Description:
Friendly PIL fork (Python Imaging Library)
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Type: Formula
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Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025
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Links:
Homepage |
formulae.brew.sh
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Category: Multimedia
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Tags:
python
imaging
graphics
image-processing
pillow
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Install:
brew install pillow
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About:
Pillow is the friendly PIL fork that adds image processing capabilities to Python. It provides a robust, well-documented API for opening, manipulating, and saving many different image file formats. As the de facto standard for imaging in Python, it is actively maintained and widely used across the ecosystem.
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Key Features:
- Support for a wide variety of image file formats (JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, etc.)
- Powerful image processing tools including filtering, transformations, and compositing
- Easy-to-use API for drawing text, shapes, and overlays on images
- Active maintenance and a large, supportive community
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Use Cases:
- Batch processing and resizing images for web applications
- Automated generation of thumbnails and image previews
- Adding watermarks, text overlays, or other graphical elements to photos
- Server-side image analysis and format conversion
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Alternatives:
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OpenCV
– More powerful for computer vision and complex image analysis, but heavier and has a steeper learning curve than Pillow.
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ImageMagick (CLI)
– A command-line tool for image manipulation; Pillow provides a native Python interface, which is often more convenient for integration into Python applications.
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