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libtiff

brew install libtiff v4.7.1_1 libtiff

C library and utilities for reading and writing TIFF image files with compression support.

Why you might care

Core dependency for image processing pipelines that need TIFF support (GIS, medical imaging, document scanning). Provides both a shared library for embedding in applications and command-line tools (tiffinfo, tiffdump, etc.). Handles multiple compression schemes (LZW, JPEG, ZIP) and is the standard reference implementation.

Categories

library image-tool

Alternatives

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Runtime dependencies

jpeg-turbo xz zstd

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