File Formats Python Packages

kaldiio

A pure python module for reading and writing kaldi ark files

polyfile

A pure Python cleanroom implementation of libmagic, with instrumented parsing from Kaitai struct and an interactive hex viewer

fileformats

a Python package for the specification, validation and manipulation of file formats and types

srctools

Modules for working with Valve's Source Engine file formats.

fileformats-extras

a Python package for the specification, validation and manipulation of file formats and types

qc-iodata

Python library for reading, writing, and converting computational chemistry file formats and generating input files.

bffile

Modern Bio-Formats wrapper with clean lazy Python API

loremfile

Free, CC0 sample files & test fixtures with stable, hotlinkable URLs - PDFs, images, audio, video, office docs, data files, archives, fonts, and edge cases. Lorem Picsum, but for every file type.

jsonid

Identification of JSON (JSONL, YAML, and TOML) objects: JSONID

decayfmt-py

decayfmt: a Rust file format where every open permanently corrupts the file. Decay is a first-class property with no recovery without a backup.

aseg-gdf2

Python code to help read ASEG GDF2 packages

scigantic-headers

Decode scientific file headers (cryo-EM, imaging, tabular, flow cytometry, mass spec, sequencing, structural biology) into typed fields. Pure, zero-dependency, with bounded parallel readers.

xml-boiler

Automatically transform between XML namespaces in a clever way: https://vporton.github.io/xml-boiler-docs/

hepfile

General file schema defined to handle heterogeneous data but implemented in python and HDF5

opencf

A collection of Python scripts for file conversion tasks, built on top of the openconv-core framework.

vgio

File I/O for video games

orbit-formats

Lossless round-trip across orbital state-vector and ephemeris formats — TLE, CCSDS NDM, SP3, SPK, STK ephemeris, GMAT report.

iodata

Python library for reading, writing, and converting computational chemistry file formats and generating input files.

pronom-tools

Tools, and API for working with PRONOM releases

breakform-cli

Breakform — Break the format. Keep the truth. Open interoperability layer for engineering data: schema, converters, honest fidelity reports.

konbata

Konbata is a Python file converter

breakform

Breakform — Break the format. Keep the truth. Open interoperability layer for engineering data: schema, converters, honest fidelity reports.