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    Welcome to the Climsoft Community Website

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    Introduction

    • Welcome to Climsoft

      A warm welcome to the Climsoft website. We hope you find these pages assist you in installing and using the software. 

      What is Climsoft?

      Climsoft is a software suite for storing climatic data in a secure and flexible manner and for extracting useful information from the data. Climsoft is a free open-source Climate Data Management System (CDMS), licensed under GPL3. It is widely used by the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) of developing Countries.

      A Climate Data Management System (CDMS) is essential. It is a computerised based system, which facilitates the effective archiving, management, analysis, delivery and use of a wide range of integrated climate data. It is very critical for the effective, timely management of climate data and trusted provision of data/information to stakeholders.

      If all other parts of the data management chain are in place but NOT an effective CDMS, the NMHS cannot provide climate data/info effectively to stakeholders and this undermines reputation and engagement

      A CDMS is critical to allow data to be utilised effectively, not just nationally but also regionally and globally, particularly for understanding climate. It is not paper, or Excel, or even a standard database e.g. MS Access – requirements for the above are much more specific (WMO Guidelines 1131).



      What can Climsoft do for me?

      The Climsoft system is designed for organisations who wish to store historical climatic data in computerised form. These data can be used to produce summary reports, maps or diagrams; or subsets of the data can be extracted for further processing.

      Climsoft Brochures, Case Studies and Users Stories: 

      - Climsoft Brochure ; 

      - Climsoft use (case of Rwanda)

      What is this website for?

      This website is designed to support Climsoft users in setting up and managing their climatic database.


      The Climsoft website uses the Moodle platform, which is intended for teaching. It gives us the facilities we need, but you will see the website refers to "courses" and "students".

      If you are a Guest on this site, you can view most things, but not contribute to the discussion forums. Please create a profile if you do not already have one. The Login link at the top right will help you do this - please give some information about yourself, so the rest of the Climsoft community can get to know you. Then "Enrol" to Climsoft - in the Administration block (which is usually on the left, but may be inside a tab on the left) click on "Enrol me in this course". This will open an "Enrolment Options" window, where you should click on the button "Enrol me". To check which course you are enrolled in, click on your login name at the top right of any window to view your profile, and the course profile will show the names of all the courses you are enrolled in.

      The resources available here include:

      1. Online forums for discussing any topic with other Climsoft Users and Contributors
      2. A developers' area for suggesting the future direction for Climsoft
      3. User guides including a tutorial
      4. Video demonstrations

      The guides and videos will be updated from time to time; please check the dates of the files and forum posts to make sure you are referring to the latest versions.

      This website is divided into the following sections:

      1. Introduction (this section)
      2. Installation - includes the current setup file
      3. Manual, Tutorial and Guides - includes databases and data files needed for the tutorial exercises
      4. Videos Guides
      5. Contributor's and Developers' Section (including Data Model)
      6. Climsoft Project organisation

      For further help or support on Climsoft Climate Data Management System,follow the link and send a message to:Climsoft Helpdesk  

    • News and Announcements forum Форум

      General news and announcements sent to all Users.

    • User Feedback Questionnaire on Climsoft CDMS Performance – June 2025

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    Download and Installation

    Here you will find the Installer (Setup) for Climsoft, Manuals, tutorial and video guides to help you access, download, install and use Climsoft in your daily operations of Climate Data Management. 

    Climsoft Version 4.2.5 Setup (Installer)

    Manuals, Tutorial and Guides are intended to all Climsoft users to help to install and use Climsoft effectively. The above installer link is pointing to the release page of the Climsoft GitHub repository where the released versions are kept.  Follow the link and download the setup (installer) and then follow the instructions in the  Climsoft Complete Installation video to install Climsoft.  The link contains the latest installer for 64-bit and 32-bit Operating System (O.S) as well as the upgrade that apply to either of the Operating Systems.

    Note that after running or executing the setup, your Climsoft application interface (front-end) will be upgraded to the latest version but the database and its contents will not be affected or changed. Here is Climsoft Upgrade video to walk you through the upgrade process.  You are encouraged also to update your database after installing the upgrade setup by execute the database upgrade script available in the sub folder Dbase locate in the Climsoft installation path (e.g.: C:\Program Files (x86)\ClimsoftV4\Dbase) of your computer. Here is a video showing How to update your database.

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    Contributing to Climsoft

    Contributor's and Developers' Section

    Climsoft is an Open-Source community development. It is developed to meet the needs of its users, and it is very important that the users get involved. Here is the link pointing to Climsoft GitHub repository where software development, collaboration and technical discussions on climsoft development are carrying out. 

    Contributors are Users who are actively involved in using and developing Climsoft, through some or all of the following activities:

    1. Reporting bugs and errors through the Forum
    2. Testing bug fixes
    3. Suggesting and specifying extensions to the Project
    4. Developing and testing local extensions and changes
    5. Offering developments for inclusion in the core Project.

    Get involved!

    The Climsoft Community needs your help. Share your experience and ideas here, and become a Contributor. Climsoft Contributors must first read and sign the Climsoft Contributor Agreement. This is to protect both you and the Climsoft Project. Click on the link below:

    • Climsoft Contributor's Agreement Задание
    • Contributors Discussion Forum Форум

      This is where the Climsoft Contributors discuss and help develop Climsoft.

      Report a bug, ask for help or changes, give results of tests, share new or amended products, tools, code and documentation.

      Please complete the Contributor's Agreement through the link above, then you will have full access to this Forum. Guests can read the forum posts, but not add to it.

    • Climate Data Management System Specifications Файл

      WMO CDMS Specification No 1131 - also available through a WMO website link. This provides advice on the functionality of a climate data management system, with classifications as Essential, Recommended or Optional. This advice is general, not just for Climsoft, and is intended to be useful for all National Meteorological and Hydrological Services.

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    Organisation

    Organisation of the Climsoft Project

    Climsoft is an Open-Source Community project. Development, maintenance and support is mainly provided by the NMHSs of Developing Countries who are also its principal users.

    Contributions from the NMHSs and others are warmly welcomed. Climsoft relies on a supportive community of users, contributors and developers.

    Roles

    Roles in the Climsoft Project are operated as meritocracies -- the more you contribute, and the higher the quality of your contribution, the more you are encouraged to do. However with this comes increased responsibility.

    The Climsoft community is expected to encourage and assist all its members to contribute to the effective development and use of Climsoft to the greatest extent possible.