netpbm
brew install netpbm
v11.02.23
GPL-3.0-or-later
C library and command-line tools for reading, writing, and manipulating images in netpbm formats (PBM, PGM, PPM, PAM, TIFF, PNG, JPEG).
Why you might care
Netpbm provides a suite of lightweight, composable CLI tools and a C library for image format conversion and pixel-level manipulation. It's useful for batch image processing, format transcoding, and as a dependency for image-centric shell pipelines or other tools that need robust netpbm format support.
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Runtime dependencies
Build dependencies
Links
- https://netpbm.sourceforge.net/
- Brew formula source: Formula/n/netpbm.rb
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