Downloads
- TauDEM 5.4.0 Complete Windows installer (This includes executables compiled for Windows, ArcGIS toobox and Python Scripts developed for ArcGIS Pro, GDAL Library and Microsoft redistributables required to use MS-MPI. Note that installing this does not require ArcGIS so on a Windows system with or without ArcGIS the simplest way to get going is to run this installer. Without ArcGIS you will be able to run all the functions from the command line, but will not be able to use the ArcGIS toolbox.)
- Separate components
- TauDEM 5.4.0 Command Line Executables for 64 bit Windows PC
- ArcGIS toolbox and Python Scripts (Developed for ArcGIS 10.0 and ArcGIS Pro, and requires Python 3.10 or higher)
- Dependencies
- The following versions of GDAL and MPI L (latest as of 12/28/25 were used to compile the TauDEM 5.4.0 executables.
- GDAL
- GDAL 3.11.0 for MacOS (installed using 'brew install' command)
- GDAL 3.10.0 for 64 bit Windows PC (installed using vcpkg) for development
- GDAL 3.10.0 for Python 3.10 or higher (installed using TauDEM 5.4.0 installer for Windows) - These python bindings for GDAL are used for a few commands written in Python.
- mpi 1#5 for 64 bit Windows PC (installed using vcpkg for development)
- open-mpi 5.0.8 for MacOS (installed using 'brew install' command)
- Microsoft MPI Runtime needed to run TauDEM on Windows
- Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 Redistributable Package (x64) needed to run TauDEM on Windows
- Source Code in GitHub
- TauDEM Test Data repository with scripts and data used to validate TauDEM
- Folder with data for testing TauDEM
Installation Instructions for Windows
- If you are using a Windows computer, download and run theTauDEM 5.4.0 Complete Windows installer. During the install you will need to click yes to the licensing agreements associated with the dependencies.
- Note that the redistributables will only be installed if they are required for your platform and are not already installed.
- Microsoft MPI Runtime is installed in C:\Program Files\Microsoft MPI\Bin\
- TauDEM executables are installed in C:\Program Files\TauDEM\TauDEM5Exe
- Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 Redistributable Package (x64) is installed in Windows System directory
- GDAL is installed in C:\Program Files\TauDEM\bin\
ArcGIS Toolbox
The TauDEM Tools.tbx ArcGIS toolbox is included with the install and should work for any version of ArcGIS Pro. It has been tested on versions 3.5 and 3.6, but we have no reason to believe it should not work with any current version, and past experience has been that it has worked with future versions without issue.
To activate the TauDEM Toolbox in ArcGIS:
- Open ArcMap. If the ArcToolbox Window is not open, click on the "Show/Hide ArcToolbox Window" icon in the Standard Toolbar.
- Right click on ArcToolbox at the top of the window. Select Add Toolbox... .
- Browse to the TauDEM install directory (e.g. C:\Program Files\TauDEM\).
- Click on the TauDEM_Tools.tbx file, and click Open.
- The TauDEM Toolbox should now be visible in the list of toolboxes associated with your project.
Installation Instructions for Linux/MacOS
If you are using a Linux or MacOS computer you will need to download the source code from GitHub and compile for your system. Refer to the README.md file in the source code for instructions on how to compile TauDEM.
