Table 2.
List of libraries broken down by programming language in the order they are described below along with a brief description of their use
| Language | Library | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Python | ome-zarr-py | Reference implementation for NGFF specifications |
| AICSImageIO | General bio data loading library | |
| Fractal | Framework for processing HCS images at scale | |
| BFIO | Optimized reading and writing of TIFF and Zarr | |
| SpatialData | Enable the alignment of spatial omics datasets | |
| C++ | TensorStore | High-performance access to multiple array formats |
| Nyxus | Out-of-core, parallel feature extraction library | |
| Java | OMEZarrReader | Plugin for reading OME-Zarr in Bio-Formats |
| N5 API | Array data reading of Zarr, HDF5, and N5 formats |
An up-to-date version of the table is maintained at https://ngff.openmicroscopy.org/tools and contributions are welcome