h5lite: Simplified 'HDF5' Interface

A user-friendly interface for the Hierarchical Data Format 5 ('HDF5') library designed to "just work." It bundles the necessary system libraries to ensure easy installation on all platforms. Features smart defaults that automatically map R objects (vectors, matrices, data frames) to efficient 'HDF5' types, removing the need to manage low-level details like dataspaces or property lists. Uses the 'HDF5' library developed by The HDF Group <https://www.hdfgroup.org/>.

Version:	2.1.1.0
Depends:	R (≥ 4.2.0)
LinkingTo:	hdf5lib (≥ 2.1.1.0)
Suggests:	bit64, knitr, rmarkdown, tinytest
Published:	2026-04-18
DOI:	10.32614/CRAN.package.h5lite
Author:	Daniel P. Smith [aut, cre], Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research [cph, fnd]
Maintainer:	Daniel P. Smith <dansmith01 at gmail.com>
BugReports:	https://github.com/cmmr/h5lite/issues
License:	MIT + file LICENSE
URL:	https://github.com/cmmr/h5lite, https://cmmr.github.io/h5lite/
NeedsCompilation:	yes
Materials:	README, NEWS
CRAN checks:	h5lite results

Documentation:

Reference manual:	h5lite.html , h5lite.pdf
Vignettes:	Atomic Vectors (source, R code) Attributes In-Depth (source, R code) Compression (source) Data Frames (source, R code) Data Types & Compression (source, R code) Get Started with h5lite (source, R code) Matrices and Arrays (source, R code) Object-Oriented Interface (source, R code) Organization (source, R code) Parallel Processing (source, R code) Partial Reading (source, R code)

Downloads:

Package source:	h5lite_2.1.1.0.tar.gz
Windows binaries:	r-devel: h5lite_2.0.0.2.zip, r-release: h5lite_2.1.1.0.zip, r-oldrel: h5lite_2.0.0.2.zip
macOS binaries:	r-release (arm64): h5lite_2.0.0.2.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): h5lite_2.0.0.2.tgz, r-release (x86_64): h5lite_2.1.1.0.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): h5lite_2.1.1.0.tgz
Old sources:	h5lite archive

Linking:

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