OSGeo/gdal
GDAL is an open source MIT licensed translator library for raster and vector geospatial data formats. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
95/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 86
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 34
- age_days: 5076
- days_rel: 15
- days_push: 11
- n_releases_24m: 20
Adoption not part of the score
6032 stars · 2932 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
GDAL is an MIT-licensed C++ translator library for reading and writing raster and vector geospatial data formats, with bindings for many languages and accompanying command-line utilities. It abstracts hundreds of geospatial formats behind a unified API for data access, conversion, and processing.
Use cases
- convert a GeoTIFF to another raster format
- read shapefile or GeoPackage vector data in Python
- reproject satellite imagery between coordinate systems
- batch-translate hundreds of geospatial files
- extract raster metadata and statistics
- clip and warp raster tiles for a web map
- load remote sensing data into a data pipeline
When to choose
- you need broad format support for raster or vector geospatial data
- you are building GIS applications or geospatial data pipelines
- you need a battle-tested, actively maintained geospatial foundation
- you want command-line tools for geodata conversion and processing
When to avoid
- you only need simple web map rendering rather than data I/O
- you want a lightweight pure-Python solution without native dependencies
- your data is non-geospatial and needs no format translation
Facets
library · maturity stable
geospatial file-system parser sdk cli files cross-platform windows cpp python cli raster vector gis data-translation remote-sensing ogr coordinate-reference-systems geospatial maps data-engineering linux macos android
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal · fetched 2026-08-28 · 850b49363620
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| OSGeo/gdal | main | 95 |
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