macOS
brew install libheiflocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo port install libheifMacPorts ports tree · multimedia/libheif/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com
brew
Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für libheif in AI-Agent-Workflows.
Installation
brew install libheiflocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo port install libheifMacPorts ports tree · multimedia/libheif/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com
sudo apk add libheifAlpine Linux edge package indexes · libheif · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
sudo dnf install libheifFedora Rawhide package metadata · libheif · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org
nix profile install nixpkgs#libheifnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/li/libheif/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com
sudo pacman -S libheifArch Linux sync databases · libheif · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
sudo apt install heif-gdk-pixbufDebian stable package indexes · heif-gdk-pixbuf · Quelle: deb.debian.org
sudo zypper install gdk-pixbuf-loader-libheifopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · gdk-pixbuf-loader-libheif · Quelle: download.opensuse.org
Überblick
ISO/IEC 23008-12:2017 HEIF file format decoder and encoder
Verlauf
libheif is a C/C++ library and set of command-line tools for HEIF-family still-image formats. Its package-manager value comes from sitting at the awkward but important boundary between container formats, patent-heavy video codecs, and desktop image tooling.
The project is associated with Struktur AG and Dirk Farin, and the public repository describes it as an ISO/IEC 23008-12 HEIF and AVIF file-format decoder and encoder.
The v1.0.0 release in February 2018 was billed as the first still-image decoder release and already covered HEIF features such as tiled images, alpha channels, thumbnails, EXIF/XMP metadata, depth channels, multiple images, image transformations, and overlays.
The v1.7.0 release in June 2020 added AVIF reading and writing through libaom and described a plugin architecture that let encoders reuse HEIF infrastructure while selecting AV1 compression.
The v1.12.0 release in May 2021 added MIAF conformance handling, premultiplied-alpha signaling, AV1 sequence-header parsing for the av1C box, and AVIF pixi-box writing. The v1.22.0 release in May 2026 broadened the library toward generic image components and a reworked ISO/IEC 23001-17 lossless-image codec implementation.
libheif became a common Unix package because it gave image applications and shell workflows a reusable way to read HEIC files from Apple-oriented ecosystems and AVIF files from web-image ecosystems without each application implementing the container stack itself.
Homebrew ships it with user-facing tools such as heif-convert, heif-enc, heif-dec, heif-info, and heif-thumbnailer, which made it useful both as a library dependency and as a command-line conversion utility.
Typical package use is format conversion, image inspection, thumbnail generation, and linking higher-level image software against a shared HEIF/AVIF implementation. Codec details are delegated to companion libraries or plugins such as libaom for AV1 support.
libheif matters to packagers because the visible package is small, but its usefulness depends on codec policy, optional dependencies, plugin choices, and file-format brands. It is the sort of package where build options decide whether users get HEIC-only, AVIF-capable, or broader modern-image support.
It also marks the shift from classic single-image formats toward containerized image formats that carry auxiliary images, metadata, sequences, depth, alpha, HDR, and codec-specific boxes.
Sicherheitslage
Für libheif wurde kein passendes lokales Secret-Handling-Manifest gefunden. Nucleus-Paketmetadaten bleiben hier veröffentlicht, damit künftige Abdeckung eine stabile Paket-URL hat.
Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.
Executables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
heif-convert | cli | globales Executable | |
heif-dec | cli | globales Executable | |
heif-enc | cli | globales Executable | |
heif-info | cli | globales Executable | |
heif-thumbnailer | 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://github.com/strukturag/libheif
Installationsmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:libheif |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.23.1 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Paketmanager-Seite | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/libheif |
| Homepage | https://www.libde265.org/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/strukturag/libheif |
| Upstream-Dokumentation | https://github.com/strukturag/libheif#readme |
| Lizenz | LGPL-3.0-or-later |
| Quellarchiv | https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/releases/download/v1.23.1/libheif-1.23.1.tar.gz |
| Zuletzt aktualisiert | 2026-06-26T12:52:58Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Abhängigkeiten | aom, jpeg-turbo, libde265, libpng, libtiff, webp, x265 |
| Build-Abhängigkeiten | cmake, pkgconf |
| Bottle | verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | nicht definiert |
| Dienst | keiner deklariert |
| Einschränkungen | Additional codecs can be enabled by `brew install libheif-plugins` |
Registry-Fakten
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | libheif |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
|
Source-Datenbank-Treffer
Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.
heif-gdk-pixbuf 1.19.8-1
HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder - gdk-pixbuf loader
sudo apt install heif-gdk-pixbufheif-thumbnailer 1.19.8-1
HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder - thumbnailer
sudo apt install heif-thumbnailerlibheif-dev 1.19.8-1
HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder - development files
sudo apt install libheif-devlibheif-examples 1.19.8-1
HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder - examples
sudo apt install libheif-exampleslibheif-plugin-aomdec 1.19.8-1
HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder - aomdec plugin
sudo apt install libheif-plugin-aomdeclibheif-plugin-aomenc 1.19.8-1
HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder - aomenc plugin
sudo apt install libheif-plugin-aomenclibheif-plugin-dav1d 1.19.8-1
HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder - dav1d plugin
sudo apt install libheif-plugin-dav1dlibheif-plugin-ffmpegdec 1.19.8-1
HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder - ffmpegdec plugin
sudo apt install libheif-plugin-ffmpegdeclibheif-plugin-j2kdec 1.19.8-1
HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder - j2kdec plugin
sudo apt install libheif-plugin-j2kdeclibheif-plugin-j2kenc 1.19.8-1
HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder - j2kenc plugin
sudo apt install libheif-plugin-j2kenclibheif-plugin-jpegdec 1.19.8-1
HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder - jpegdec plugin
sudo apt install libheif-plugin-jpegdeclibheif-plugin-jpegenc 1.19.8-1
HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder - jpegenc plugin
sudo apt install libheif-plugin-jpegenclibheif-plugin-kvazaar 1.19.8-1
HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder - kvazaar plugin
sudo apt install libheif-plugin-kvazaarlibheif-plugin-libde265 1.19.8-1
HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder - libde265 plugin
sudo apt install libheif-plugin-libde265libheif-plugin-rav1e 1.19.8-1
HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder - rav1e plugin
sudo apt install libheif-plugin-rav1elibheif-plugin-svtenc 1.19.8-1
HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder - svtenc plugin
sudo apt install libheif-plugin-svtencQuellspur
Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.
View the package source record on GitHub.