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Climate Data Operators. Version 2.6.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22.

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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install cdo

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install cdo

MacPorts ports tree · science/cdo/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install cdo

Debian stable package indexes · cdo · source: deb.debian.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#cdo

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/cd/cdo/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Climate Data Operators

Commands and aliases

  • cdo

history

Project history and usage

Climate Data Operators, or CDO, is a command-line suite for manipulating and analyzing climate and numerical weather prediction data in formats such as GRIB and NetCDF.

Project history

The official contributors page says CDO was originally developed by Uwe Schulzweida at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, with the first public release available since 2003. It was inspired by earlier MPI-M and DKRZ climate-data tools, including PINGO and GRIB-Modules.

The project is now hosted under the mpim-sw group at DKRZ GitLab, with official documentation generated for CDO 2.6.3 and active releases noted on the MPI-M Redmine project page in June 2026.

Adoption history

CDO became a standard command-line utility in climate and weather data workflows because it provides hundreds of operators over GRIB, NetCDF, SERVICE, EXTRA, and IEG data. Official docs emphasize fast processing, chaining multiple operators, and availability on Unix/Linux systems, Cygwin, and macOS.

Package-manager adoption is broad for a science CLI: Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, MacPorts, and Nix all package it according to the input facts, reflecting its role in reproducible climate-data pipelines.

How it is used

Users run cdo commands to select, transform, remap, aggregate, and inspect climate model and forecast datasets. The docs highlight more than 700 operators, a simple Unix command-line interface, and support for large datasets with missing values.

Why package nerds care

CDO is significant for package maintainers because it sits at the intersection of scientific file formats, HPC-style Unix workflows, and fast-moving climate data standards. Its packaging pulls in format libraries and exposes a stable CLI expected by scripts, notebooks, and institutional workflows.

Timeline

  • 1991: MPI-M GRIB-Modules developed, later influencing CDO's module structure.
  • 1995: DKRZ develops PINGO, whose interface and operators influence CDO.
  • 2003: First public CDO release available.
  • 2026: Official project page lists CDO 2.6.x releases and generated 2.6.3 documentation.

Related projects

  • CDO is related to CDI, PINGO, GRIB-Modules, SCRIP, YAC, GRIB, NetCDF, and the climate-model postprocessing tools used around MPI-M and DKRZ.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Installs with 5 runtime dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
cdocliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version2.6.3
manager updated2026-06-22
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://code.mpimet.mpg.de/projects/cdo

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:cdo
Version2.6.3
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/cdo
Homepagehttps://code.mpimet.mpg.de/projects/cdo
Repositoryhttps://gitlab.dkrz.de/mpim-sw/cdo
Upstream docshttps://code.mpimet.mpg.de/projects/cdo/embedded/cdo.pdf
LicenseBSD-3-Clause
Source archivehttps://code.mpimet.mpg.de/attachments/download/30224/cdo-2.6.3.tar.gz
Last updated2026-06-22T14:03:00-07:00
Pulseupdated
Dependencieseccodes, hdf5, libaec, netcdf, proj
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namecdo
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

cdo 2.5.1-1

Climate Data Operators

https://code.mpimet.mpg.de/projects/cdo

sudo apt install cdo
  • Section: utils
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 15 dependencies
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cdo
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: cdo from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libcdi-dev 2.5.1-1

Development files for the climate data interface library

https://code.mpimet.mpg.de/projects/cdo

sudo apt install libcdi-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: cdo
  • 3 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cdo
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libcdi-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libcdi0 2.5.1-1

Climate Data Interface (cdi) library

https://code.mpimet.mpg.de/projects/cdo

sudo apt install libcdi0
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: cdo
  • 6 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cdo
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libcdi0 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

cdo

nix profile install nixpkgs#cdo
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cdo
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cd/cdo/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

cdo 2.4.0-1build3

Climate Data Operators

https://code.mpimet.mpg.de/projects/cdo

sudo apt install cdo
  • Section: universe/utils
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 14 dependencies
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cdo
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: cdo from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libcdi-dev 2.4.0-1build3

Development files for the climate data interface library

https://code.mpimet.mpg.de/projects/cdo

sudo apt install libcdi-dev
  • Section: universe/libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: cdo
  • 3 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cdo
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libcdi-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libcdi0 2.4.0-1build3

Climate Data Interface (cdi) library

https://code.mpimet.mpg.de/projects/cdo

sudo apt install libcdi0
  • Section: universe/libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: cdo
  • 6 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cdo
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libcdi0 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
MacPorts95%

cdo

sudo port install cdo
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cdo
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: science/cdo/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • eccodesRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • hdf5Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • netcdfRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • projRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • netcdf-cxxShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, netcdf.
  • netcdf-fortranShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, netcdf.
  • adios2Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data.
  • alluxioShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data.
  • anyqueryShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data.
  • apache-arrowShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data.

source trail

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This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

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  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment