DVID

Spec sheet

Purpose

DVID is a distributed, versioned image-oriented data service built to support Janelia brain imaging, analysis, and visualization.Read 9 Oct 2026 · dvid.io

Platforms

The About page says DVID has been tested on macOS, Linux, and Windows 10+ Bash Shell.Read 9 Oct 2026 · dvid.io

Deployment

DVID is a server that users install and configure with a file describing ports, storage engines, and data locations.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

API

DVID provides a science-driven REST HTTP API and command-line access.Read 9 Oct 2026 · dvid.io

Integrations

The About page says DVID can proxy to connectomics services including Google BrainMaps and OpenConnectome.Read 9 Oct 2026 · dvid.io

Clients

Documented DVID clients include the neuclease Python library, intern, natverse, libdvid-cpp, Google neuroglancer, neuTu, and Clio.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

Data types

Its supported data includes multiscale image and label volumes, sparse volumes, point annotations, label graphs, regions of interest, and key-value data.Read 9 Oct 2026 · dvid.io

Dataset size

The Hemibrain release page says its reduced databases total 1.2 TB and lets users choose which databases to download, with metadata required.Read 8 Oct 2026 · dvid.io

Extensibility

Users can add custom data types with specialized HTTP APIs.Read 9 Oct 2026 · dvid.io

Hemibrain access

The Hemibrain guide says users can request access to the updated V1.2 DVID dataset by contacting the team.Read 9 Oct 2026 · dvid.io

Hemibrain requirements

Running the Hemibrain reconstruction server requires downloading databases to local disks; the reduced release contains three versions totaling 1.2 TB.Read 9 Oct 2026 · dvid.io

Monitoring

DVID can send mutation and activity logs to Kafka, which Janelia processes in Kibana for performance analysis.Read 9 Oct 2026 · dvid.io

Notable limit

DVID currently does not provide domain-specific diff tools for comparing data between versions.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Notable limitation

The repository documentation says DVID does not provide domain-specific tools to compare data between versions.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

Requirements

The current developer build requires Go 1.25 or newer, CGO, a C compiler, and Python 3 or a configured Python path.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com

Science API

It provides a stable, domain-specific HTTP API for connectomics data and operations.Read 8 Oct 2026 · dvid.io

Storage

DVID can use different key-value storage systems, from local embedded stores to Google Cloud Storage.Read 9 Oct 2026 · dvid.io

Support and security

The opened maker pages describe configuration and documentation but do not state a support plan or security/compliance certification.Read 8 Oct 2026 · dvid.io

Versioning

It supports branched versioning and access to data across versions.Read 9 Oct 2026 · dvid.io

Where Specifiction places it

• Data Version Control Tools#27 of 367.4