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Core packages

These packages each offer a wide range of functionality in their area, and conform to the PyHC community standards.

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Name	Description	Code	Docs	Site	Contact	Community	Documentation	Testing	Software Maturity	License
HAPI Client	Access time series data access from many sources Keywords: data_retrieval, line_plots, plotting, spectra	https://github.com/hapi-server/client-python	https://github.com/hapi-server/client-python/blob/master/README.md	https://github.com/hapi-server/client-python	Bob Weigel	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
Kamodo	Kamodo is an official NASA open-source python package built upon the functionalization of datasets. Keywords: 2D_graphics, 3D_graphics, adelphi, amgeo, ascii, coordinates, csv, ctipe, data_access, data_retrieval, enlil, gamera, general, geospace, gitm, hapi, heliosphere, interactive, ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, iri, line_plots, local, magnetosphere, multidimensional, netcdf, openggcm, orbit, orbit, plotting, remote, sami3, solar, superdarn, swmf, tiegcm, time, waccmx, web_service	https://github.com/nasa/Kamodo	https://nasa.github.io/Kamodo/	https://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/tools/kamodo/	Darren De Zeeuw	Partially met	Good	Partially met	Good	Good
PlasmaPy	Python package for plasma research and education Keywords: data_analysis, general, heliosphere, instrumentation, ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, laboratory, magnetosphere, plasma_physics, plotting, simulation, solar, theory	https://github.com/PlasmaPy/PlasmaPy	https://docs.plasmapy.org	https://www.plasmapy.org	Nick Murphy	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
pysat	Management and analysis tool for satellite and radar data. Keywords: ace, coordinates, data_analysis, data_retrieval, de2, dmsp, general, icon, ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, madrigal, magnetosphere, omni, orbit, plotting, sami2, tiegcm, time	https://github.com/pysat/pysat	https://pysat.readthedocs.io		pysat Development Team	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
pySPEDAS	Tools for loading, analysis and plotting of data from various heliophysics missions and ground magnetometers Keywords: ace, arase, cdf, cluster, coordinates, csswe, data_access, dscovr, equator_s, fast, geotail, heliosphere, image, kyoto_dst, line_plots, magnetosphere, maven, mica, mms, plotting, poes, polar, psp, solo, spectra, stereo, themis, twins, ulysses, van_allen_probes, wind	https://github.com/spedas/pyspedas	https://pyspedas.readthedocs.io		Jim Lewis	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
SpacePy	Space science library for Python. Includes file I/O, time and coordinate conversions, common analysis techniques. Keywords: ascii, bats_r_us, cdf, coordinates, csv, data_access, data_analysis, data_container, general, hdf5, heliosphere, igrf, ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, local, magnetosphere, omni, plotting, reference_data, shue, simulation, swmf, time, tsyganenko	https://github.com/spacepy/spacepy	https://spacepy.github.io/		Jon Niehof	Good	Good	Partially met	Good	Good
SunPy	Python for Solar Physics Keywords: 2D_graphics, cdaweb, coordinates, data_analysis, data_retrieval, fermi, fido, fits, general, goes, heliosphere, image_processing, lasco, line_plots, netcdf, plotting, power_spectra, soho, solar, time	https://github.com/sunpy/sunpy	http://docs.sunpy.org	http://www.sunpy.org	Stuart Mumford	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

HAPI Client

Access time series data access from many sources
Bob Weigel

Kamodo

Kamodo is an official NASA open-source python package built upon the functionalization of datasets.
Darren De Zeeuw

PlasmaPy

Python package for plasma research and education
Nick Murphy

pysat

Management and analysis tool for satellite and radar data.
pysat Development Team

pySPEDAS

Tools for loading, analysis and plotting of data from various heliophysics missions and ground magnetometers
Jim Lewis

SpacePy

Space science library for Python. Includes file I/O, time and coordinate conversions, common analysis techniques.
Jon Niehof

