cfitsio
brew install cfitsioC access to FITS data files with optional Fortran wrappers
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/software/fitsio/fitsio.html
License: CFITSIO
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/cfitsio.json
Formula code: cfitsio.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:
| macOS on Apple Silicon |
golden gate | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| tahoe | ✅ | |
| sequoia | ✅ | |
| sonoma | ✅ | |
| macOS on Intel |
sonoma | ✅ |
| Linux | ARM64 | ✅ |
| x86_64 | ✅ |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 4.7.0 |
Depends on when building from source:
| cmake | 4.4.5 | Cross-platform make |
Binaries:
fitscopy,
fitsverify,
fpack,
funpack,
imcopy,
smem,
speed
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 73,378 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 4,376,962 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 6,213 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 11.8× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-01T00:48:45Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-02 to 2026-11-01. Totals exclude downloads from Bintray before the migration to GitHub Packages. Downloads and install attempts measure different things; the difference does not count analytics opt-outs. Definitions and limitations.
Analytics:
| 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installs | 6,210 | 14,961 | 65,129 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Installs on Request | 120 | 424 | 2,256 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Build Errors | 1 |