macOS
brew install graphicsmagicklocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo port install GraphicsMagickMacPorts ports tree · graphics/GraphicsMagick/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com
brew
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Installation
brew install graphicsmagicklocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo port install GraphicsMagickMacPorts ports tree · graphics/GraphicsMagick/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com
sudo apk add graphicsmagickAlpine Linux edge package indexes · graphicsmagick · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
sudo apt install graphicsmagickDebian stable package indexes · graphicsmagick · Quelle: deb.debian.org
nix profile install nixpkgs#graphicsmagicknixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/gr/graphicsmagick/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com
sudo pacman -S graphicsmagickArch Linux sync databases · graphicsmagick · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
sudo dnf install GraphicsMagickFedora Rawhide package metadata · GraphicsMagick · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org
sudo zypper install GraphicsMagickopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · GraphicsMagick · Quelle: download.opensuse.org
choco install graphicsmagickChocolatey community package catalog · graphicsmagick · Quelle: community.chocolatey.org
scoop install main/graphicsmagickScoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/graphicsmagick.json · Quelle: api.github.com
Überblick
Image processing tools collection
Verlauf
GraphicsMagick is a command-line and library image-processing suite centered on the `gm` executable. It descends from ImageMagick but intentionally emphasizes long-term interface compatibility, a stable release branch, smaller dependency footprints, and predictable behavior for scripted image conversion workflows.
In package-manager culture it occupies the practical space between heavyweight imaging frameworks and single-purpose converters: install it, call `gm convert`, `gm identify`, or `gm mogrify`, and get a stable Unix-friendly toolchain for raster and vector image transformations.
The project was created on November 19, 2002 as a fork of ImageMagick shortly before the ImageMagick 5.5.2 release. The GraphicsMagick project described its objectives as open development, developer participation, reduced source churn, a preserved stable API, efficient code, improved memory use, a reliable release process, and an accurate ChangeLog.
Early releases renamed the installed libraries, headers, configuration scripts, and Perl namespace from ImageMagick names to GraphicsMagick names, while consolidating user-facing utilities behind the `gm` command. That namespace split made it possible for systems to package GraphicsMagick alongside other image tools without pretending it was only a drop-in binary clone.
GraphicsMagick's FAQ frames the fork as a stability and compatibility project: command syntax and APIs remained upward compatible with ImageMagick 5.5.2, while GraphicsMagick stopped importing later ImageMagick source after licensing and project-direction changes. This makes the package historically important as both a technical fork and a packaging-policy fork.
GraphicsMagick became attractive to Unix package maintainers because it retained a permissive MIT-style license, exposed command-line tools and C/C++ APIs, and kept dependencies comparatively restrained. Its own FAQ calls out smaller installation footprint and fewer external libraries than ImageMagick on some systems, which is exactly the kind of difference distribution maintainers notice.
The package spread through mainstream operating-system package sets as a stable image conversion dependency for scripts, build systems, and web backends. Homebrew, Debian, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Alpine, Chocolatey, Scoop, and other package managers all carry it under recognizable GraphicsMagick naming.
The project also invested in performance work useful to batch processing: release notes describe OpenMP acceleration, multi-core CPU work, faster image I/O, and optimizations for large images. Those choices helped GraphicsMagick retain relevance in server-side conversion pipelines where reproducibility and throughput matter more than a broad UI surface.
The common package-manager use case is installing the `gm` CLI and invoking subcommands such as `gm convert`, `gm identify`, `gm mogrify`, `gm montage`, `gm composite`, and `gm display`. Existing ImageMagick 5-era scripts often require only the `gm` prefix or compatibility links, while new scripts can rely on the explicit GraphicsMagick command namespace.
GraphicsMagick is also used as a library dependency through GraphicsMagick, GraphicsMagick++, and GraphicsMagickWand configuration scripts. Build systems use those scripts or pkg-config metadata to compile software that reads, writes, transforms, or inspects images.
Configuration lives in `.mgk` files such as colors, delegates, log, modules, and type definitions. That matters to packagers because delegate programs and codec support vary by platform and build options.
GraphicsMagick is a classic fork that package maintainers can explain in one sentence: ImageMagick lineage, steadier API, smaller dependency appetite, and the `gm` command. That clarity made it easy to expose as an alternative dependency in ports trees and Linux distributions.
It is also a useful example of why package history is not only version numbers. Licensing, trademarks, API stability, dependency count, and command naming all shaped the package's identity as much as image-processing features did.
For Homebrew-style users, GraphicsMagick is the kind of formula installed indirectly by image workflows and directly by people who prefer predictable CLI behavior for scripted conversion jobs.
Sicherheitslage
Für graphicsmagick wurde kein passendes lokales Secret-Handling-Manifest gefunden. Nucleus-Paketmetadaten bleiben hier veröffentlicht, damit künftige Abdeckung eine stabile Paket-URL hat.