SunPy

Python for Solar Physics
Stuart Mumford

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Name	Description	Code	Docs	Site	Contact	Community	Documentation	Testing	Software Maturity	License
AACGMV2	A Python wrapper for the AACGM-v2 C library Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/aburrell/aacgmv2	http://aacgmv2.readthedocs.io		Angeline G. Burrell	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
AFINO	A tool for finding oscillations in time series data Keywords: data_analysis	https://github.com/aringlis/afino_release_version	https://afino-release-version.readthedocs.io/		Andrew Inglis	Partially met	Partially met	Partially met	Partially met	Good
aiapy	A Python package for analyzing data from SDO/AIA Keywords: solar, specific	https://github.com/LM-SAL/aiapy	https://aiapy.readthedocs.io		Will Barnes, Mark Cheung	Partially met	Good	Good	Partially met	Good
aidapy	A Python package to provide machine learning and statistical methods to heliophysics data Keywords: machine_learning, heliosphere, data_analysis	https://gitlab.com/aidaspace/aidapy	https://aidapy.readthedocs.io		Romain Dupuis, Jorge Amaya, Giovanni Lapenta	Partially met	Partially met	Partially met	Partially met	Good
amisrsynthdata	The amisrsynthdata package generates synthetic data for the Advanced Modular Incoherent Scatter Radars (AMISR). Keywords: geospace, ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, plasma_physics, coordinates, time, specific, hdf5, local, instrumentation, reference_data	https://github.com/amisr/amisrsynthdata	https://amisrsynthdata.readthedocs.io/en/latest/		Leslie Lamarche	Good	Good	Partially met	Partially met	Good
apexpy	A Python wrapper for the Apex fortran library Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/aburrell/apexpy	http://apexpy.readthedocs.io		Angeline G. Burrell	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
asilib	asilib is an open source package providing data access and analysis tools for the world’s all-sky imager (ASI) data. Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, data_retrieval, image_processing, plotting, general, remote, data_access, data_analysis, instrumentation, themis, igrf	https://github.com/mshumko/asilib	https://aurora-asi-lib.readthedocs.io/		Mykhaylo (Mike) Shumko	Good	Good	Partially met	Good	Good
CCSDSPy	A Python package for reading CCSDS (spacecraft) packet data. Keywords: ccsds, specific, heliosphere, ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, magnetosphere	https://github.com/ccsdspy/ccsdspy/	https://docs.ccsdspy.org/en/latest/#		Daniel da Silva	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
CDFlib	Read / write NASA CDF with pure Python + Numpy, no compiling Keywords: magnetosphere, ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/MAVENSDC/cdflib	https://cdflib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/		Bryan Harter, Michael Liu, David Stansby, Michael Hirsch	Partially met	Good	Good	Good	Good
CloudCatalog	A Python package for retrieving cloud data file catalogs/indices Keywords: data_retrieval, general, csv, remote, data_access	https://github.com/heliocloud-data/cloudcatalog/	https://github.com/heliocloud-data/cloudcatalog/blob/main/docs/cloudcatalog-spec.md		Sandy Antunes	Partially met	Good	Good	Good	Good
dbprocessing	Database-driven Heliophysics processing controller. Keywords: heliosphere, ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, magnetosphere, general	https://github.com/spacepy/dbprocessing	https://spacepy.github.io/dbprocessing		Jon Niehof	Good	Good	Partially met	Partially met	Good
enlilviz	A Python toolkit for Enlil solar wind visualizations. Keywords: heliosphere, plotting, specific	https://github.com/SWxTREC/enlilviz	https://enlilviz.readthedocs.io/		Greg Lucas	Partially met	Good	Partially met	Good	Good
EUVpy	A Python package containing several models for solar EUV irradiance. Keywords: solar, ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, wrapper, gitm, general	https://github.com/DanBrandt/EUVpy/tree/main	https://euvpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/	https://github.com/DanBrandt/EUVpy/tree/main	Daniel Brandt	Partially met	Good	Good	Partially met	Good
fiasco	A Python interface to the CHIANTI atomic database. Keywords: solar, ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, general	https://github.com/wtbarnes/fiasco	http://fiasco.readthedocs.io		Will Barnes	Partially met	Partially met	Partially met	Partially met	Good
fisspy	Fast Imaging Solar Spectrograph (FISS) on the New Solar Telescope. Keywords: solar, specific	https://github.com/SNU-sunday/fisspy			Juhyeong Kang	Requires improvement	Partially met	Requires improvement	Good	Good
GCMprocpy	A Python package for post processing and analysis of TIE-GCM and WACCM-X outputs. Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, 2D_graphics, plotting, netcdf, local, data_analysis, specific	https://github.com/NCAR/gcmprocpy.git	https://gcmprocpy.readthedocs.io		Nikhil Rao	Partially met	Good	Requires improvement	Good	Good
