refractiveindex.info database is an extensive and well organized collection of optical constants of various materials. The database is in public domain. Copyright and related rights were waived by Mikhail Polyanskiy through the CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. You can copy, modify and distribute refractiveindex.info database, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.
YAML file format is used for storing material information and database structure. Many text processors have built-in syntax highlight for YAML markup. Under Windows, Notepad++ is recommended for viewing and editing refractiveindex.info database files.
Collection of Python scripts related to refractiveindex.info database
https://github.com/polyanskiy/refractiveindex.info-scripts
Database browser and Transfer Matrix Method implementation
https://github.com/kitchenknif/PyTMM
Python 3 + SQLite wrapper for the refractiveindex.info database
https://github.com/HugoGuillen/refractiveindex.info-sqlite
Support for operations not possible through the web interface, e.g. find materials with refractive index within a specified range
https://github.com/cinek810/refractiveindex.info (original scripts)
https://github.com/mtarek/refractiveindex.info (fork and further development)
Julia interface to refractiveindex.info database
https://github.com/stillyslalom/RefractiveIndex.jl
Easy Python interface to RefractiveIndex database. Based on parsing method from PyTMM project, usage simular to RefractiveIndex.jl for Julia.
https://github.com/toftul/refractiveindex
Python library for multilayer simulation and optimization
https://github.com/AnMoreau/PyMoosh