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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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