User Manual and Reference Documentation

https://www.nexusformat.org/

• 1. NeXus: User Manual
  • 1.1. NeXus Introduction
  • 1.2. NeXus Design
  • 1.3. Constructing NeXus Files and Application Definitions
  • 1.4. Strategies for storing information in NeXus data files
  • 1.5. Verification and validation of files
  • 1.6. Frequently Asked Questions
• 2. Examples of writing and reading NeXus data files
  • 2.1. Code Examples in Various Languages
  • 2.2. Visualization tools
  • 2.3. Examples for Specific Instruments
  • 2.4. Other tools to handle NeXus data files
• 3. NeXus: Reference Documentation
  • 3.1. Introduction to NeXus definitions
  • 3.2. NXDL: The NeXus Definition Language
  • 3.3. NeXus Class Definitions
• 4. NAPI: NeXus Application Programmer Interface (frozen)
  • 4.1. Status
  • 4.2. Overview
  • 4.3. Core API
  • 4.4. Utility API
  • 4.5. Building Programs
  • 4.6. Reporting Bugs in the NeXus API
• 5. NeXus Community
  • 5.1. NeXus Webpage
  • 5.2. Contributed Definitions
  • 5.3. Other Ways NeXus Coordinates with the Scientific Community
• 6. Installation
  • 6.1. Precompiled Binary Installation
  • 6.2. Source Installation
  • 6.3. Releases
• 7. NeXus Utilities
  • 7.1. Utilities supplied with NeXus
  • 7.2. Validation
  • 7.3. Other Utilities
  • 7.4. Data Analysis
  • 7.5. HDF Tools
  • 7.6. Language APIs for NeXus and HDF5
• 8. Brief history of NeXus
• 9. About these docs
  • 9.1. Authors
  • 9.2. Colophon
  • 9.3. Revision History
  • 9.4. Copyright and Licenses

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Publishing Information

This manual built Mar 15, 2026.

See also

This document is available in these formats online:

HTML:

https://manual.nexusformat.org/

PDF:

https://manual.nexusformat.org/_static/NeXusManual.pdf

A very brief overview (title: NeXus for the Impatient) is also available (separate from the manual).

HTML:

https://manual.nexusformat.org/impatient/

PDF:

https://manual.nexusformat.org/_static/NXImpatient.pdf