geodata	Geophysics analysis of radar and optical systems. Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/jswoboda/GeoDataPython			John Swoboda	Requires improvement	Good	Partially met	Partially met	Good
geopack	Python version of geopack and Tsyganenko models Keywords: heliosphere, magnetosphere	https://github.com/tsssss/geopack	https://github.com/tsssss/geopack/blob/master/README.md		Sheng Tian	Partially met	Good	Partially met	Good	Good
GeospaceLAB	A Python library for managing and visualizing data in Space Physics. Keywords: geospace, ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, magnetosphere, data_retrieval, data_container, plotting, data_access, data_analysis	https://github.com/JouleCai/geospacelab	https://geospacelab.readthedocs.io/en/latest/	https://github.com/JouleCai/geospacelab	Lei Cai	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
HelioAI	An AI agent for heliophysics: natural-language parameter discovery across 70+ missions, sandboxed analysis, and reproducible notebook export. Keywords: heliosphere, magnetosphere, plasma_physics, data_retrieval, data_access, data_analysis, plotting, cdaweb	https://github.com/erdoganfurkan/HelioAI	https://erdoganfurkan.github.io/HelioAI/	https://github.com/erdoganfurkan/HelioAI	Furkan Erdogan	Good	Partially met	Good	Good	Good
HERMES-Core	A central Python Package for common functionality across all HERMES instruments Keywords: data_container, time, plotting, spectra, cdf, data_analysis, hermes	https://github.com/HERMES-SOC/hermes_core	https://hermes-core.readthedocs.io/en/latest/	https://github.com/HERMES-SOC/hermes_core	Steven Christe, Damian Barrous Dumme, Andrew Robbertz	Partially met	Good	Good	Partially met	Good
hissw	Easily integrate SSWIDL scripts into your Python workflow via Jinja templates Keywords: solar, general, wrapper, idl_save	https://github.com/wtbarnes/hissw	https://wtbarnes.github.io/hissw		Will Barnes	Partially met	Good	Good	Good	Good
irispy-lmsal	A Python package that provides the tools to read in and analyze data from the IRIS solar-observing satellite. Keywords: solar, specific, data_analysis, spectra, fits, time, coordinates, plotting, multidimensional	https://github.com/LM-SAL/irispy-lmsal	https://irispy-lmsal.readthedocs.io		SunPy Steering Committee	Partially met	Good	Partially met	Good	Good
kaipy	Kaipy is a Python package for analysis and visualization of simulation results from a scientific software package Kaiju. Keywords: geospace, 2D_graphics, plotting, hdf5, local, data_analysis, specific	https://github.com/JHUAPL/kaipy	https://kaipy-docs.readthedocs.io/		Michael Wiltberger	Partially met	Good	Partially met	Good	Good
lofarSun	LOFAR solar and spaceweather data processing Keywords: lofar	https://github.com/peijin94/LOFAR-Sun-tools	https://lofar-sun-tools.readthedocs.io/en/latest	https://github.com/peijin94/LOFAR-Sun-tools	Peijin Zhang	Partially met	Good	Requires improvement	Partially met	Good
MadrigalWeb	MadrigalWeb - a Python API to access the Madrigal database Keywords: geospace, data_retrieval, ascii, hdf5, netcdf, web_service, data_access	https://github.com/MITHaystack/madrigalWeb	https://madrigalweb.readthedocs.io/en/latest/	https://cedar.openmadrigal.org	Katherine Cariglia	Partially met	Partially met	Good	Good	Good
MCALF	Accurately constraining velocity information from spectral imaging observations using machine learning techniques. Keywords: solar, machine_learning, spectra, plotting, line_plots, 2D_graphics, multidimensional, specific, fits, local, data_analysis	https://github.com/ConorMacBride/mcalf	https://mcalf.macbride.me		Conor MacBride	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
NDCube	A Python package for manipulating, inspecting and visualizing multi-dimensional contiguous and non-contiguous coordinate-aware data arrays Keywords: coordinates, data_analysis, data_container, heliosphere, plotting, solar	https://github.com/sunpy/ndcube	https://docs.sunpy.org/projects/ndcube		Dan Ryan	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
OCBpy	A Python module that converts between AACGM coordinates and an adjustable magnetic coordinate system based on the location of the polar cap Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/aburrell/ocbpy	http://ocbpy.readthedocs.io		Angeline G. Burrell	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
OMMBV	Othogonal Multipole Magnetic Basis Vectors - Accurately map electric fields and ion drifts along geomagnetic field lines and accurately express vectors relative to a multipole magnetic field using an orthogonal basis. Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/CosmicStudioSoftware/OMMBV	https://ommbv.readthedocs.io		Russell Stoneback	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
