build-win64-mxe

libvips and its dependencies cross-compiled for all supported Windows architectures (x86_64, i686 and aarch64).

Uses MXE as base environment. A custom plugin based upon the llvm-mingw repository is used to swap GCC and binutils with Clang and other LLVM-based tools.

Creating a zipball

Most people will not need to do this; proceed with caution.

Run the top-level build script with the --help parameter for help.

libvips-web dependencies

Dependency	Version	Used under the terms of
aom	3.13.1	BSD 2-Clause + Alliance for Open Media Patent License 1.0
cairo	1.18.4	Mozilla Public License 2.0
cgif	0.5.0	MIT Licence
expat	2.7.3	MIT Licence
fontconfig	2.17.1	fontconfig Licence (BSD-like)
freetype	2.14.1	freetype Licence (BSD-like)
fribidi	1.0.16	LGPLv3
glib	2.86.1	LGPLv3
harfbuzz	12.1.0	MIT Licence
highway	1.3.0	Apache-2.0 License, BSD 3-Clause
lcms	2.17	MIT Licence
libarchive	3.8.2	BSD 2-Clause
libexif	0.6.25	LGPLv3
libffi	3.5.2	MIT Licence
libheif	1.20.2	LGPLv3
libimagequant	2.4.11	BSD 2-Clause
libpng	1.6.50	libpng License version 2
librsvg	2.61.2	LGPLv3
libspng	0.7.4	BSD 2-Clause
libtiff	4.7.1	libtiff License (BSD-like)
libvips	8.18.02	LGPLv3
libwebp	1.6.0	New BSD License
libxml2	2.15.1	MIT Licence
mozjpeg	0826579	zlib License, IJG License, BSD 3-Clause
pango	1.57.0	LGPLv3
pixman	0.46.4	MIT Licence
proxy-libintl	0.5	LGPLv3
zlib-ng	2.2.5	zlib-ng Licence

libvips-all dependencies

Same as libvips-web + these extra dependencies:

Dependency	Version	Used under the terms of
brotli	1.2.0	MIT Licence
cfitsio	4.6.2	BSD-like
fftw	3.3.10	GPLv2
gdk-pixbuf	2.44.4	LGPLv3
imagemagick	6.9.13-33	ImageMagick License (Apache-2.0-like)
imath	3.1.9	BSD 3-Clause
libdicom	1.2.0	MIT Licence
libjxl	0.11.1	BSD 3-Clause
libraw	0.21.4	LGPL-2.1-only
matio	1.5.28	BSD 2-Clause
nifticlib	3.0.1	Public domain
openexr	3.1.11	BSD 3-Clause
openjpeg	2.5.4	BSD 2-Clause
openslide	4.0.0	LGPLv3
poppler	25.10.0	GPLv2
sqlite	3.50.4	Public domain
zstd	1.5.7	BSD 3-Clause

libjpeg-turbo

libvips does not use any of MozJPEG's improvements by default unless explicitly set, yet one can still choose to build the above variants with libjpeg-turbo instead of MozJPEG. This can be accomplished with the --with-jpeg-turbo argument. For example:

./build.sh --with-jpeg-turbo

In that case, the following version of libjpeg-turbo is built:

Dependency	Version	Used under the terms of
libjpeg-turbo	3.1.2	zlib License, IJG License

jpegli

jpegli is an improved JPEG encoder and decoder implementation, fully compatible with the API/ABI of libjpeg62. It leverages many of the insights from related projects like guetzli, butteraugli, and JPEG XL to achieve a higher quality-per-byte for JPEG images. To enable this, use the --with-jpegli argument when building. For example:

./build.sh --with-jpegli

In that case, the following version of jpegli is built:

Dependency	Version	Used under the terms of
jpegli	5126d62	BSD 3-Clause

zlib

By default, zlib-ng is built. This is a zlib replacement with optimizations for "next generation" systems. You can use the --without-zlib-ng argument during the build when (vanilla-)zlib is preferred. For example:

./build.sh --without-zlib-ng

In that case, the following version of zlib is built:

Dependency	Version	Used under the terms of
zlib	1.3.1	zlib Licence

HEVC-related dependencies

The above variants can optionally be built with libde265 and x265 to process HEIC images. This can be turned on with the --with-hevc argument. For example:

./build.sh --with-hevc

These dependencies include HEVC-related logic and are therefore not included in the prebuilt binaries while it is patent-encumbered.

Dependency	Version	Used under the terms of
libde265	1.0.16	LGPLv3
x265	4.1	GPLv2

Footnotes

1. A fork of the BSD 2-Clause licensed libimagequant v2.4.1 is used. ↩

2. libvips is built from the v8.18.0-alpha1 tag, see: https://github.com/libvips/libvips/releases/tag/v8.18.0-alpha1 ↩