djvulibre ☆

« Back to VersTracker

Description:
DjVu viewer

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 3.5.29@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Multimedia

Tags: document-viewer image-compression utility graphics

Install: brew install djvulibre

About:
DjVuLibre is an open-source implementation of the DjVu image format, designed for storing high-resolution scanned documents efficiently. It provides a suite of command-line tools and libraries for encoding, decoding, and viewing DjVu files. Its main value proposition is enabling the web distribution of complex documents like books, magazines, and technical manuals with small file sizes and fast rendering.

Key Features:

High-fidelity document compression
Layered image rendering
Command-line and library support

Use Cases:

Archiving and distributing scanned books
Viewing high-resolution technical documents
Batch processing image files to DjVu format

Alternatives:

poppler – Focuses on the PDF format, whereas DjVuLibre specializes in the DjVu format.
ImageMagick – A general-purpose image manipulation suite, while DjVuLibre is specialized for DjVu compression.

License: GPL-2.0-or-later

Dependencies: jpeg-turbo, libtiff

Bottles available for: arm64_tahoe, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, arm64_linux, x86_64_linux

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 10, 2025 11:28pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	67f33a8d