PyAuroraX	Python library supporting data access and analysis for All-Sky Imager (ASI) data Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, 2D_graphics, calibration, coordinates, data_container, data_retrieval, image_processing, line_plots, multidimensional, orbit, plotting, specific, ascii, binary, cdf, hdf5, idl_save, local, web_service, data_access, data_analysis, instrumentation	https://github.com/aurorax-space/pyaurorax	https://docs.aurorax.space/code/pyaurorax_api_reference/pyaurorax/		Darren Chaddock	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
PyCDFpp	A fast and easy to use C++ CDF library with Python bindings. Keywords: cdf	https://github.com/SciQLop/CDFpp	https://pycdfpp.readthedocs.io/en/latest/		Alexis Jeandet	Partially met	Good	Good	Good	Good
pyDARN	Python data visualization library for the Super Dual Auroral Radar Network. Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, general, data_analysis, superdarn	https://github.com/SuperDARN/pydarn	https://pydarn.readthedocs.io/en/main/		SuperDARN Data Visualization Working Group	Good	Good	Partially met	Good	Good
pyflct	A Python wrapper for Fourier Local Correlation Tracking Keywords: solar, wrapper, specific, data_analysis	https://github.com/sunpy/pyflct	https://pyflct.readthedocs.io		SunPy Steering Committee	Partially met	Good	Good	Good	Good
pyglow	Upper atmosphere models and geophysical indices. Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/timduly4/pyglow			Timothy Duly	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Partially met	Good	Good
PyGS	Analysis tools for flux ropes based on GS techniques Keywords: heliosphere, 2D_graphics, interactive, csv, cdaweb, data_analysis, ace, psp, ulysses, wind, solo	https://github.com/PyGSDR/PyGS	https://github.com/PyGSDR/PyGS/tree/main/documentation	https://github.com/PyGSDR/PyGS/	Yu Chen and Qiang Hu	Good	Good	Good	Partially met	Good
pyIntensityFeatures	A tool to identify features, such as auroral luminosity boundaries, in imager data. Keywords: magnetosphere, specific, data_analysis, ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere	https://github.com/aburrell/pyIntensityFeatures	https://pyintensityfeatures.readthedocs.io/en/latest/?badge=latest	https://github.com/aburrell/pyIntensityFeatures	Angeline G. Burrell	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
PyRFU	PyRFU is a free and open-source Python package for advanced analysis of in-situ space plasma data. Keywords: heliosphere, magnetosphere, planetary, plasma_physics, coordinates, data_retrieval, line_plots, multidimensional, orbit, plotting, power_spectra, spectra, time, general, local, remote, web_service, data_access, data_analysis, instrumentation, theory, maven, mms, omni, solo	https://github.com/louis-richard/irfu-python	https://pyrfu.readthedocs.io/en/latest/		Louis Richard	Partially met	Good	Partially met	Good	Good
pysatCDF	Python reader for NASA CDF, includes CDF libraries. Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, magnetosphere, specific	https://github.com/rstoneback/pysatCDF			Russell Stoneback	Good	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Good
python-magnetosphere	Python wrapper for cxform, coordinate transformation package Keywords: magnetosphere, specific	https://github.com/dpq/python-magnetosphere			David Parunakian	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good
PyTplot	Based on IDL tplot, plots and manipulates time series data Keywords: solar, magnetosphere, ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, general	https://github.com/MAVENSDC/pytplot	https://pytplot.readthedocs.io/en/latest/		Bryan Harter	Requires improvement	Good	Partially met	Good	Good
regularizePSF	A Python package for manipulating and correcting various point spread functions Keywords: plotting, calibration, general, fits, local, data_analysis	https://github.com/punch-mission/regularizepsf	https://regularizepsf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/		Marcus Hughes	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
sami2py	Run, read, and plot the SAMI2 ionospheric model. Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/sami2py/sami2py	https://sami2py.readthedocs.io		Jeff Klenzing	Good	Good	Good	Partially met	Good
SAMMI	Share Attribute and Metadata Management Interface - Manage attributes for ISTP CDF files using YAML Keywords: general, cdf, data_access	https://github.com/swxsoc/sammi	https://sammi-cdf.readthedocs.io/		Maxine Hartnett	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
SAVIC	Stability Analysis Vitalizing Instability Classification - a Python package for predicting, quantifying and classifying ion-driven plasma instabilities Keywords: heliosphere, plasma_physics, multidimensional, hdf5	https://github.com/MihailoMartinovic/SAVIC	https://savic.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html		Mihailo Martinovic	Partially met	Good	Good	Partially met	Good
SciQLop	SciQLOP (SCIentific Qt application for Learning from Observations of Plasmas) is a powerful and user-friendly software designed for the visualization and analysis of in-situ space plasma data with jupyter notebook integrated. Keywords: heliosphere, magnetosphere, plasma_physics, interactive, line_plots, plotting, general, cdaweb, sscweb, web_service, remote, data_access, data_analysis	https://github.com/SciQLop/SciQLop			Alexis Jeandet	Partially met	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good
