h5netcdf: A Python interface for the netCDF4 file-format based on h5py
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h5netcdf: A Python interface for the netCDF4 file-format based on h5py¶
- Release
- Date
Mar 16, 2022
Important
h5netcdf 0.15.0.dev2+g0ef1dea will be the last version before 1.0.
h5netcdf is an open source project and Python package that provides an interface for the netCDF4 file-format that reads and writes local or remote HDF5 files directly via h5py or h5pyd, without relying on the Unidata netCDF library.
The project was started in early 2015. The first commit was made on on 7th of April in 2015
by Stephan Hoyer. The first official h5netcdf announcement was made by Stephan on the
xarray issue tracker only one day later.
The library evolved constantly over the years (fixing bugs and adding enhancements) and gained contributions from 14 other Contributors so far. The library is widely used, especially as backend within xarray docs.
Early 2020 Kai Mühlbauer started to add contributions and after some time he volunteered
to help in maintaining h5netcdf. Two years later in January 2022 Stephan handed the
project-lead over to Kai. Next project aim is the release of h5netcdf version 1.0 in
late March, 2022.