ESRI Arc/View Shapefile Index

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• CloudCompareOpen sourcewrites · GNU General Public License
• OpenJUMPOpen sourcereads and writes · GNU General Public License, version 2.0
• QGISOpen sourcereads and writes · GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later with library exception
• GDALOpen sourcereads · MIT License
• Biosphere3DOpen sourcereads · Mozilla Public License
• Bricscadreads · proprietary license
• FEFLOWreads
• IGOR Proreads · proprietary license
• Mathematicareads · proprietary license
• OPALSreads · proprietary license
• Oracle Spatialreads
• PowerCADDreads
• WMSreads

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Documentation

• kaitai grammar: https://github.com/kaitai-io/kaitai_struct_formats/blob/master/geospatial/shapefile_index.ksy
• kaitai grammar: https://github.com/kaitai-io/kaitai_struct_formats/blob/master/geospatial/shapefile_main.ksy — from the family

Sources

• Kaitai Struct: shapefile_index
• PRONOM fmt/277
• Wikidata Q27487109
• File Formats Wiki

From Kaitai Struct format gallery, PRONOM, Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-24.

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