openpmd-api
C++ & Python API for writing & reading (.h5, .bp, .json, ...), serial & MPI parallel openPMD files.
C++ & Python API for writing & reading (.h5, .bp, .json, ...), serial & MPI parallel openPMD files.
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This library provides a common high-level API for openPMD writing and reading. It provides a common interface to I/O libraries and file formats such as HDF5, ADIOS2, and JSON. Language bindings are provided for C++17 (or newer) and Python 3. This conda-forge package provides serial and MPI-parallel I/O. Windows support is limited to serial versions of HDF5, ADIOS2 and JSON.
Summary
C++ & Python API for writing & reading (.h5, .bp, .json, ...), serial & MPI parallel openPMD files.
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Sep 23, 2025 at 07:33
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LGPL-3.0-or-later
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GitHub Repository
https://github.com/openPMD/openPMD-apiDocumentation
https://openpmd-api.readthedocs.io/