libheif
libheif is an HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder. (by strukturag)
Signal-Desktop
A private messenger for Windows, macOS, and Linux. (by signalapp)
| libheif | Signal-Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| 16 | 322 | |
| 1,542 | 14,008 | |
| 2.0% | 0.4% | |
| 9.3 | 9.9 | |
| 17 days ago | 9 days ago | |
| C++ | TypeScript | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 |
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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.
libheif
Posts with mentions or reviews of libheif.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-15.
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HEIC Photo Support Inquiry
Apple doesn't own HEIF, there are open implementations for reading all variants of it. Here's a browser-side implementation: https://alexcorvi.github.io/heic2any/
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#86 New Decoding · This Week in GNOME
The image crate is the de facto crate for raster images. It doesn't have HEIF support, which is probably why libheif-rs was brought in (it's simply a wrapper for libheif, which is what lots of programs, including GIMP and ImageMagick, use for HEIF support).
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Heic Decoder in go
Libheif has Go bindings https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/tree/master/go/heif. I used this library for AVIF (via libaom) but it should work for HEIF (via libde265.)
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HEIC preview and displaying HEIC
libheif provides a pixbuf loader that should make it work.
- convert .heif/.heic
- 'Texting between iPhone and Android is broken:' Google puts Apple on blast for converting Android texts to green bubbles and 'blurry' compressed videos
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is there a terminal command to convert jpg and pngs to heic?
Note that there is no checking for valid parameters when using the prefix. BUGS Please reports bugs or issues at https://github.com/strukturag/libheif AUTHORS Dirk Farin, struktur AG COPYRIGHT Copyright © 2017 struktur AG
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Pixels are costly uwu
They use https://github.com/strukturag/libheif to decode it and just ignore the patent or licensing requirements. This is similar to how vlc's libavcodec implements HEVC/h264 (they say "we're french, software patents have no jurisdiction here")
- Ask HN: Why does nobody support h.265/HEVC anymore?
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HEIC to PNG converter?
As far as I understand, imagemagick uses libheif under the hood, which can be installed with apt install libheif-dev
Signal-Desktop
Posts with mentions or reviews of Signal-Desktop.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-16.
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Privacy is Priceless, but Signal is Expensive
2: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/issues/1862
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Interview on Signal app?
For more Information on how to proceed kindly connect with the HR on Signal app. Download (Signal ) on your mobile device https://signal.org/download/ and connect now with the HR ON +13093936282
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CVE-2023-4863: Heap buffer overflow in WebP (Chrome)
It does, see [0]. Fun fact: Signal desktop, which uses Electron under the hood, is running without sandbox on Linux [1][2].
[0] https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/39824
[1] https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/issues/5195
[2] https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/pull/4381
- No longer showing link previews?
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super choppy video streams
There was a issue opened on GitHub a while back apparently but that was closed due to inactivity. What you might want to do is either open a new issue directly in GitHub (provide as much information as possible and include debug logs) or just send them a support ticket via the support form (and include debug logs).
- Signal Desktop for Windows takes 30+ min to send messages. Phone app still works.
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Signal Android BETA has text formatting now
Desktop will have it https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/commit/9bfbee464bc307a9133ccf43042987343722afe9
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Signal Desktop messaging app having trouble with IPv6
Issues have been ongoing for the past couple weeks. It's not clear if this is the client or backend. Dual stack works again with v6.20.2, but IPv6-only with NAT64 still doesn't. Actively being worked on, and hopefully some good learnings. Issue link thread: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/issues/6439
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IPv6 connectivity again with 6.20.1 Update
Alive again with 6.20.2 on Windows dual stack. Directly downloaded from https://signal.org/download/
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Desktop Client takes minutes to send messages
Fix1, Fix2, Fix3, Fix4
What are some alternatives?
When comparing libheif and Signal-Desktop you can also consider the following projects:
exembed - Go Embed experiments
signal-cli - signal-cli provides an unofficial commandline, JSON-RPC and dbus interface for the Signal messenger.
avif-format - An AV1 Image (AVIF) file format plug-in for Adobe® Photoshop®
axolotl - A Signal compatible cross plattform client written in Go, Rust and Vuejs
Alpine.js - A rugged, minimal framework for composing JavaScript behavior in your markup.
session-desktop - Session Desktop - Onion routing based messenger
goheif - go gettable decoder/converter for HEIF/HEIC based on libde265
AppImageLauncher - Helper application for Linux distributions serving as a kind of "entry point" for running and integrating AppImages
budibase - Budibase is an open-source low code platform that helps you build internal tools in minutes 🚀
webclient - Angular webclient (with Linux, macOS and Windows desktop clients) for CTemplar's encrypted email service.
enable-chromium-hevc-hardware-deco
telegram-bot-api - Telegram Bot API server
libheif vs exembed
Signal-Desktop vs signal-cli
libheif vs avif-format
Signal-Desktop vs axolotl
libheif vs Alpine.js
Signal-Desktop vs session-desktop
libheif vs goheif
Signal-Desktop vs AppImageLauncher
libheif vs budibase
Signal-Desktop vs webclient
libheif vs enable-chromium-hevc-hardware-deco
Signal-Desktop vs telegram-bot-api