libheif
brew install libheif
v1.23.0
LGPL-3.0-or-later
Shared library for reading and writing HEIF image files (ISO 23008-12), with HEVC video codec support.
Why you might care
HEIF is a modern image format offering better compression than JPEG; libheif is the reference implementation and dependency for tools that need to handle HEIF/HEIC images. It bundles codecs (H.265, AV1) and integrates with libjpeg/libpng for fallback support. Use this if you're building image processing tools, converters, or media libraries.
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Runtime dependencies
Build dependencies
Links
- https://www.libde265.org/
- Brew formula source: Formula/lib/libheif.rb
Caveats
Additional codecs can be enabled by `brew install libheif-plugins`
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