The best image codec libraries, according to hackers
3 image codec libraries recommended in Hacker News comments over the past year, ranked by how many separate people recommend each one.
All image codec libraries
- JpegliGoogle's JPEG encoder that improves plain JPEG quality without a new format, matching WebP's quality and size while keeping better compatibility.13recommend
- libjxlReference JPEG XL implementation that compresses images well, especially for archiving; critics cite recurring security vulnerabilities and slow high-effort encoding.9recommend
- jxl-rsA Rust JPEG XL decoder that people recommend for speed and Rust's memory safety. Critics say the code is still fresh and question its single-core benchmarks.8recommend