libtiff ☆
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Description:
TIFF library and utilities
Type: Formula  |  Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Multimedia
Tags: images graphics c-library file-formats tiff
Install: brew install libtiff
About:
Libtiff is a library for reading and writing Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) files. It provides a comprehensive toolkit for manipulating TIFF data, supporting various compression schemes and data formats. This makes it a foundational component for imaging applications requiring robust, high-fidelity image storage.
Key Features:
  • Full support for the TIFF 6.0 specification and various extensions
  • Handles multiple compression algorithms including LZW, JPEG, and Deflate
  • Provides command-line utilities for converting and analyzing TIFF images
  • Cross-platform C library with extensive language bindings
Use Cases:
  • Integrating TIFF support into custom image processing software
  • Converting images to or from the TIFF format for archival purposes
  • Analyzing metadata within scientific or medical imaging files
Alternatives:
  • ImageMagick – A higher-level suite for image manipulation that can handle TIFF among many other formats, whereas Libtiff is a lower-level library focused specifically on TIFF.
  • OpenJPEG – Focuses specifically on JPEG 2000 compression, which is a different format than TIFF, though both are used in professional imaging.
Version History
Detected Version Rev Change Commit
Feb 6, 2026 1:32pm 1 REVISION_ONLY 7ad3364d
Sep 28, 2025 8:48pm 0 VERSION_BUMP d2804677
Nov 18, 2024 12:22am 0 VERSION_BUMP c5e3b63f
Oct 27, 2024 12:49pm 0 VERSION_BUMP 1d031ca4
Sep 20, 2024 1:22pm 0 VERSION_BUMP 878c3084
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