| Maryla | 54e61a3 | 2022-02-14 11:19:52 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | # WebP Codec |
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| 3 | ``` |
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| James Zern | ce53efd | 2025-06-30 18:59:38 | [diff] [blame] | 10 | \____/____/\_____/_____/____/v1.6.0 |
| Maryla | 54e61a3 | 2022-02-14 11:19:52 | [diff] [blame] | 11 | ``` |
| 12 | |
| 13 | WebP codec is a library to encode and decode images in WebP format. This package |
| 14 | contains the library that can be used in other programs to add WebP support, as |
| 15 | well as the command line tools 'cwebp' and 'dwebp' to compress and decompress |
| 16 | images respectively. |
| 17 | |
| 18 | See https://developers.google.com/speed/webp for details on the image format. |
| 19 | |
| 20 | The latest source tree is available at |
| 21 | https://chromium.googlesource.com/webm/libwebp |
| 22 | |
| 23 | It is released under the same license as the WebM project. See |
| 24 | https://www.webmproject.org/license/software/ or the "COPYING" file for details. |
| 25 | An additional intellectual property rights grant can be found in the file |
| 26 | PATENTS. |
| 27 | |
| 28 | ## Building |
| 29 | |
| 30 | See the [building documentation](doc/building.md). |
| 31 | |
| 32 | ## Encoding and Decoding Tools |
| 33 | |
| 34 | The examples/ directory contains tools to encode and decode images and |
| 35 | animations, view information about WebP images, and more. See the |
| 36 | [tools documentation](doc/tools.md). |
| 37 | |
| 38 | ## APIs |
| 39 | |
| 40 | See the [APIs documentation](doc/api.md), and API usage examples in the |
| 41 | `examples/` directory. |
| 42 | |
| 43 | ## Bugs |
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| James Zern | cea6846 | 2024-08-27 01:34:04 | [diff] [blame] | 45 | Please report all bugs to the [issue tracker](https://issues.webmproject.org). |
| 46 | For security reports, select 'Security report' from the Template dropdown. |
| Maryla | 54e61a3 | 2022-02-14 11:19:52 | [diff] [blame] | 47 | |
| 48 | Patches welcome! See [how to contribute](CONTRIBUTING.md). |
| 49 | |
| 50 | ## Discuss |
| 51 | |
| 52 | Email: webp-discuss@webmproject.org |
| 53 | |
| 54 | Web: https://groups.google.com/a/webmproject.org/group/webp-discuss |