Downloading OpenSlide

OpenSlide and its official language bindings are available under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1.

Source

OpenSlide (stable API)

4.0.0 2023-10-11 tar.xz
3.4.1 2015-04-20 tar.gz tar.xz
3.4.0 2014-01-25 tar.gz tar.xz
3.3.3 2013-04-13 tar.gz tar.xz
3.3.2 2012-12-01 tar.gz tar.xz
3.3.1 2012-10-14 tar.gz tar.xz
3.3.0 2012-09-08 tar.gz tar.xz
3.2.6 2012-02-23 tar.gz tar.xz
3.2.5 2011-12-16 tar.gz tar.xz
3.2.4 2011-03-07 tar.gz tar.xz
3.2.3 2010-09-09 tar.gz tar.xz
3.2.2 2010-06-16 tar.gz tar.xz
3.2.1 2010-06-03 tar.gz tar.xz
3.2.0 2010-06-01 tar.gz tar.xz
3.1.1 2010-04-27 tar.gz tar.xz
3.1.0 2010-04-01 tar.gz tar.xz
3.0.3 2010-03-01 tar.gz tar.xz
3.0.2 2010-02-17 tar.gz tar.xz
3.0.1 2010-02-04 tar.gz tar.xz
3.0.0 2010-01-28 tar.gz tar.xz
2.3.1 2009-12-14 tar.gz tar.xz
2.3.0 2009-12-11 tar.gz tar.xz
2.2.1 2009-10-23 tar.gz tar.xz
2.2.0 2009-09-15 tar.gz tar.xz
2.1.0 2009-08-18 tar.gz
2.0.0 2009-07-16 tar.gz

OpenSlide Python interface (stable API)

1.4.1 2024-10-30 tar.gz tar.xz Wheels (PyPI)
1.4.0 2024-10-29 tar.gz tar.xz Wheels (PyPI)
1.3.1 2023-10-08 tar.gz tar.xz Wheels (PyPI)
1.3.0 2023-07-22 tar.gz tar.xz Wheels (PyPI)
1.2.0 2022-06-17 tar.gz tar.xz Wheels (PyPI)
1.1.2 2020-09-13 tar.gz tar.xz Wheels (PyPI)
1.1.1 2016-06-11 tar.gz tar.xz Wheels (PyPI)
1.1.0 2015-04-20 tar.gz tar.xz Wheels (PyPI)
1.0.1 2014-03-09 tar.gz tar.xz
1.0.0 2014-03-09 tar.gz tar.xz
0.5.1 2014-01-26 tar.gz tar.xz
0.5.0 2014-01-25 tar.gz tar.xz
0.4.0 2012-09-08 tar.gz tar.xz
0.3.0 2011-12-16 tar.gz tar.xz
0.2.0 2011-09-02 tar.gz tar.xz

OpenSlide Java interface (still unstable API, subject to change)

0.13.0 2024-05-04 tar.gz zip jar
0.12.4 2023-11-07 tar.xz
0.12.3 2022-12-17 tar.xz
0.12.2 2016-09-11 tar.gz tar.xz
0.12.1 2015-04-20 tar.gz tar.xz
0.12.0 2014-01-25 tar.gz tar.xz
0.11.0 2012-09-08 tar.gz tar.xz
0.10.0 2011-12-16 tar.gz tar.xz
0.9.2 2010-08-10 tar.gz tar.xz
0.9.1 2010-06-16 tar.gz tar.xz
0.9.0 2010-06-01 tar.gz tar.xz
0.8.0 2010-01-28 tar.gz tar.xz
0.7.2 2009-12-09 tar.gz tar.xz
0.7.1 2009-11-19 tar.gz tar.xz
0.7.0 2009-09-15 tar.gz tar.xz
0.6.1 2009-08-25 tar.gz
0.6.0 2009-08-17 tar.gz
0.5.0 2009-07-15 tar.gz

Binaries

Problems with these binaries can be reported here. If you’re looking for the bleeding edge, nightly development builds are also available.

