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Install cgns with Homebrew, Nix, pacman, zypper

CFD General Notation System. Version 4.5.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22.

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install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install cgns

local Homebrew formula metadata

overview

Package summary

CFD General Notation System

Commands and aliases

  • adf2hdf
  • cgnscheck
  • cgnscompress
  • cgnsconvert
  • cgnsdiff
  • cgnslist
  • cgnsnames
  • cgnsupdate
  • hdf2adf

history

Project history and usage

CGNS is a standard and reference software stack for storing, exchanging, and archiving computational fluid dynamics data.

Project history

CGNS began under NASA-funded CFD data exchange work and produced both a documented standard data model and software to read, write, and modify data in that format. Version 1.0 of the Mid-Level Library was released in May 1998.

Adoption history

The official site describes CGNS as administered by an international steering committee and as an AIAA Recommended Practice. In 1999 the CGNS Steering Committee was created as a voluntary public forum, and in January 2000 it became a subcommittee of the AIAA CFD Committee on Standards.

How it is used

CGNS is used by CFD applications to exchange grids, boundary conditions, flow solutions, and related aerodynamic analysis data through a portable binary format and platform-independent APIs for C, C++, Fortran, and Fortran90.

Why package nerds care

For scientific package maintainers, CGNS is notable because it is both a file/data standard and the single public C/C++/Fortran implementation referenced by the project, with command-line utilities such as cgnscheck, cgnsconvert, cgnsdiff, and format converters.

Timeline

  • 1998: Version 1.0 of the Mid-Level Library was released.
  • 1999: CGNS Steering Committee was created.
  • 2000: CGNS Steering Committee became a subcommittee of the AIAA CFD Committee on Standards.
  • 2001: A User's Guide to CGNS was made available.
  • 2011: Version 3.1 added 64-bit capability and concurrent ADF/HDF5 support.

Related projects

  • The official history names NPARC, TLNS3D, CFL3D, GMAN, OVERFLOW, and Visual3 as prototype or demonstrator applications involved in CGNS development.

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

  • broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

  • text:compress

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Installs with 2 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 1 build 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
adf2hdfcliglobal executable
cgnscheckcliglobal executable
cgnscompresscliglobal executable
cgnsconvertcliglobal executable
cgnsdiffcliglobal executable
cgnslistcliglobal executable
cgnsnamescliglobal executable
cgnsupdatecliglobal executable
hdf2adfcliglobal 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 version4.5.2
manager updated2026-06-22
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv4.5.2

https://github.com/CGNS/CGNS

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:cgns
Version4.5.2
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/cgns
Homepagehttps://cgns.github.io/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/CGNS/CGNS
Upstream docshttps://cgns.org/
LicenseBSD-3-Clause
Source archivehttps://github.com/CGNS/CGNS/archive/refs/tags/v4.5.2.tar.gz
Last updated2026-06-22T14:03:00-07:00
Pulseupdated
Dependenciesgcc, hdf5
Build dependenciescmake
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 Namecgns
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • 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.

Nix95%

cgns

nix profile install nixpkgs#cgns
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cgns
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cg/cgns/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
pacman95%

cgns 4.5.2-1

Standard for recording and recovering computer data associated with the numerical solution of fluid dynamics equations

https://cgns.github.io/

sudo pacman -S cgns
  • License: Zlib
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 10 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cgns
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: cgns from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
zypper95%

cgns 4.4.0-2.8

CFD General Notation System

https://cgns.github.io/index.html

sudo zypper install cgns
  • License: Zlib
  • Category: Development/Libraries/Other
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: cgns
  • 3 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cgns
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: cgns from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

cgns-devel 4.4.0-2.8

CFD General Notation System library

https://cgns.github.io/index.html

sudo zypper install cgns-devel
  • License: Zlib
  • Category: Development/Libraries/Other
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: cgns
  • 1 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cgns
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: cgns-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

cgns-devel-static 4.4.0-2.8

CFD General Notation System library

https://cgns.github.io/index.html

sudo zypper install cgns-devel-static
  • License: Zlib
  • Category: Development/Libraries/Other
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: cgns
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cgns
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: cgns-devel-static from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

libcgns4_4 4.4.0-2.8

CFD General Notation System library

https://cgns.github.io/index.html

sudo zypper install libcgns4_4
  • License: Zlib
  • Category: System/Libraries
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: cgns
  • 5 dependencies
  • 3 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cgns
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libcgns4_4 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

package graph

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

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