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Description:
Image manipulation library

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Multimedia

Tags: jpeg image-processing library graphics multimedia

Install: brew install jpeg

About:
The Independent JPEG Group's (IJG) libjpeg is a widely used C library for compressing and decompressing JPEG images. It provides a robust implementation of the JPEG standard, enabling developers to efficiently handle image data in digital photography and web applications. Its reliability and performance make it the foundational library for JPEG support in countless software projects.

Key Features:

High-performance JPEG compression and decompression
Support for standard and progressive JPEG formats
Command-line utilities for image conversion (cjpeg, djpeg)
Extensive library API for integration into applications

Use Cases:

Adding JPEG read/write capabilities to custom applications
Batch converting images to or from the JPEG format
Web servers processing user-uploaded images

Alternatives:

libjpeg-turbo – A fork of libjpeg that uses SIMD instructions for significantly faster performance.
ImageMagick – A comprehensive suite for image manipulation that supports many formats, including JPEG.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 10, 2025 5:53pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	90e6012b