hdf5
brew install hdf5Also known as: hdf5@2.2
File format designed to store large amounts of data
https://www.hdfgroup.org/solutions/hdf5/
License: BSD-3-Clause
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/hdf5.json
Formula code: hdf5.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 | ✅ | 2.2.0 |
Depends on:
| gcc | 16.2.0 | GNU compiler collection |
| libaec | 1.1.8 | Adaptive Entropy Coding implementing Golomb-Rice algorithm |
| pkgconf | 3.0.10 | Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit |
Depends on when building from source:
| cmake | 4.4.5 | Cross-platform make |
Conflicts with: hdf5-mpi (because hdf5-mpi is a variant of hdf5, one can only use one or the other)
Binaries:
h5c++,
h5cc,
h5clear,
h5copy,
h5debug,
h5delete,
h5diff,
h5dump,
h5fc,
h5format_convert,
h5import,
h5jam,
h5ls,
h5mkgrp,
h5perf_serial,
h5repack,
h5repart,
h5stat,
h5unjam,
h5watch
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 184,081 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 10,732,906 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 8,399 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 21.9× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-03T00:39:47Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-04 to 2026-11-03. 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 | 8,397 | 23,162 | 139,736 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 2 | 8 | 50 |
| Installs on Request | 1,101 | 3,977 | 29,769 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 1 | 7 | 45 |
| Build Errors | 2 |