jxl-rs

What hackers pick instead

• 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

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The 11 most detailed of 13 comments. Each links to the original.

1. Every `unsafe` function has clearly stated safety requirements, and every `unsafe` blocks justifies why the requirements are met.

   Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “Chromium Has Merged JpegXL”

2. Seems to be between a little and a lot faster in almost all of the tests.

   Recommends · Oct 2026 · in “Shipping JPEG XL in Chrome”

3. jxl-rs is faster since June 2026 (using just a bit more RAM)

   Recommends · Oct 2026 · in “Shipping JPEG XL in Chrome”

4. jxl-rs started to outperform the C++ library 2 months ago.

   Recommends · Aug 2026 · in “Firefox 157 will include JPEG XL by default on all platforms”

5. Rust certainly calms security fears.

   Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “Chromium Has Merged JpegXL”

6. already faster than libjxl

   Recommends · Oct 2026 · in “JPEG XL vs. AVIF for web use-cases”

7. The chart showing jxl-rs taking 1209ms to decode a 5456x3632 image in a single thread is a little damning

   Criticizes · Sep 2026 · in “The case against JPEG XL”

8. I wouldn’t call it mature. Not to say it’s buggy, but most of its code is very fresh.

   Criticizes · Jan 2026 · in “JPEG XL Demo Page”

9. had a hiatus with zero commits of over 1.5 years until recently iirc

   Criticizes · Dec 2025 · in “Google unkills JPEG XL?”

10. Measuring on a single core is deeply misleading

    Criticizes · Sep 2026 · in “The case against JPEG XL”

11. I'm mildly optimistic for a retry with jxl-rs. However, seeing much of the same contributors from libjxl on jxl-rs does make me quite cautious.

    Mixed · Dec 2025 · in “Google unkills JPEG XL?”