R Observatory: Metrics for hdf5lib version 2.1.1.2

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

hdf5lib

2.1.1.2

Headers and Static Libraries for 'HDF5'

1packages depend

3.8Kdownloads / year

72.7%test coverage

13/13checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Daniel P. SmithFirst published 2025-11-1011 releasesCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗

Provides a self-contained, static build of the 'HDF5' (Hierarchical Data Format 5) 'C' library (release 2.1.1) for R package developers. Designed for use in the 'LinkingTo' field, it enables zero-dependency integration by building the library entirely from source during installation. Additionally, it compiles and internally links a comprehensive suite of advanced compression filters and their 'HDF5' plugins (Zstd, LZ4, Blosc/Blosc2, Snappy, ZFP, Bzip2, LZF, Bitshuffle, szip, and gzip). These plugins are integrated out-of-the-box, allowing downstream packages to utilize high-performance compression directly through the standard 'HDF5' API while keeping the underlying third-party headers fully encapsulated. 'HDF5' is developed by The HDF Group https://www.hdfgroup.org/.

Install

R (CRAN)pak (dev)Ubuntu (r2u)Fedora (COPR)openSUSE (OBS)

install.packages("hdf5lib", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")

Installs the current CRAN release. Prebuilt binaries on Windows and macOS.

if (!requireNamespace("pak", quietly = TRUE))
  install.packages("pak", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")
pak::pak("cmmr/hdf5lib")

Development version from cmmr/hdf5lib. Installs pak first if it is not already available.

Release

# enable cranapt (r2u) if it is not already set up, then install
grep -rqs r2u.stat.illinois.edu /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ \
  || curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eddelbuettel/r2u/master/inst/scripts/add_cranapt_noble.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install -y r-cran-hdf5lib

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled.

bspm (used by r2u) also needs make: sudo apt install make

# enable the iucar/cran COPR if it is not already present, then install
ls /etc/yum.repos.d/*iucar*cran*.repo >/dev/null 2>&1 \
  || sudo dnf copr enable -y iucar/cran
sudo dnf install -y R-CRAN-hdf5lib

RPMs from the iucar/cran COPR, rebuilt from CRAN.

For install.packages() integration in R, also: sudo dnf install R-CoprManager

# add the autoCRAN OBS repo (Tumbleweed) if it is missing, then install
zypper -q lr | grep -qi autoCRAN \
  || sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/R:/autoCRAN/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/devel:languages:R:autoCRAN.repo
sudo zypper install -y R-hdf5lib

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed).

Health

CRAN checks

13OK

Slowest check: 19.7 min · r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

Code health

Yes

Tests · ratio 10.65

72.7%

Coverage · measured lines

100%

Documentation · exports

0

Dependencies · direct

Check history

OK2026-08-05
13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
NOTE2026-08-01
12 OK · 1 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
OK2026-07-22
13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
WARNING2026-07-16
12 OK · 0 NOTE · 1 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
OK2026-05-16
13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE

Show 3 earlier snapshots

WARNING2026-05-13
12 OK · 0 NOTE · 1 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
OK2026-04-25
12 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
NOTE2026-03-10
11 OK · 3 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE

Documentation

READMEYes · 1,266 wordsVignettesNopkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 100% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 100%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 100%
References docs: 0%

Downloads

3.8K

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #7,170 · ~10/day · ~318/mo

Releases R versions

Daily download trend is not available in this view yet.

23430 days

1.2K90 days

3.8K1 year

Compare downloads with other packages →

Also on412 r2u16 autocran2.5K conda_forge

Repository

GitHub ↗ cmmr/hdf5lib

1Stars

0Forks

0Open issues

0Open PRs

7Releases

543Commits

1Contributors

543 commits · Last activity 2026-07-22 · 0% stars, 30d

Stars over time

2026-06-12 · 12026-07-07 · 1

Repository practices

Upstream repositoryBeta

2 development-tooling and community-health practices detected across 2 families in the upstream repository

Checks run against github.com/cmmr/hdf5lib on 2026-08-16.

