Library that allows us to work with HDF5 file format in C++?

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  • Vcpkg

    C++ Library Manager for Windows, Linux, and MacOS

  • If you are using a recent Visual Studio, you can install and integrate libhdf5 directly using vcpkg - the package is just called hdf5. The source code itself can be found at https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5. The documentation seems existent, but kind of well-hidden and mostly comprised of Doxygen: https://portal.hdfgroup.org/display/HDF5/HDF5+CPP+Reference+Manuals

  • hdf5

    Official HDF5® Library Repository

  • If you are using a recent Visual Studio, you can install and integrate libhdf5 directly using vcpkg - the package is just called hdf5. The source code itself can be found at https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5. The documentation seems existent, but kind of well-hidden and mostly comprised of Doxygen: https://portal.hdfgroup.org/display/HDF5/HDF5+CPP+Reference+Manuals

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  • h5pp

    A C++17 interface for HDF5

  • I'll have to suggest h5pp (I'm the author). It's on conan.io too.

  • matio

    MATLAB MAT File I/O Library

  • I use matio to read/write matlab files which uses hdf5.

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