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local files
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Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
~/.magick/colors.mgk~/.magick/delegates.mgk~/.magick/log.mgk~/.magick/modules.mgk~/.magick/type.mgkExecutables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
GraphicsMagick++-config | cli | globales Executable | |
GraphicsMagick-config | cli | globales Executable | |
GraphicsMagickWand-config | cli | globales Executable | |
gm | cli | globales Executable |
Aktualität
Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.
https://graphicsmagick.sourceforge.io/
Installationsmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:graphicsmagick |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.3.47 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Paketmanager-Seite | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/graphicsmagick |
| Homepage | https://graphicsmagick.sourceforge.io/ |
| Repository | https://foss.heptapod.net/graphicsmagick/graphicsmagick |
| Upstream-Dokumentation | https://graphicsmagick.sourceforge.io/FAQ.html |
| Lizenz | MIT |
| Quellarchiv | https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/graphicsmagick/graphicsmagick/1.3.47/GraphicsMagick-1.3.47.tar.xz |
| Zuletzt aktualisiert | 2026-07-05T23:07:18Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Abhängigkeiten | freetype, jasper, jpeg-turbo, jpeg-xl, libheif, libpng, libtiff, libtool, little-cms2, webp, zstd |
| Build-Abhängigkeiten | pkgconf |
| Von macOS bereitgestellte Bibliotheken | bzip2, libxml2 |
| Bottle | verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | nicht definiert |
| Dienst | keiner deklariert |
Registry-Fakten
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | graphicsmagick |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 1 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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Source-Datenbank-Treffer
Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.
graphicsmagick 1.4+really1.3.45+hg17696-1
collection of image processing tools
http://www.graphicsmagick.org/
sudo apt install graphicsmagickgraphicsmagick-dbg 1.4+really1.3.45+hg17696-1
format-independent image processing - debugging symbols
http://www.graphicsmagick.org/
sudo apt install graphicsmagick-dbggraphicsmagick-imagemagick-compat 1.4+really1.3.45+hg17696-1
image processing tools providing ImageMagick interface
http://www.graphicsmagick.org/
sudo apt install graphicsmagick-imagemagick-compatgraphicsmagick-libmagick-dev-compat 1.4+really1.3.45+hg17696-1
image processing libraries providing ImageMagick interface
http://www.graphicsmagick.org/
sudo apt install graphicsmagick-libmagick-dev-compatlibgraphics-magick-perl 1.4+really1.3.45+hg17696-1
format-independent image processing - perl interface
http://www.graphicsmagick.org/
sudo apt install libgraphics-magick-perllibgraphicsmagick++-q16-12t64 1.4+really1.3.45+hg17696-1
format-independent image processing - C++ shared library
http://www.graphicsmagick.org/
sudo apt install libgraphicsmagick++-q16-12t64libgraphicsmagick++1-dev 1.4+really1.3.45+hg17696-1
format-independent image processing - C++ development files
http://www.graphicsmagick.org/
sudo apt install libgraphicsmagick++1-devlibgraphicsmagick-q16-3t64 1.4+really1.3.45+hg17696-1
format-independent image processing - C shared library
http://www.graphicsmagick.org/
sudo apt install libgraphicsmagick-q16-3t64libgraphicsmagick1-dev 1.4+really1.3.45+hg17696-1
format-independent image processing - C development files
http://www.graphicsmagick.org/
sudo apt install libgraphicsmagick1-devgraphicsmagick
nix profile install nixpkgs#graphicsmagickgraphicsmagick 1.4+really1.3.42-1.1build3
collection of image processing tools
http://www.graphicsmagick.org/
sudo apt install graphicsmagickgraphicsmagick-dbg 1.4+really1.3.42-1.1build3
format-independent image processing - debugging symbols
http://www.graphicsmagick.org/
sudo apt install graphicsmagick-dbggraphicsmagick-imagemagick-compat 1.4+really1.3.42-1.1build3
image processing tools providing ImageMagick interface
http://www.graphicsmagick.org/
sudo apt install graphicsmagick-imagemagick-compatgraphicsmagick-libmagick-dev-compat 1.4+really1.3.42-1.1build3
image processing libraries providing ImageMagick interface
http://www.graphicsmagick.org/
sudo apt install graphicsmagick-libmagick-dev-compatlibgraphics-magick-perl 1.4+really1.3.42-1.1build3
format-independent image processing - perl interface
http://www.graphicsmagick.org/
sudo apt install libgraphics-magick-perllibgraphicsmagick++-q16-12t64 1.4+really1.3.42-1.1build3
format-independent image processing - C++ shared library
http://www.graphicsmagick.org/
sudo apt install libgraphicsmagick++-q16-12t64Quellspur
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