Bio-Formats 5.0.0-rc2 Downloads

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Bio-Formats tools downloads

Size	File Name	Checksum
16.28 MB	bioformats_package.jar	83da91 (MD5)
15.26 MB	bftools.zip	3e9b66 (MD5)
15.28 MB	bfmatlab.zip	7663e2 (MD5)

bioformats_package.jar is the complete bundle (for end users) containing everything needed to read images into ImageJ using Bio-Formats. Instructions for installing Bio-Formats in ImageJ are available in the user guide.
bftools.zip is a bundle of scripts for using Bio-Formats on the command line.
bfmatlab.zip is a bundle of functions for using Bio-Formats from MATLAB.

API Documentation	Size	File Name	MD5 Checksum
	11.57 MB	bio-formats-javadocs.zip	df4016 (MD5)

Project	5.0.0-rc2	Latest build	Daily build
Core
Bio-Formats package	bioformats_package.jar	bioformats_package.jar	bioformats_package.jar
Bio-Formats library	bio-formats.jar	bio-formats.jar	bio-formats.jar
SCIFIO	scifio.jar	scifio.jar	scifio.jar
LOCI Common	loci-common.jar	loci-common.jar	loci-common.jar
OME-XML Java library	ome-xml.jar	ome-xml.jar	ome-xml.jar
LOCI Legacy	loci-legacy.jar	loci-legacy.jar	loci-legacy.jar
SCIFIO Development library	scifio-devel.jar	scifio-devel.jar	scifio-devel.jar
SCIFIO Test library	scifio-test.jar	scifio-test.jar	scifio-test.jar
OME Model Specification	specification.jar	specification.jar	specification.jar
LOCI Tools	loci_tools.jar	loci_tools.jar	loci_tools.jar
LOCI Plugins for ImageJ	loci_plugins.jar	loci_plugins.jar	loci_plugins.jar
Metakit	metakit.jar	metakit.jar	metakit.jar
OME I/O	ome-io.jar	ome-io.jar	ome-io.jar
OME Tools	ome_tools.jar	ome_tools.jar	ome_tools.jar
OME Plugins for ImageJ	ome_plugins.jar	ome_plugins.jar	ome_plugins.jar
LOCI testing framework	loci-testing-framework.jar	loci-testing-framework.jar	loci-testing-framework.jar
Forks
JAI Image I/O Tools	jai_imageio.jar	jai_imageio.jar	jai_imageio.jar
MDB Tools (Java port)	mdbtools-java.jar	mdbtools-java.jar	mdbtools-java.jar
Apache Jakarta POI	poi-loci.jar	poi-loci.jar	poi-loci.jar
TurboJPEG	turbojpeg.jar	turbojpeg.jar	turbojpeg.jar
Stubs
Luratech LuraWave stubs	lwf-stubs.jar	lwf-stubs.jar	lwf-stubs.jar