# User Information

Every release of Bio-Formats includes a plugin for ImageJ/Fiji, a set of command line utilities and a MATLAB toolbox.

## Using Bio-Formats with ImageJ and Fiji

The following sections explain the features of Bio-Formats and how to use it within ImageJ and Fiji:

- ImageJ overview
- Fiji overview
- Bio-Formats features in ImageJ and Fiji
- Installing Bio-Formats in ImageJ
- Using Bio-Formats to load images into ImageJ
- Managing memory in ImageJ/Fiji using Bio-Formats
- Bio-Formats plugin configuration options

See also

Additional reader and writer options

## Command line tools

The Bio-Formats command line tools provide a complete package for carrying out a variety of tasks:

- Command line tools overview
- Displaying images and metadata
- Converting a file to different format
- Validating XML in an OME-TIFF
- Editing XML in an OME-TIFF
- List formats by domain
- List supported file formats
- Display file in ImageJ
- Format XML data
- Create a high-content screen for testing
- “Precompressed” tiles

See also

Additional reader and writer options

## Using Bio-Formats in MATLAB/Octave

The following pages explain how to install and use Bio-Formats in MATLAB or Octave:

- MATLAB
- GNU Octave

## Third-party applications

Several third-party libraries and applications use Bio-Formats to read and write imaging formats. The list below includes the projects registered as Community partners on the image.sc forum which are known to use Bio-Formats for reading imaging file formats. The forum is the primary discussion channel for these software projects and should be used for any questions regarding installation, development or usage:

- BiofilmQ

- BioFormats.NET

- CellProfiler

- Icy

- MIB

- μManager

- Orbit

- OMERO

- PolusAI

- QuPath