Continuous integration (1)

GitHub Actions

Git structural (1)

.gitattributes

How this is detected·Detection ruleset v1 (2026-07-18)

Dependencies

Declared dependencies

0 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (1)

R >= 4.2.0

Imports (0)

none

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (0)

none

Enhances (0)

none

Dependency license breakdown →

Reverse dependencies

1direct

0indirect

h5lite

Code & Tests

People & History

People (21)

Maintainer (1)

Daniel P. Smith

Author, Maintainer

Authors (1)

Daniel P. Smith

Author, Maintainer

Contributors (14)

The HDF Group

Contributor, Copyright holder · added in 1.14.6.7

Mark Adler

Contributor, Copyright holder · added in 2.1.1.0

Francesc Alted

Contributor, Copyright holder · added in 2.1.1.0

Joerg Behrens

Contributor · added in 2.1.1.0

Yann Collet

Contributor, Copyright holder · added in 2.1.1.0

Jean-loup Gailly

Contributor, Copyright holder · added in 2.1.1.0

Moritz Hanke

Contributor · added in 2.1.1.0

Luis Kornblueh

Contributor · added in 2.1.1.0

Show 6 more contributors

Marc Alexander Lehmann

Contributor, Copyright holder · added in 2.1.1.0

Kiyoshi Masui

Contributor, Copyright holder · added in 2.1.1.0

Yuta Mori

Contributor · added in 2.1.1.0

Mathis Rosenhauer

Contributor, Copyright holder · added in 2.1.1.0

Julian R Seward

Contributor, Copyright holder · added in 2.1.1.0

Zeev Tarento

Contributor, Copyright holder · added in 2.1.1.0

Copyright holders (16)

The HDF Group

Contributor, Copyright holder · added in 1.14.6.7

Mark Adler

Contributor, Copyright holder · added in 2.1.1.0

Francesc Alted

Contributor, Copyright holder · added in 2.1.1.0

Yann Collet

Contributor, Copyright holder · added in 2.1.1.0

Jean-loup Gailly

Contributor, Copyright holder · added in 2.1.1.0

Marc Alexander Lehmann

Contributor, Copyright holder · added in 2.1.1.0

Kiyoshi Masui

Contributor, Copyright holder · added in 2.1.1.0

Mathis Rosenhauer

Contributor, Copyright holder · added in 2.1.1.0

Show 8 more copyright holders

Julian R Seward

Contributor, Copyright holder · added in 2.1.1.0

Zeev Tarento

Contributor, Copyright holder · added in 2.1.1.0

Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research

Copyright holder, Funder

Blosc Development Team

Copyright holder · added in 2.1.1.0

Google Inc.

Copyright holder · added in 2.1.1.0

Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC

Copyright holder · added in 2.1.1.0

Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates

Copyright holder · added in 2.1.1.0

The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

Copyright holder · added in 2.1.1.0

Funders (1)

Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research

Copyright holder, Funder

Listed in earlier versions (2)

Gailly Adler

no longer listed · 1.14.6.7 to 2.0.0.6

Jean-loup Mark

no longer listed · 1.14.6.7 to 2.0.0.6

Package Timeline

11 releases. Pick two to compare their code metrics. R releases are shown for context.

2.1.1.2Latest
2026-07-22 · current release · diff ↗
2.1.1.1
2026-05-15 · diff ↗
R
R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
2.1.1.0
2026-04-02 · diff ↗
2.0.0.6
2026-02-19 · diff ↗
2.0.0.5
2026-01-14 · diff ↗
2.0.0.4
2025-12-22 · diff ↗
2.0.0.3
2025-12-14 · diff ↗
2.0.0.2
2025-12-02 · diff ↗
unarchivedReturned to CRAN
2025-12-02
archivedRemoved from CRAN
2025-11-29
repeatedly ignoring installation errors . 3x so far
1.14.6.8
2025-11-19 · diff ↗
unarchivedReturned to CRAN
2025-11-19
archivedRemoved from CRAN
2025-11-18
check issues were not corrected on re-submission
1.14.6.7
2025-11-17 · diff ↗
unarchivedReturned to CRAN
2025-11-17

Show 3 earlier events

archivedRemoved from CRAN
2025-11-11
repeated policy violation Including misrepresentation of authorship and copyright Installation failures
1.14.6.4
2025-11-10
R
R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11

Package metadata

First published: 2025-11-10
Total releases: 11 / 1 yrs
License: MIT + file LICENSE OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 4.2.0
Download size: 2.9 MB
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

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citation("hdf5lib")

Format

Smith, D. P., Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research, Blosc Development Team, Google Inc., Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates, The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, The HDF Group, Adler, M., Alted, F., Behrens, J., Collet, Y., Gailly, J., Hanke, M., Kornblueh, L., Lehmann, M. A., Masui, K., Mori, Y., Rosenhauer, M., Seward, J. R., & Tarento, Z. (2026). hdf5lib: Headers and Static Libraries for 'HDF5' (Version 2.1.1.2) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.hdf5lib

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Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for hdf5lib version 2.1.1.2 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-22. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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