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libvips

Ch 067.0of 36 Image Converter Software
  1. 1Runs onLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
  2. 2CostsFree plan
  3. 3Image resizingYes
  4. 4Color mode conversionYes
  5. 5API accessYes
  6. 6Web applicationNo
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Overview

libvips is ranked #6 of 36 in image converter software on Specifiction. It runs on Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Windows. There is a free plan.

libvips plans and pricing

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libvips Free LGPL-2.1-or-later libvips.org · 4 Oct 2026

Compared on image converter software

Image resizing
Yeslibvips.org
Color mode conversion
Yeslibvips.org
API access
Yeslibvips.org
Web application
Nolibvips.org

Facts

Purpose
libvips is a demand-driven, horizontally threaded image processing library that runs quickly and uses little memory.libvips.org · 4 Oct 2026
Operations
It has around 300 operations for tasks including arithmetic, histograms, convolution, morphology, frequency filtering, colour, resampling and statistics.libvips.org · 4 Oct 2026
Image formats
It supports formats including JPEG, JPEG 2000, JPEG XL, TIFF, PNG, WebP, HEIC, AVIF, FITS, Matlab, OpenEXR, PDF, SVG, GIF, DeepZoom and OpenSlide.libvips.org · 4 Oct 2026
Bindings
It provides C, C++ and command-line interfaces, plus bindings for Ruby, Python, PHP, .NET, Go, Lua, Crystal, Elixir, Java and Nim.libvips.org · 4 Oct 2026
Integrations
The site lists Mastodon, sharp, imgproxy, wsrv.nl, bimg, Ruby on Rails, CarrierWave and MediaWiki as users of libvips as an image processing engine.libvips.org · 4 Oct 2026
License
libvips is licensed under LGPL-2.1-or-later.libvips.org · 4 Oct 2026
Supported systems
The site says packages are available for most Unix-like systems and that libvips can be installed on macOS and Windows.libvips.org · 4 Oct 2026
Windows downloads
Windows downloads include a web-focused binary with a relatively secure subset of file format readers and a larger binary with all supported readers, for which the site advises care before public deployment.libvips.org · 4 Oct 2026
Build configuration
Optional dependencies and build options can be enabled or disabled when building libvips from source.libvips.org · 4 Oct 2026
Use cases
The overview describes libvips as suited to large images, many CPUs, colour work, scientific analysis and general research and development.libvips.org · 4 Oct 2026
GUI
The official libvips GUI is nip4, which the site describes as a combination of a spreadsheet and a photo editor.libvips.org · 4 Oct 2026
Support
The official site links to documentation, issues and a wiki.libvips.org · 4 Oct 2026
Current library version
The current API documentation identifies the library version as 8.18.libvips.org · 4 Oct 2026

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