html_url,issue_url,id,node_id,user,created_at,updated_at,author_association,body,reactions,performed_via_github_app,issue https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/2034#issuecomment-378099418,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/2034,378099418,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDM3ODA5OTQxOA==,1197350,2018-04-03T01:32:00Z,2018-04-03T01:32:00Z,MEMBER,"What I would like to see is a replacement for [ncview](http://meteora.ucsd.edu/~pierce/ncview_home_page.html). Despite being archaic in terms of its technology (e.g. it requires X11), it is still used daily by a huge number of scientists because it serves a very important need: quick visual examination of a netCDF dataset (also works on remote systems via X forwarding). Imagine a modern implementation of ncview backed by xarray and holoviews/geoviews. ``` $ xrview my_files.*.nc Found 3 data variables and 6 coordinates in dataset Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 8000 (http://0.0.0.0:8000/) ... ``` This would spawn a web server providing an interactive web-based GUI explorer for all variables in the dataset. You could use this locally or on a remote system. I think such an app would catch on like wildfire. But I agree completely that it is out of scope of xarray and belongs as a standalone project.","{""total_count"": 4, ""+1"": 3, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 1, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,310547057