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title: HDF5 Library and Tools 2.0
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<img alt="HDF5 Logo" align=right width=300 src="/assets/img/hdf5.jpeg">

# HDF5 Library and Tools 2.0

## Release Information

| Version | HDF5 2.0 |
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version 2.0.0

| Release Date | 11/10/25 |
| Additional Release Information | [Release Notes](https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/blob/hdf5_2_0/release_docs/RELEASE.txt) |
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404
wrong branch?
File also doesn't exist in hdf5_2_0_0 branch?

|| [Software Changes from Release to Release](http://support.hdfgroup.org/releases/hdf5/documentation/release_specifics/sw_changes_2.md) |
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|| [New Features in HDF5 Release 2](http://support.hdfgroup.org/releases/hdf5/documentation/release_specifics/new_features_2.md) |
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|| [Newsletter Announcement](https://www.hdfgroup.org/2025/02/05/release-of-hdf5-2.0-newsletter-205) |
|| [API Compatibility Reports between 2.0 and 1.14.6](https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/releases/download/hdf5_2.0/hdf5-2.0.html.abi.reports.tar.gz) |
|| [Doxygen generated Reference Manual](https://support.hdfgroup.org/documentation/hdf5/latest/) |


<h2 id="download">Downloads</h2>

Source code and binaries are available at:
<a href="https://support.hdfgroup.org/releases/hdf5/v2/v2_0/downloads/index.html">https://support.hdfgroup.org/releases/hdf5/v2/v2_0/downloads/index.html</a>

Please refer to [Build instructions](https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/blob/hdf5_2.0/release_docs/INSTALL) for building with either CMake or Autotools.


**Methods to obtain (gz file)**
* firefox – Download file and then run: `gzip <distribution>.tar.gz | tar xzf -`
* chrome – Download file and then run: `gzip -cd <distribution>.tar.gz | tar xvf -`
* `wget – wget https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/releases/download/hdf5_1.N.N/<distribution>.tar.gz`
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this is an example wget command - can we avoid the link rendering as an active link.
Perhaps Insert a zero‑width space after the colon to break auto-linking: wget https:​//github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/releases/download/hdf5_1.N.N/.tar.gz

* `gzip -cd <distribution>.tar.gz | tar xvf -`

<h2 id="api_compat">API Compatibility Reports</h2>

* [hdf5-2.0-hdf5_compat_report.html](https://support.hdfgroup.org/releases/hdf5/v2/v2.0/downloads/compat_report/hdf5-2.0-hdf5_compat_report.html) -- HTML C library ABI report file
* [hdf5-2.0-hdf5_cpp_compat_report.html](https://support.hdfgroup.org/releases/hdf5/v2/v2.0/downloads/compat_report/hdf5-2.0-hdf5_cpp_compat_report.html) -- HTML CPP library ABI report file
* [hdf5-2.0-hdf5_hl_compat_report.html](https://support.hdfgroup.org/releases/hdf5/v2/v2.0/downloads/compat_report/hdf5-2.0-hdf5_hl_compat_report.html) -- HTML HL C library ABI report file
* [hdf5-2.0-java_compat_report.html](https://support.hdfgroup.org/releases/hdf5/v2/v2.0/downloads/compat_report/hdf5-2.0-java_compat_report.html) -- HTML Java library ABI report file

<h2 id="dox_gen_doc">Doxygen Generated Reference Manual</h2>

The new HDF5 documentation based on [Doxygen](https://www.doxygen.nl/index.html) is available [here](https://support.hdfgroup.org/releases/hdf5/v2/index.html)

This documentation is WORK-IN-PROGRESS.
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Remove this line.
I don't see the need to make these statements.


Since this portion of the HDF5 documentation is now part of the source code, it gets the same treatment as code. In other words, issues, inaccuracies, corrections should be reported as issues in [GitHub](https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/issues), and pull requests will be reviewed and accepted as any other code changes.
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Unneeded historical background. Simplify the reporting instructions. If they are even needed.

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I've been wanting to remove it. There is a mention of where to report documentation issue in the documentation itself. Or, I can change this to a one-line notice too.