Python-HDF4 is a fork of pyhdf with some improvements:

• Various bug fixes: removes use of deprecated numpy API, python 2.7 compatibility, etc.
• Adds support for Python 3, while keeping compatibility with Python 2.
• Sphinx documentation

Python-HDF4 is a python wrapper around the NCSA HDF version 4 library. The SD (Scientific Dataset), VS (Vdata) and V (Vgroup) API's are currently implemented. NetCDF files can also be read and modified.

To install, see http://fhs.github.io/python-hdf4/install.html or file doc/install.rst.

For documentation, see http://fhs.github.io/python-hdf4/

Additional documentation on the HDF4 format can be found in the User Guide: http://www.hdfgroup.org/release4/doc/UsrGuide_html/UG_Top.html

Example python programs using the pyhdf package can be found inside the examples/ subdirectory.