# Install imagemagick-full with Homebrew Tools and libraries to manipulate images in many formats. Version 7.1.2-27 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-06. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:imagemagick-full ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install imagemagick-full ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:imagemagick-full - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 7.1.2-27 - **Source summary:** Tools and libraries to manipulate images in many formats - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** ImageMagick - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-06T11:06:09Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Dependencies - cairo - fontconfig - freetype - gdk-pixbuf - gettext - ghostscript - glib - imath - jpeg-turbo - jpeg-xl - libheif - liblqr - libomp - libpng - libraw - librsvg - libtiff - libtool - libultrahdr - libzip - little-cms2 - openexr - openjpeg - webp - xz ## Build dependencies - pkgconf ## Uses from macOS - bzip2 - libxml2 ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Caveats: imagemagick-full includes additional tools and libraries that are not included in the regular imagemagick formula. - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 7.1.2-27 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-06 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage imagemagick-full is the Homebrew formula variant for the ImageMagick 7 toolchain with broader format support than the default formula. Its history is therefore the ImageMagick history plus a package-manager distinction: a fuller build of the same command-line suite for users who want more delegates and capabilities available from Homebrew. ### Project history ImageMagick began at DuPont after John Cristy was asked to display computer-generated 24-bit images on hardware limited to 256 colors. The official history says Usenet help shaped the early tools, DuPont transferred copyright to ImageMagick Studio LLC, and ImageMagick was posted to comp.archives on August 1, 1990. Through the mid-1990s, ImageMagick grew through user requests, bug reports, and contributions, culminating in version 4.2.9. Version 5 followed Bob Friesenhahn's push to improve APIs and scripting access, while Magick++ and module loading helped make ImageMagick useful beyond one-off command invocations. Version 6 emerged from Anthony Thyssen's work on clearer command-line handling for multiple images. Version 7 reworked internals around arbitrary colorspaces, arbitrary pixel channels, floating-point channel storage, and reduced rounding error. ### Adoption history ImageMagick became a standard Unix packaging fixture because it offers scriptable image conversion and manipulation without a GUI. The full Homebrew variant serves users who prefer the wider build surface, while the main formula serves the default Homebrew path. ### How it is used Users install imagemagick-full when they want ImageMagick's CLI commands and libraries with more format/delegate coverage from Homebrew. The upstream docs cover command-line tools such as magick, convert, identify, mogrify, montage, composite, compare, and stream, and the resources page documents configuration search paths and policy files. ### Why package nerds care The formula is package-nerd-significant because it shows how a large C imaging suite is sliced by package managers: the same upstream project can appear as a default build, a fuller build, and a legacy major-version build. That distinction matters for reproducibility, delegate availability, and image pipelines that depend on specific coders. ### Timeline - 1987: John Cristy starts the tool work at DuPont around 24-bit to 8-bit image display. - 1990: ImageMagick is posted to Usenet's comp.archives group. - Mid-1990s: ImageMagick 4.2.9 represents the early mature public toolset. - Version 5: API work, Magick++, module loading, automatic file identification, and tests reshape the project. - Version 6: Command-line semantics are redesigned around clearer multi-image processing. - Version 7: The design is updated for arbitrary colorspaces, arbitrary channel counts, and floating-point pixel channels. ### Related projects - Related projects include Magick++, Magick.NET, Fred's ImageMagick Scripts, Anthony Thyssen's ImageMagick Usage examples, and the ImageMagick 6 legacy branch. The Homebrew sibling formulas are imagemagick and imagemagick@6. ### Sources - Official ImageMagick history page, ImageMagick README, resources documentation, GitHub repository metadata, and Homebrew formula metadata. ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for imagemagick-full. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: $MAGICK_CONFIGURE_PATH, $PREFIX/etc/ImageMagick-7, $PREFIX/share/ImageMagick-7, $XDG_CACHE_HOME/ImageMagick, ~/.config/ImageMagick, /etc/ImageMagick - Windows: $MAGICK_CONFIGURE_PATH, , $PREFIX/config, $USERPROFILE/.config/ImageMagick, ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** imagemagick-full - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** yes - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Related links - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Media and graphics packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/media-graphics-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts. - [cairo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cairo/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [fontconfig](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fontconfig/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [freetype](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/freetype/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [gdk-pixbuf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gdk-pixbuf/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [gettext](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gettext/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [ghostscript](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ghostscript/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [glib](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/glib/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [imagemagick](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/imagemagick/) - Shares the same upstream source repository. - [imagemagick@6](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/imagemagick-6/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: cms2, fontconfig, formats, freetype, imagemagick. - [geeqie](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/geeqie/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cairo, cms2, gdk, gdk-pixbuf, gettext. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/imagemagick-full.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/imagemagick-full.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph