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webp

A New Format for Lossless and Lossy Image Compression

v1.3.0 · Dec 16, 2024 · MIT + file LICENSE

Description

Lossless webp images are 26% smaller in size compared to PNG. Lossy webp images are 25-34% smaller in size compared to JPEG. This package reads and writes webp images into a 3 (rgb) or 4 (rgba) channel bitmap array using conventions from the 'jpeg' and 'png' packages.

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OK 14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 10, 2026

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Dependency Network

Dependencies Reverse dependencies AdhereR PRISMA2020 imager magick pdftools rsvg seminr ursa webp

Version History

new 1.3.0 Mar 10, 2026
updated 1.3.0 ← 1.2.1 diff Dec 15, 2024
updated 1.2.1 ← 1.2.0 diff Oct 3, 2024
updated 1.2.0 ← 1.1.0 diff Sep 25, 2023
updated 1.1.0 ← 1.0 diff Nov 1, 2021
updated 1.0 ← 0.4 diff Mar 3, 2019
updated 0.4 ← 0.3 diff Mar 29, 2017
updated 0.3 ← 0.2 diff Mar 17, 2017
new 0.2 Dec 29, 2015