.. index:: Zeiss CZI
.. index:: .czi

Zeiss CZI
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Extensions: `.czi <https://www.zeiss.com/microscopy/en/products/software/zeiss-zen/czi-image-file-format.html>`_

Developer: `ZEISS International <https://www.zeiss.com>`_


**Support**


BSD-licensed: |no|

Export: |no|

Officially Supported Versions: 

Reader: ZeissCZIReader (:bfreader:`Source Code <ZeissCZIReader.java>`, :doc:`Supported Metadata Fields </metadata/ZeissCZIReader>`)


Freely Available Software:

- `Zeiss ZEN <https://www.zeiss.com/microscopy/en/products/software/zeiss-zen.html>`_ 
- `libCZI <https://github.com/zeiss-microscopy/libCZI>`_


We currently have:

* many example datasets 
* `public sample images <https://downloads.openmicroscopy.org/images/Zeiss-CZI/>`__



**Ratings**


Pixels: |Outstanding|

Metadata: |Outstanding|

Openness: |Very good|

Presence: |Fair|

Utility: |Good|

**Additional Information**

**Please note that while we have specification documents for this
format, we are not able to distribute them to third parties.**

Additional options are available for reading or writing this format type, see
:doc:`options` for information.

JPEG-XR compressed CZI files are supported on the following 64-bit platforms:

* Windows 7 and above with `Visual Studio 2015 C++ Redistributable <https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145>`_
* CentOS 6 and above, Ubuntu 12.04 and above
* OS X 10.10 and above
