# libvips High-Performance Image Processing Library and CLI

> libvips is a demand-driven, horizontally threaded image processing library with over 300 operations. It processes images faster and with less memory than alternatives like ImageMagick, supports 20+ formats, and powers Sharp, Mastodon, imgproxy, and Ruby on Rails.

- Skill: `agentskillexchange/libvips-high-performance-image-processing-library-and-cli` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/libvips-high-performance-image-processing-library-and-cli`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/libvips-high-performance-image-processing-library-and-cli/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/libvips-high-performance-image-processing-library-and-cli

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# libvips High-Performance Image Processing Library and CLI

libvips is a demand-driven, horizontally threaded image processing library with over 300 operations. It processes images faster and with less memory than alternatives like ImageMagick, supports 20+ formats, and powers Sharp, Mastodon, imgproxy, and Ruby on Rails.

## Installation

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- | Python | [pyvips](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyvips) |
- | [sharp (on Node.js)](https://www.npmjs.org/package/sharp) |
- libvips must have build-essential, pkg-config, libglib2.0-dev,

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- There are packages for most Unix-like operating systems, including
- macOS. Check your package manager.
- There are binaries for Windows in

- Source: https://github.com/libvips/libvips
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/libvips/libvips/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/libvips-high-performance-image-processing-library-cli/)