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graphicsmagick

brew install graphicsmagick v1.3.47 MIT

C image processing library and command-line tool for converting, resizing, and manipulating images.

Why you might care

GraphicsMagick is a lightweight, scriptable alternative to ImageMagick with the same API but lower resource overhead, making it ideal for batch processing, server automation, and embedded systems. Use it when you need reliable image format conversion and transformation in shell pipelines or build systems without heavy dependencies.

Categories

image-tool library

Alternatives

ImageMagick ffmpeg ImageOptim convert

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Runtime dependencies

freetype jasper jpeg-turbo jpeg-xl libheif libpng libtiff libtool little-cms2 webp zstd

Build dependencies

pkgconf

Links

https://graphicsmagick.sourceforge.io/
Brew formula source: Formula/g/graphicsmagick.rb

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