Gwyddion
Gwyddion is a modular program for SPM (scanning probe microscopy) data visualization and analysis. Primarily it is intended for analysis of height fields obtained by scanning probe microscopy techniques (AFM, MFM, STM, SNOM/NSOM), however it can be generally used for any other height field and image analysis, for instance for analysis of profilometry data (learn more about Gwyddion features).
Gwyddion is Free and Open Source software, covered by GNU General Public License. It aims to provide multiplatform modular program for 2D data analysis that could be easily extended by modules and plug-ins. Moreover, the status of free software enables to provide source codes to developers and users, which makes the further program improvement easier.
Gwyddion works on GNU/Linux, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and FreeBSD operating systems on common architectures, all systems can be used also for developement. Its graphical user interface is based on Gtk+ and port to other systems supported by Gtk+ should be possible.
News
| Current versions | ||
| Stable: | 2.26 | |
| gwydump: | 2.1 | |
| gwyiew: | 2.0 | |
| gwyfract: | 0.8 | |
2011-12-20: A patch for version 2.26 was published, restoring compatibility with Gtk+ 2.8. See also Patches.
2011-12-17: Version 2.26 “Dragging Delights” was released, bringing 3D overlays, configurable keyboard shortcuts and the usual bunch of new file modules, improvements and fixes. See the defailed news for the full list.
2011-12-08: Nightly snapshots are released as xz-compressed tarballs now instead of bzip2-compressed to substantially reduce their size. The gzip-compressed format is kept.
2011-12-08: Nightly builds are available as Ubuntu PPA, maintained by Nicola Ferralis who also maintains a script to build them on OS X, see Nightly snapshots for more.
2011-11-21: A paper about Gwyddion was published in Central European Journal of Physics. See the Frequently asked question for details.
2011-06-11: An updated MS Windows installer denoted 2.25-1 was released to correct the missing Spanish translation. It also includes two additional small bugfixes.
2011-06-06: Version 2.25 “Domesticated Depths” was released. See the defailed news for the list of all changes.
2011-05-25: gwybatch, a sample command-line batch SPM data processing program using Gwyddion libraries, that had been hiding in dark corners of gwyddion.net for some time, was ‘officially’ published and described in the Applications section.
Thanks
Gwyddion developement is supported by Czech Metrology Institute.
Collaboration with industrial partners is supported by ESF project Partner
Network for Cooperation of Universities, Research Institutes and Industry for
Development of Microelectronics and Nanotechnologies.
CZ.1.07/2.4.00/12.0019
