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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 tested for over 28 years. libpng is dependent on zlib for data compression and decompression routines.

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Software.name
libpng
Software.developer
Guy Eric Schalnat,Andreas Dilger,Glenn Randers-Pehrson, et al.
Software.programming language
C
Software.operating system
Cross-platform
Software.genre
Image library
Software.license
libpng License

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libpng.org

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1.6.58
source code repository URL
github.com/pnggroup/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 tested for over 28 years. libpng is dependent on zlib for data compression and decompression routines.

libpng is released under the libpng license, a permissive free software licence, and is free software. It is frequently used in both free and proprietary software, either directly or through the use of a higher level image library.

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