imagick
Go binding to ImageMagick's MagickWand C API (by gographics)
GD
GD Graphics Library (by libgd)
| imagick | GD | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | |
| 1,815 | 926 | |
| 0.4% | 0.4% | |
| 3.6 | 8.3 | |
| 5 months ago | 3 months ago | |
| Go | C | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
imagick
Posts with mentions or reviews of imagick.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-16.
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Golang library similar to Python's pillow
If you want my opinion on which one to use, I would recommend this one, as there exist bindings for a huge amount of languages.
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Best way to composite millions of tiny 16x16 images together?
Looks like the kind of problem I'd solve with imagick https://github.com/gographics/imagick
- How to call C++ (wrapped with python) in Go
GD
Posts with mentions or reviews of GD.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-01-01.
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Projects in need of JXL integration?
libgd: https://github.com/libgd/libgd/issues/699
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Problems installing GD and GD::Raw on Windows
The errors indicate raku can't find the native gd library. I'm guessing you need to install libgd first. See https://github.com/libgd/libgd.
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I am a co-creator of JPEG XL (.jxl), a new image format. AMA!
I know libgd is also has interest in adding it at some point. https://github.com/libgd/libgd/issues/699
What are some alternatives?
When comparing imagick and GD you can also consider the following projects:
libvips - A fast image processing library with low memory needs.
OpenCV - Open Source Computer Vision Library
OpenImageIO - Reading, writing, and processing images in a wide variety of file formats, using a format-agnostic API, aimed at VFX applications.
FreeImage - A custom distribution of FreeImage, with a CMake-based build system. Used by the Athena Game Framework.