gribview

Blazing-fast GRIB browsing (OpenGL + ecCodes), reorganize/merge/append/filter messages, export CSV time series/point values, PNG, and save compact GRIB archives.

New release: gribview 1.4.0

Get gribview

With Homebrew

brew install filippi/gribview/gribview

With pip

python3 -m pip install --extra-index-url https://filippi.github.io/gribview/wheels gribview

Then run gribview to open the app. Python installation requires Python 3.9+.

Python says “externally managed environment”?

python3 -m venv gribview-env
gribview-env/bin/python -m pip install --extra-index-url https://filippi.github.io/gribview/wheels gribview
gribview-env/bin/gribview

Available for macOS, Linux and Windows.

brew install --cask filippi/gribview/gribview-app

Open Gribview from Applications or Spotlight.

brew install filippi/gribview/gribview

Installs the gribview command. Start the viewer from your terminal.

Download AppImage

In the downloaded file's Properties > Permissions, allow it to run as a program. Then double-click it.

Run from a terminal

chmod +x Gribview-1.4.0-x86_64.AppImage
./Gribview-1.4.0-x86_64.AppImage

If FUSE is unavailable, choose the portable archive instead.

Download Debian package

Open the downloaded file in your software installer. Then open Gribview from your applications menu.

Install from a terminal

sudo apt install ./gribview-1.4.0-Linux-x86_64.deb

Download portable archive

Extract the archive and open gribview inside. No administrator access or FUSE needed.

Add to the applications menu

Open a terminal in the extracted folder and run:

./install.sh

Requires Python 3.

python3 -m pip install --extra-index-url https://filippi.github.io/gribview/wheels gribview

Requires Python 3.9+. Installs the packaged viewer from the project index, without compiling.

Python says “externally managed environment”?

python3 -m venv gribview-env
gribview-env/bin/python -m pip install --extra-index-url https://filippi.github.io/gribview/wheels gribview
gribview-env/bin/gribview

All downloads & release notes · Sample GRIB file

Filter, browse, plot, and extract GRIB data; export CSV time series and point values.

What gribview can do

Open GRIB files at full speed with OpenGL rendering and ecCodes decoding.
Reorganize, sort, append, merge, and resave GRIB archives.
Filter out unwanted messages to make GRIB archives more compact.
Select point values, track them over time, and export CSV time series.
Scrub levels/parameters, tweak colour maps, export PNGs, and inspect full metadata.

About & updates

gribview is an open-source GRIB explorer built by Jean-Baptiste Filippi (CNRS / Universita di Corsica). It’s tuned for fast OpenGL viewing, reorganizing/merging/filtering messages, extracting CSV time series/point values, and exporting PNGs or compact GRIB archives.

Check for updates

View the GitHub repository →