SkyWinder	SkyWinder is an open-source Python package useful for instrument control and telemetry. Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, geospace, planetary, instrumentation, image	https://github.com/PolarMesosphericClouds/SkyWinder			Carl Bjorn Kjellstrand	Partially met	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Good
solarmach	Multi-spacecraft heliospheric configuration plotter Keywords: solar, heliosphere, coordinates, 2D_graphics, plotting, general, web_service	https://github.com/jgieseler/solarmach	https://solarmach.readthedocs.io	https://solar-mach.github.io	Jan Gieseler	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
solo-epd-loader	Data loader for Solar Orbiter/EPD energetic charged particle sensors EPT, HET, and STEP Keywords: data_access, data_retrieval, heliosphere, instrumentation, solar, specific	https://github.com/jgieseler/solo-epd-loader	https://github.com/jgieseler/solo-epd-loader#readme=		Jan Gieseler	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
space-packet-parser	A CCSDS telemetry packet decoding library based on the XTCE packet format description standard. Keywords: ccsds, xtce, packet_parsing, packet_inspection, data_analysis, data_assimilation, binary	https://github.com/lasp/space_packet_parser	https://space-packet-parser.readthedocs.io		Gavin Medley	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
Speasy	Speasy is a free and open-source Python package that makes it easy to find and load space physics data from a variety of data sources, whether it is online and public such as CDAWEB and AMDA, or any described archive, local or remote. Keywords: heliosphere, plasma_physics, magnetosphere, data_retrieval, data_container, general, cdf, csv, ascii, cdaweb, local, remote, sscweb, web_service, data_access	https://github.com/SciQLop/speasy	https://speasy.readthedocs.io/		Alexis Jeandet	Partially met	Good	Good	Good	Good
SpiceyPy	Pythonic wrapper for Spice. Keywords: solar, magnetosphere, ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, general	https://github.com/AndrewAnnex/SpiceyPy	https://spiceypy.readthedocs.io		Andrew M. Annex	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
sunkit-image	A image processing toolbox for Solar Physics Keywords: solar, general, data_analysis	https://github.com/sunpy/sunkit-image	https://docs.sunpy.org/projects/sunkit-image		SunPy Steering Committee	Partially met	Good	Good	Good	Good
sunkit-instruments	A SunPy-affiliated package for solar instrument-specific tools. Keywords: solar, specific, instrumentation	https://github.com/sunpy/sunkit-instruments	https://docs.sunpy.org/projects/sunkit-instruments		SunPy Steering Committee	Partially met	Partially met	Good	Good	Good
sunraster	A SunPy-affiliated package which provides tools to analyze data from spectral data from any solar mission. Keywords: solar, data_container, spectra, plotting, general, fits	https://github.com/sunpy/sunraster	https://docs.sunpy.org/projects/sunraster		SunPy Steering Committee	Partially met	Good	Partially met	Good	Good
SWVO	Tools for downloading and reading space-weather data and geomagnetic indices. Keywords: heliosphere, magnetosphere, solar, ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, plasma_physics, data_access, data_retrieval, reference_data, csv, netcdf, ascii, coordinates, time, remote, local, web_service, general, ace, dscovr, omni, enlil	https://github.com/GFZ/SWVO	https://swvo.readthedocs.io/en/latest/		Sahil Jhawar (jhawar@gfz.de), Bernhard Haas (bhaas@gfz.de)	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
swxsoc	Pipeline and analysis tools for space weather data processing. Keywords: general, data_container, cdf, data_analysis, hermes	https://github.com/swxsoc/swxsoc	https://swxsoc.readthedocs.io/	https://swxsoc.github.io/	Steven Christe, Damian Barrous Dumme, Andrew Robbertz	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
TomograPy	Coronal tomographic reconstructions. Keywords: solar, specific	https://github.com/nbarbey/TomograPy		http://nbarbey.github.io/TomograPy	Nicolas Barbey	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Partially met	Good
viresclient	Access to ESA Swarm mission products Keywords: geospace, ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, data_retrieval, web_service, remote, data_access, specific	https://github.com/ESA-VirES/VirES-Python-Client	https://viresclient.readthedocs.io	https://vires.services	EOX IT Services / Ashley Smith	Partially met	Good	Partially met	Good	Good
XRTpy	A Python package for analyzing data from the X-Ray Telescope instrument onboard the Hinode spacecraft. Keywords: solar, specific, data_analysis, hinode	https://github.com/HinodeXRT/xrtpy	https://xrtpy.readthedocs.io		Joy Velasquez	Partially met	Partially met	Partially met	Partially met	Good

