libjpeg-turbo Alternatives

libjpeg-turbo is described as 'Derivative of libjpeg that uses SIMD instructions (MMX, SSE2, NEON) to accelerate baseline JPEG compression and decompression on x86, x86-64, and ARM systems. On such systems, libjpeg-turbo is generally 2-4x as fast as the unmodified version of libjpeg, all' and is an app in the development category. There are six alternatives to libjpeg-turbo for Linux, Mac and Windows. The best libjpeg-turbo alternative is libpng, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like libjpeg-turbo are Guetzli, MozJPEG, libjpeg and GIFLIB.

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  1. libpng icon

    libpng

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    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...

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     

    • libpng is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to libjpeg-turbo.

    • libpng is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to libjpeg-turbo.

    • libpng is Free and Open Sourcelibjpeg-turbo is also Free and Open Source

  2. Guetzli

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    Guetzli is a JPEG encoder that aims to improve the web experience through highly optimized image compression that still yields great image quality. The encoder requires substantially more time than libjpeg but the results have been considered much more impressive in human rated...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Example with original on the left, libjpeg in the middle and Guetzli on the right
     

  4. MozJPEG

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    MozJPEG reduces file sizes of JPEG images while retaining quality and compatibility with the vast majority of the world's deployed decoders.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     

  5. libjpeg

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    libjpeg is a widely-used free software library written in C which implements JPEG decoding and encoding functions alongside various utilities for handling JPEG images.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. GIFLIB icon

    GIFLIB

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    GIFLIB is a software library for rendering and generating GIF image files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     

  7. libtiff

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    Libtiff is a library for reading and writing Tagged Image File Format (abbreviated TIFF) files. The set also contains command line tools for processing TIFFs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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