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Cipher BUFRtool - free utility program

BUFRtool is a universal¹ BUFR encoder / decoder, with selected functionality. BUFRtool is based on SoftBUFR Class Library, a universal¹ encoding / decoding library for the table-driven binary code BUFR. SoftBUFR is a commercial product, also member of the Cipher series.

BUFRtool is available free of charge for non-commercial use. Your are welcome to use it in academic studies (e.g. in a thesis project). If you use it, please acknowledge its use and give an appropriate reference, just as you would do with any other source such as books, papers or websites.

Currently we have available versions for Linux and for Microsoft Windows. The current versions supports BUFR editions 3 and 4. They can also decode old messages conforming to BUFR editions 1 or 2.

• If you want to download a version of BUFRtool, please read the conditions of use before. If you accept them, click here to download it.

Note 1 - In this context, universal means that it is not restricted to any particular message types.

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