AACGMV2

A Python wrapper for the AACGM-v2 C library
Angeline G. Burrell

AFINO

A tool for finding oscillations in time series data
Andrew Inglis

aiapy

A Python package for analyzing data from SDO/AIA
Will Barnes, Mark Cheung

aidapy

A Python package to provide machine learning and statistical methods to heliophysics data
Romain Dupuis, Jorge Amaya, Giovanni Lapenta

amisrsynthdata

The amisrsynthdata package generates synthetic data for the Advanced Modular Incoherent Scatter Radars (AMISR).
Leslie Lamarche

apexpy

A Python wrapper for the Apex fortran library
Angeline G. Burrell

asilib

asilib is an open source package providing data access and analysis tools for the world’s all-sky imager (ASI) data.
Mykhaylo (Mike) Shumko

CCSDSPy

A Python package for reading CCSDS (spacecraft) packet data.
Daniel da Silva

CDFlib

Read / write NASA CDF with pure Python + Numpy, no compiling
Bryan Harter, Michael Liu, David Stansby, Michael Hirsch

CloudCatalog

A Python package for retrieving cloud data file catalogs/indices
Sandy Antunes

dbprocessing

Database-driven Heliophysics processing controller.
Jon Niehof

enlilviz

A Python toolkit for Enlil solar wind visualizations.
Greg Lucas

EUVpy

A Python package containing several models for solar EUV irradiance.
Daniel Brandt

fiasco

A Python interface to the CHIANTI atomic database.
Will Barnes

fisspy

Fast Imaging Solar Spectrograph (FISS) on the New Solar Telescope.
Juhyeong Kang

GCMprocpy

A Python package for post processing and analysis of TIE-GCM and WACCM-X outputs.
Nikhil Rao

geodata

Geophysics analysis of radar and optical systems.
John Swoboda

geopack

Python version of geopack and Tsyganenko models
Sheng Tian

GeospaceLAB

A Python library for managing and visualizing data in Space Physics.
Lei Cai

HelioAI

An AI agent for heliophysics: natural-language parameter discovery across 70+ missions, sandboxed analysis, and reproducible notebook export.
Furkan Erdogan

