jbig2enc ☆

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Description:
JBIG2 encoder (for monochrome documents)

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: compression pdf documents image-processing scanning

Install: brew install jbig2enc

About:
jbig2enc is a specialized encoder for the JBIG2 compression format, designed primarily for monochrome document images. It achieves high compression ratios by using pattern matching and symbol substitution, making it ideal for reducing the size of scanned text documents while maintaining readability.

Key Features:

High compression ratios for text
Pattern matching and symbol substitution
Lossy and lossless compression modes
Command-line interface

Use Cases:

Compressing scanned PDF documents
Reducing storage space for archival documents
Improving document transfer speeds

Alternatives:

Ghostscript – More comprehensive PDF suite that includes JBIG2 encoding but is heavier and less specialized
JBIG2 reference implementation – Official reference but less optimized and actively maintained than jbig2enc

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 11, 2025 7:24am		0	VERSION_BUMP	4458fdf9