GraphicConverter vs libvips
GraphicConverter
lemkesoft.delibvips
libvips.orgSide by side
| Figure | GraphicConverter | libvips |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $39.95/mo | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 6 | 1 |
| Spec score · Image Converter Software | 8.0 (#12) | 7.7 (#20) |
| Image formats | It offers import of approximately 200 graphic formats and export of approximately 80. | It supports formats including JPEG, JPEG 2000, JPEG XL, TIFF, PNG, WebP, HEIC, AVIF, FITS, Matlab, OpenEXR, PDF, SVG, GIF, DeepZoom and OpenSlide. |
| Purpose | GraphicConverter is an all-round image editing program for Mac. | libvips is a demand-driven, horizontally threaded image processing library that runs quickly and uses little memory. |
| Support | The maker says it normally replies to support questions within 24 hours and provides a user forum. | The official site links to documentation, issues and a wiki. |
Plans
GraphicConverter
- Full version$39.95 a month
- Full version$39.95, paid once
- Family license$59.95 a month
- Family license$59.95, paid once
- Upgrade$25.95, paid once
- Full version$39.95, paid once
In their own words
GraphicConverter
GraphicConverter has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
libvips
libvips is an image-processing library built for demand-driven work across multiple threads, with low memory use. Its roughly 300 operations cover arithmetic, histograms, convolution, morphology, frequency filtering, colour, resampling and statistics. It handles formats including JPEG, JPEG 2000, JPEG XL, TIFF, PNG, WebP, HEIC, AVIF, FITS, Matlab, OpenEXR, PDF, SVG, GIF, DeepZoom and OpenSlide. Developers can use C, C++, command-line tools, or bindings for Ruby, Python, PHP,.NET, Go, Lua, Crystal, Elixir, Java and Nim. Packages are available for most Unix-like systems, and libvips can also be installed on macOS and Windows. Windows downloads include a web-focused build with a limited reader set and a larger build with all supported readers; the project advises care before publicly deploying the latter. Optional dependencies and build choices can be selected from source. Use cases include large images, many CPUs, colour work, scientific analysis and general research and development. Its official GUI is nip4, and the library is licensed under LGPL-2.1-or-later. The listed plan is free.