libpng
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| Developer(s) | Guy Eric Schalnat, Andreas Dilger, Glenn Randers-Pehrson, et al. |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 1.5.9 / February 18, 2012 |
| Development status | active |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Image library |
| License | libpng License |
| Website | http://libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html |
libpng is the official Portable Network Graphics (PNG) reference library (originally called pnglib). It is a platform-independent library that contains C functions for handling PNG images. It supports almost all of PNG's features, is extensible, and has been widely used and tested for over 15 years.[1] libpng is dependent on zlib for data compression and decompression routines.
libpng is released under the libpng license, a permissive free software licence, and is free software. It is frequently used in both free and proprietary software, either directly or through the use of a higher level image library.
[edit] External links
- Official website
- libpng development home page
- libpng manual
- A howto on writing PNG images using libpng
[edit] References
- ^ Roelofs, Greg. "libpng Home Page". libpng. SourceForge. http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html.
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