HERMES-Core

A central Python Package for common functionality across all HERMES instruments
Steven Christe, Damian Barrous Dumme, Andrew Robbertz

hissw

Easily integrate SSWIDL scripts into your Python workflow via Jinja templates
Will Barnes

irispy-lmsal

A Python package that provides the tools to read in and analyze data from the IRIS solar-observing satellite.
SunPy Steering Committee

kaipy

Kaipy is a Python package for analysis and visualization of simulation results from a scientific software package Kaiju.
Michael Wiltberger

lofarSun

LOFAR solar and spaceweather data processing
Peijin Zhang

MadrigalWeb

MadrigalWeb - a Python API to access the Madrigal database
Katherine Cariglia

MCALF

Accurately constraining velocity information from spectral imaging observations using machine learning techniques.
Conor MacBride

NDCube

A Python package for manipulating, inspecting and visualizing multi-dimensional contiguous and non-contiguous coordinate-aware data arrays
Dan Ryan

OCBpy

A Python module that converts between AACGM coordinates and an adjustable magnetic coordinate system based on the location of the polar cap
Angeline G. Burrell

Othogonal Multipole Magnetic Basis Vectors - Accurately map electric fields and ion drifts along geomagnetic field lines and accurately express vectors relative to a multipole magnetic field using an orthogonal basis.
Russell Stoneback

PyAuroraX

Python library supporting data access and analysis for All-Sky Imager (ASI) data
Darren Chaddock

PyCDFpp

A fast and easy to use C++ CDF library with Python bindings.
Alexis Jeandet

pyDARN

Python data visualization library for the Super Dual Auroral Radar Network.
SuperDARN Data Visualization Working Group

pyflct

A Python wrapper for Fourier Local Correlation Tracking
SunPy Steering Committee

pyglow

Upper atmosphere models and geophysical indices.
Timothy Duly

PyGS

Analysis tools for flux ropes based on GS techniques
Yu Chen and Qiang Hu

pyIntensityFeatures

A tool to identify features, such as auroral luminosity boundaries, in imager data.
Angeline G. Burrell

PyRFU

PyRFU is a free and open-source Python package for advanced analysis of in-situ space plasma data.
Louis Richard

pysatCDF

Python reader for NASA CDF, includes CDF libraries.
Russell Stoneback

python-magnetosphere

Python wrapper for cxform, coordinate transformation package
David Parunakian

PyTplot

Based on IDL tplot, plots and manipulates time series data
Bryan Harter

regularizePSF

A Python package for manipulating and correcting various point spread functions
Marcus Hughes

sami2py

Run, read, and plot the SAMI2 ionospheric model.
Jeff Klenzing

SAMMI

Share Attribute and Metadata Management Interface - Manage attributes for ISTP CDF files using YAML
Maxine Hartnett

SAVIC

Stability Analysis Vitalizing Instability Classification - a Python package for predicting, quantifying and classifying ion-driven plasma instabilities
Mihailo Martinovic

SciQLop

SciQLOP (SCIentific Qt application for Learning from Observations of Plasmas) is a powerful and user-friendly software designed for the visualization and analysis of in-situ space plasma data with jupyter notebook integrated.
Alexis Jeandet

SkyWinder

SkyWinder is an open-source Python package useful for instrument control and telemetry.
Carl Bjorn Kjellstrand

solarmach

Multi-spacecraft heliospheric configuration plotter
Jan Gieseler

solo-epd-loader

Data loader for Solar Orbiter/EPD energetic charged particle sensors EPT, HET, and STEP
Jan Gieseler

space-packet-parser

A CCSDS telemetry packet decoding library based on the XTCE packet format description standard.
Gavin Medley

Speasy

Speasy is a free and open-source Python package that makes it easy to find and load space physics data from a variety of data sources, whether it is online and public such as CDAWEB and AMDA, or any described archive, local or remote.
Alexis Jeandet

SpiceyPy

Pythonic wrapper for Spice.
Andrew M. Annex

sunkit-image

A image processing toolbox for Solar Physics
SunPy Steering Committee

sunkit-instruments

A SunPy-affiliated package for solar instrument-specific tools.
SunPy Steering Committee

sunraster

A SunPy-affiliated package which provides tools to analyze data from spectral data from any solar mission.
SunPy Steering Committee

SWVO

Tools for downloading and reading space-weather data and geomagnetic indices.
Sahil Jhawar (jhawar@gfz.de), Bernhard Haas (bhaas@gfz.de)

swxsoc

Pipeline and analysis tools for space weather data processing.
Steven Christe, Damian Barrous Dumme, Andrew Robbertz

