qtimageformats ☆

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Description:
Plugins for additional image formats: TIFF, MNG, TGA, WBMP

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | @qtproject | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Multimedia

Tags: qt image-formats multimedia plugins graphics

Install: brew install qtimageformats

About:
This package provides additional image format plugins for the Qt framework, enabling support for formats like TIFF, MNG, TGA, and WBMP. It extends Qt's native capabilities, allowing applications to read and write these specialized image files seamlessly. These plugins are essential for developers working with diverse image assets in Qt-based applications.

Key Features:

Support for TIFF, MNG, TGA, and WBMP formats
Seamless integration with Qt's image I/O system
Maintained as an official part of the Qt project
Enables cross-platform image processing

Use Cases:

Reading and writing TIFF files in Qt applications
Developing image viewers or converters that need multi-format support
Processing legacy or specialized image formats in scientific or web contexts

Alternatives:

ImageMagick – A more comprehensive suite for image manipulation, but heavier and not a native Qt plugin.
libvips – A fast, low-memory image processing library, but requires separate integration rather than using Qt's native system.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Oct 9, 2025 7:08pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	7d740772