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)

4.0.12026-06-07tar.xz
4.0.02023-10-11tar.xz
3.4.12015-04-20tar.gztar.xz
3.4.02014-01-25tar.gztar.xz
3.3.32013-04-13tar.gztar.xz
3.3.22012-12-01tar.gztar.xz
3.3.12012-10-14tar.gztar.xz
3.3.02012-09-08tar.gztar.xz
3.2.62012-02-23tar.gztar.xz
3.2.52011-12-16tar.gztar.xz
3.2.42011-03-07tar.gztar.xz
3.2.32010-09-09tar.gztar.xz
3.2.22010-06-16tar.gztar.xz
3.2.12010-06-03tar.gztar.xz
3.2.02010-06-01tar.gztar.xz
3.1.12010-04-27tar.gztar.xz
3.1.02010-04-01tar.gztar.xz
3.0.32010-03-01tar.gztar.xz
3.0.22010-02-17tar.gztar.xz
3.0.12010-02-04tar.gztar.xz
3.0.02010-01-28tar.gztar.xz
2.3.12009-12-14tar.gztar.xz
2.3.02009-12-11tar.gztar.xz
2.2.12009-10-23tar.gztar.xz
2.2.02009-09-15tar.gztar.xz
2.1.02009-08-18tar.gz
2.0.02009-07-16tar.gz

OpenSlide Python interface (stable API)

1.4.62026-06-07tar.gztar.xzWheels (PyPI)
1.4.32025-12-03tar.gztar.xzWheels (PyPI)
1.4.22025-04-28tar.gztar.xzWheels (PyPI)
1.4.12024-10-30tar.gztar.xzWheels (PyPI)
1.4.02024-10-29tar.gztar.xzWheels (PyPI)
1.3.12023-10-08tar.gztar.xzWheels (PyPI)
1.3.02023-07-22tar.gztar.xzWheels (PyPI)
1.2.02022-06-17tar.gztar.xzWheels (PyPI)
1.1.22020-09-13tar.gztar.xzWheels (PyPI)
1.1.12016-06-11tar.gztar.xzWheels (PyPI)
1.1.02015-04-20tar.gztar.xzWheels (PyPI)
1.0.12014-03-09tar.gztar.xz
1.0.02014-03-09tar.gztar.xz
0.5.12014-01-26tar.gztar.xz
0.5.02014-01-25tar.gztar.xz
0.4.02012-09-08tar.gztar.xz
0.3.02011-12-16tar.gztar.xz
0.2.02011-09-02tar.gztar.xz

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

0.13.32026-06-07tar.gzzipjar
0.13.12025-12-02tar.gzzipjar
0.13.02024-05-04tar.gzzipjar
0.12.42023-11-07tar.xz
0.12.32022-12-17tar.xz
0.12.22016-09-11tar.gztar.xz
0.12.12015-04-20tar.gztar.xz
0.12.02014-01-25tar.gztar.xz
0.11.02012-09-08tar.gztar.xz
0.10.02011-12-16tar.gztar.xz
0.9.22010-08-10tar.gztar.xz
0.9.12010-06-16tar.gztar.xz
0.9.02010-06-01tar.gztar.xz
0.8.02010-01-28tar.gztar.xz
0.7.22009-12-09tar.gztar.xz
0.7.12009-11-19tar.gztar.xz
0.7.02009-09-15tar.gztar.xz
0.6.12009-08-25tar.gz
0.6.02009-08-17tar.gz
0.5.02009-07-15tar.gz

Binaries

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

4.0.1.22026-06-19SourceLinux x86_64Linux aarch64macOSWindows x64
4.0.1.12026-06-07SourceLinux x86_64Linux aarch64macOSWindows x64
4.0.0.142026-06-07SourceLinux x86_64Linux aarch64macOSWindows x64
4.0.0.132026-03-18SourceLinux x86_64Linux aarch64macOSWindows x64
4.0.0.122026-03-08SourceLinux x86_64Linux aarch64macOSWindows x64
4.0.0.112026-01-04SourceLinux x86_64Linux aarch64macOSWindows x64
4.0.0.102025-12-03SourceLinux x86_64Linux aarch64macOSWindows x64
4.0.0.82025-04-27SourceLinux x86_64Linux aarch64macOSWindows x64
4.0.0.62024-09-29SourceLinux x86_64Linux aarch64macOSWindows x64
4.0.0.52024-09-10SourceLinux x86_64Linux aarch64macOSWindows x64
4.0.0.42024-09-01SourceLinux x86_64macOSWindows x64
4.0.0.32024-05-04SourceLinux x86_64macOSWindows x64
4.0.0.22024-03-29SourceLinux x86_64macOSWindows x64
202310112023-10-11SourceWindows x86Windows x64
202304142023-04-14SourceWindows x86Windows x64
202212172022-12-17SourceWindows x86Windows x64
202211112022-11-11SourceWindows x86Windows x64
202208112022-08-11SourceWindows x86Windows x64
202208062022-08-06SourceWindows x86Windows x64
201711222017-11-22SourceWindows x86Windows x64
201607172016-07-17SourceWindows x86Windows x64
201606122016-06-12SourceWindows x86Windows x64
201505272015-05-27SourceWindows x86Windows x64
201504202015-04-20SourceWindows x86Windows x64
201401252014-01-25SourceWindows x86Windows x64
201307272013-07-27SourceWindows x86Windows x64
201304132013-04-13SourceWindows x86Windows x64
201212012012-12-01SourceWindows x86Windows x64
201210142012-10-14SourceWindows x86Windows x64
201209082012-09-08SourceWindows x86Windows x64
201208022012-08-02SourceWindows x86Windows x64

Distribution Packages

PlatformDistributionOpenSlideOpenSlide Python
AnyConanAdd to conanfile.txt:
[requires]
openslide/[~4]
FreeBSDPortspkg install openslidepkg install py311-openslide-python
LinuxAlmaLinux
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
LinuxArch Linuxpacman -S openslide
LinuxDebianapt install openslide-toolsapt install python3-openslide
LinuxFedora
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
LinuxopenSUSEzypper install openslide-tools
LinuxSpackspack install openslidespack install py-openslide-python
LinuxUbuntu
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
macOSHomebrewbrew install openslide
macOSMacPortsport install openslideport install py314-openslide
Pythonconda-forgeconda install openslideconda install openslide-python
PythonPyPI
On RHEL 8 (with Python 3.9+):
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
WindowsMSYS2pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-openslide
(or other variants)
Windowsvcpkgvcpkg install openslide

Version Control

Git repositories are available:

RepositoryClone command
OpenSlidegit clone https://github.com/openslide/openslide.git
OpenSlide Pythongit clone https://github.com/openslide/openslide-python.git
OpenSlide Javagit clone https://github.com/openslide/openslide-java.git
Binary buildsgit clone https://github.com/openslide/openslide-bin.git
Nightly build infrastructuregit clone https://github.com/openslide/builds.git
Websitegit clone https://github.com/openslide/openslide.github.io.git