format files for scientific visualization.
  9. 09HDFView0★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourceA viewer and editor for HDF5 files that allows browsing and modifying data attributes.
  10. 10HDFCompass0★10 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceA viewer for HDF5 files that allows browsing and plotting scientific data.

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