FTOOLS

A General Package of Software to Manipulate FITS Files

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NEWS:

• FTOOLS 6.34 released. (22 August 2024)
• SciServer: HEASARC software & data on the SciServer platform (Beta)
• HEASoft & Docker: Install HEASoft in a Docker container
• HEASoftPy: A Python interface to HEASoft
• To receive notices of HEASOFT releases, subscribe to the "FTOOLS Notes" mailing list by sending an e-mail with empty Subject and in the body "subscribe" to ftoolsnotes-join@lists.nasa.gov

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• Getting the Software

  • Latest FTOOLS Release: Information and Downloading
  • How to Install and Setup the FTOOLS (Linux)
  • How to Install and Setup the FTOOLS (macOS)
  • List of Known Issues in the current release
  
  

• Getting Started

  • A Quick FTOOLS Tutorial
  • The FTOOLS subpackages
  • The FTOOLS Frequently Asked Questions File
  
  

• Deeper Information

  • Guidelines for developing a new FTOOLS package for a mission or instrument
  • HEASOFT Developers Guide
  • PIL Developers Guide
  • Calibration Developer Documents
  • The FTOOLS Help Desk