XDS Program Package

X-ray Detector Software for processing single-crystal monochromatic diffraction data recorded by the rotation method. For a description of the package, including references, visit xds_doc. Additional information can be found in XDSwiki. For processing monochromatic diffraction data (including stills) from randomly oriented single-crystals see separate package nxds.

XDS can process data images from CCD-, imaging-plate-, multiwire-, and pixel-detectors in a variety of formats as well as from multi-segment detectors assembled from several rectangular components in arbitrary arrangement (see Supported detectors). Detector specific Input file templates greatly simplify the use of XDS; they are provided as part of the documentation.

XDS runs under Unix or Linux on a single server or automatically splits its task for concurrent execution by several remote hosts in a networked (NFS) environment where each host may comprise a shared memory multiprocessor system.

XDS is free of charge for non-commercial applications and available here for downloading. Note, that the executables of the package will expire on Mar 31, 2025.

For industrial usage of XDS a license is required (e-mail enquiry : Wolfgang.Kabsch@mpimf-heidelberg.mpg.de).

XDS-Viewer is an open source program for looking at rotation data images and control images generated during data processing by XDS ( download XDS-Viewer).

XDSGUI is a graphical interface for using XDS that is documented at, and is linked to http://strucbio.biologie.uni-konstanz.de/xdswiki/index.php/XDSGUI .