TomograPy

Coronal tomographic reconstructions.
Nicolas Barbey

viresclient

Access to ESA Swarm mission products
EOX IT Services / Ashley Smith

XRTpy

A Python package for analyzing data from the X-Ray Telescope instrument onboard the Hinode spacecraft.
Joy Velasquez

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Name	Description	Code	Docs	Contact
ACEmag	Load and Plot ACE satellite magnetometer data Keywords: magnetosphere, ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/ACE_magnetometer		Michael Hirsch
AstrometryAzEl	plate scale / calibrate star imagery to use multiple auroral/airglow cameras together Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/astrometry_azel		Michael Hirsch
Auroral Electrojet	Auroral Electrojet AE-index read and plot. Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/AEindex		Michael Hirsch
DASCutils	Digital All Sky Camera utilities, for camera at Poker Flat Research Range and elsewhere Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/dascasi		Michael Hirsch
Digital Meridian Spectrometer	UAF Digital Meridian Spectrometer-- load and plot Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/digital-meridian-spectrometer		Michael Hirsch
GEOrinex	Python RINEX 2/3 NAV/OBS reader with speed and simplicity, handling most RINEX formats. Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/geospace-code/georinex		Michael Hirsch
GIMAmag	UAF Geophysical Institute magnetometer network data read and plot Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/gima-magnetometer		Michael Hirsch
GLOW	NCAR GLOW 0.981 aurora/airglow model IR-VIS-UV from Python Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/NCAR-GLOW		Michael Hirsch
GOESutils	Download and plot GOES satellite PNGs and high-resolution NetCDF4 by date/time Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, solar, magnetosphere, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/GOESplot		Michael Hirsch
HWM-93	NASA Horizontal Wind Model HWM93 in Python and Matlab Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/hwm93		Michael Hirsch
IGRF-13	International Geomagnetic Reference Field IGRF -- in Python and Matlab Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/igrf		Michael Hirsch
IRI-2016	International Reference Ionosphere 2016 from Python and Matlab Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/iri2016		Michael Hirsch
IRI-90	IRI90-international reference ionosphere in Python Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/iri90		Michael Hirsch
LOWTRAN	LOWTRAN atmospheric absorption extinction, scatter and irradiance model--in Python and Matlab Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/lowtran		Michael Hirsch
Maidenhead	Python Maidenhead <--> WGS84 coordinate conversions, useful for crowdsourced observations Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/maidenhead		Michael Hirsch
MGSutils	Mars Global Surveyor radio occultation Keywords: planetary, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/mgs-radio		Michael Hirsch
MSISE-00	NRL MSISE-00 atmospheric model-- in Python and Matlab Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/msise00	https://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/modelweb/models/nrlmsise00.php	Michael Hirsch
NEXRADutils	Download/Plot NEXRAD compositive reflectivity by date/time, for ionospheric perturbations Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, general	https://github.com/space-physics/NEXRADutils		Michael Hirsch
POLAN	estimate true ionosphere height from ionosonde Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/POLAN		Michael Hirsch
PyGemini	Python frontend for Gemini3D ionospheric kintic + fluid dynamics models Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/gemini3d/gemini3d		Michael Hirsch
PyMap3D	Python 3D coordinate conversions for geospace ecef enu eci and more Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/geospace-code/pymap3d		Michael Hirsch
PyZenodo	Simple, clean pure Python 3 Zenodo API (upload, download data). Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, magnetosphere, solar, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/pyzenodo3		Michael Hirsch
ReesAurora	Rees/Sergienko module of excitation rates, relevant to auroral optical emissions Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/reesaurora		Michael Hirsch
Scanning Doppler Interferometer	Dowload & plot Scanning Doppler Interferometer data from PI Mark Conde's instruments. Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/scanning-doppler-interferometer		Michael Hirsch
ScienceDates	Date / time conversions used in the sciences. Keywords: solar, magnetosphere, ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/geospace-code/sciencedates		Michael Hirsch
THEMISasi	Read & Plot THEMIS ASI 256x256 "high resolution" GBO ground-based imager data Keywords: magnetosphere, ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/themisasi		Michael Hirsch
WMM2015	World Magnetic Model 2015 from Python Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/WMM2015		Michael Hirsch
WMM2020	World Magnetic Model 2020 from Python Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/WMM2020		Michael Hirsch