CFITSIO is a library of C and Fortran subroutines for reading and writing data files inFITS (Flexible Image Transport System) data format. CFITSIO provides simple high-level routines for reading and writing FITS files that insulate the programmer from the internal complexities of the FITS format. CFITSIO also provides manyadvanced features for manipulating and filtering the information in FITS files.

Download the latest 4.6.2 version of CFITSIO

• Seewhat's new
• Latest V4.6.2 source code package - Compile It Yourself
  • Unix .tar file cfitsio-4.6.2.tar.gz - see the README file for instructions. The .tar file places unpacks files into a directory named 'cfitsio-4.6.2'.
    (The latest version is always available from this link:cfitsio_latest.tar.gz).
  • Windows PC cfit-4.6.2.zip file - see the README.win file for build instructions.
• Unsupportedprevious versions of CFITSIO and FITSIO
• Files may also be directly retrieved from theftp area.
• CFITSIO is on GitHub for downloads and community contributions.

Documentation

• How toinstall CFITSIO on Mac OS X
• How to compile CFITSIO with the Android NDK:
  • Android.mk contains a general explanation of the procedure
  • build.sh explains how to do the actual cross-compilation.
• Various sample multi-threaded test programs
• CFITSIO Quick Start Guide (alsoPDF version or.tar file of all the html pages)
• C Programmer Reference Guide (alsoPDF version or.tar file of all the html pages)
• Fortran Programmer Reference Guide (alsoPDF version)
• Examples of CFITSIO's Extended File Name Filters
• Data compression support in CFITSIO
• Background information about CFITSIO
• Acknowledgements of some (mainly early) contributors to CFITSIO
• Some major users of CFITSIO (not comprehensive nor up-to-date)
• The FITS Support Office is a large and fairly complete source of information about FITS
• FITS resources at the HEASARC offer general information about the FITS format

Help Desk

• Submit questions or bug reports related to CFITSIO to the CFITSIO/CCFITShelp desk.

Related Software Tools

• Example C programs- Suite of small FITS utility programs in C showing how to use CFITSIO
• Example Fortran program- Fortran example program that calls CFITSIO subroutines
• Verify any FITS file using a Web form. Can alsodownload this utility program to run on your local machine.
• fpack and funpack - FITS image compression utilities that give higher compression and are faster than gzip. (fpack Users Guide)
• Fv - The FITS file viewer and editor
• Hera - a large package of FITS file analysis programs that can be run from your web browser.

Interfaces for calling CFITSIO from Other Programming Languages

Contact the original developer for questions about these interfaces.

• C++:CCfits
• C-sharp: FitsLib (no longer supported; useCSharpFITS instead.)
• Perl:Astro::FITS::CFITSIO
• Tcl:fitsTcl
• Python:PFITS
• Ruby:RFits
• S-lang:CFITSIO wrappers for theS-lang programmer's library and interpreter.
• MatLab:MFITSIO-1.2.4(this has been unsupported for many years)
• LabVIEW:GFITSIO
• Adobe Photoshop:Liberator