4.0.0.6 2024-09-29 Source Linux x86_64 Linux aarch64 macOS Windows x64
4.0.0.5 2024-09-10 Source Linux x86_64 Linux aarch64 macOS Windows x64
4.0.0.4 2024-09-01 Source Linux x86_64 macOS Windows x64
4.0.0.3 2024-05-04 Source Linux x86_64 macOS Windows x64
4.0.0.2 2024-03-29 Source Linux x86_64 macOS Windows x64
20231011 2023-10-11 Source Windows x86 Windows x64
20230414 2023-04-14 Source Windows x86 Windows x64
20221217 2022-12-17 Source Windows x86 Windows x64
20221111 2022-11-11 Source Windows x86 Windows x64
20220811 2022-08-11 Source Windows x86 Windows x64
20220806 2022-08-06 Source Windows x86 Windows x64
20171122 2017-11-22 Source Windows x86 Windows x64
20160717 2016-07-17 Source Windows x86 Windows x64
20160612 2016-06-12 Source Windows x86 Windows x64
20150527 2015-05-27 Source Windows x86 Windows x64
20150420 2015-04-20 Source Windows x86 Windows x64
20140125 2014-01-25 Source Windows x86 Windows x64
20130727 2013-07-27 Source Windows x86 Windows x64
20130413 2013-04-13 Source Windows x86 Windows x64
20121201 2012-12-01 Source Windows x86 Windows x64
20121014 2012-10-14 Source Windows x86 Windows x64
20120908 2012-09-08 Source Windows x86 Windows x64
20120802 2012-08-02 Source Windows x86 Windows x64

Distribution Packages

Platform Distribution OpenSlide OpenSlide Python
Any Conan Add to conanfile.txt: 
[requires]
openslide/[~4]
FreeBSD Ports pkg install openslide pkg install py311-openslide-python
Linux AlmaLinux
CentOS Stream
Oracle Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Rocky Linux
Official packages:
First, install EPEL.
dnf install openslide-tools
Latest OpenSlide:
First, install EPEL.
dnf install dnf-plugins-core
dnf copr enable @openslide/openslide
dnf install openslide-tools
Official packages:
First, install EPEL.
dnf install python3-openslide
Latest OpenSlide Python:
First, install EPEL.
dnf install dnf-plugins-core
dnf copr enable @openslide/openslide
dnf install python3-openslide
Linux Arch Linux pacman -S openslide
Linux Debian apt install openslide-tools apt install python3-openslide
Linux Fedora
Official packages:
dnf install openslide-tools
Latest OpenSlide:
dnf install dnf-plugins-core
dnf copr enable @openslide/openslide
dnf install openslide-tools
Official packages:
dnf install python3-openslide
Latest OpenSlide Python:
dnf install dnf-plugins-core
dnf copr enable @openslide/openslide
dnf install python3-openslide
Linux openSUSE zypper install openslide-tools
Linux Spack spack install openslide spack install py-openslide-python
Linux Ubuntu
Official packages:
apt install openslide-tools
Latest OpenSlide:
apt install software-properties-common
add-apt-repository ppa:openslide/openslide
apt install openslide-tools
Official packages:
apt install python3-openslide
Latest OpenSlide Python:
apt install software-properties-common
add-apt-repository ppa:openslide/openslide
apt install python3-openslide
macOS Homebrew brew install openslide
macOS MacPorts port install openslide port install py312-openslide
Python conda-forge conda install openslide conda install openslide-python
Python PyPI
On RHEL 8 (with Python 3.8+) or Ubuntu 20.04:
python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
python3 -m pip install openslide-bin
On other OSes:
python3 -m pip install openslide-bin
python3 -m pip install openslide-python
Windows MSYS2 pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-openslide
(or other variants)
Windows vcpkg vcpkg install openslide

Version Control

Git repositories are available:

Repository Clone command
OpenSlide git clone https://github.com/openslide/openslide.git
OpenSlide Python git clone https://github.com/openslide/openslide-python.git
OpenSlide Java git clone https://github.com/openslide/openslide-java.git
Binary builds git clone https://github.com/openslide/openslide-bin.git
Nightly build infrastructure git clone https://github.com/openslide/builds.git
Website git clone https://github.com/openslide/openslide.github.io.git