vips

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    "libvips"
  ],
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    "ImageMagick",
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    "Pillow",
    "OpenCV"
  ],
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    "cfitsio",
    "cgif",
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    "imagemagick",
    "jpeg-xl",
    "libarchive",
    "libexif",
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    "libimagequant",
    "libmatio",
    "libpng",
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    "libtiff",
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  "desc": "Image processing library",
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  "enrichment_fetched_at": "2026-06-20T23:40:57+00:00",
  "first_seen": "2026-06-20T23:34:18+00:00",
  "full_name": "vips",
  "github_default_branch": "master",
  "github_last_commit_at": "2026-06-20T11:57:41Z",
  "github_readme_excerpt": "# libvips: an image processing library\n\n[![CI](https://github.com/libvips/libvips/workflows/CI/badge.svg)](https://github.com/libvips/libvips/actions)\n[![Fuzzing Status](https://oss-fuzz-build-logs.storage.googleapis.com/badges/libvips.svg)](https://issues.oss-fuzz.com/issues?q=is:open%20project:libvips)\n[![Gitter](https://badges.gitter.im/libvips/devchat.svg)](https://gitter.im/libvips/devchat?utm_source=badge\u0026utm_medium=badge\u0026utm_campaign=pr-badge)\n\n# Introduction\n\nlibvips is a [demand-driven, horizontally\nthreaded](https://github.com/libvips/libvips/wiki/Why-is-libvips-quick)\nimage processing library. Compared to similar\nlibraries, [libvips runs quickly and uses little\nmemory](https://github.com/libvips/libvips/wiki/Speed-and-memory-use).\nlibvips is licensed under the [LGPL-2.1-or-later](\nhttps://spdx.org/licenses/LGPL-2.1-or-later).\n\nIt has around [300\noperations](https://www.libvips.org/API/current/function-list.html)\ncovering arithmetic, histograms, convolution, morphological\noperations, frequency filtering, colour, resampling,\nstatistics and others. It supports a large range of [numeric\ntypes](https://www.libvips.org/API/current/enum.BandFormat.html),\nfrom 8-bit int to 128-bit complex. Images can have any number of bands.\nIt supports a good range of image formats, including JPEG, JPEG 2000, JPEG XL,\nTIFF, PNG, WebP, HEIC, AVIF, FITS, Matlab, OpenEXR, PDF, SVG, HDR, PPM / PGM /\nPFM, CSV, GIF, Analyze, NIfTI, DeepZoom, and OpenSlide. It can also load\nimages via ImageMagick or GraphicsMagick, letting it work with formats\nlike DICOM.\n\nIt comes with bindings for\n[C](https://www.libvips.org/API/current/using-from-c.html),\n[C++](https://www.libvips.org/API/current/using-from-cplusplus.html),\nand the\n[command-line](https://www.libvips.org/API/current/using-the-cli.html).\nFull bindings are available for:\n\n| Language | Binding |\n|---|---|\n| Ruby | [ruby-vips](https://rubygems.org/gems/ruby-vips) |\n| Python | [pyvips](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyvips) |\n| PHP | [php-",
  "github_repo": "libvips/libvips",
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  "last_seen": "2026-06-20T23:34:18+00:00",
  "license": "LGPL-2.1-or-later",
  "llm_generated_at": "2026-06-20T23:45:36+00:00",
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  "name": "vips",
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  "one_liner": "High-performance image processing library with low memory footprint, supporting 300+ operations and 20+ formats.",
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  "ruby_source_path": "Formula/v/vips.rb",
  "tap": "homebrew/core",
  "test_dependencies": [
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  "version_stable": "8.18.3",
  "versioned_formulae": [],
  "why_use_this": "libvips is a shared library for bulk image manipulation in production pipelines\u2014it\u0027s significantly faster and more memory-efficient than ImageMagick or GraphicsMagick for the same tasks. Used as a build/runtime dependency in many image-processing CLI tools and web services; bindings exist for Python, Node.js, Ruby, and Go."
}