# Install imgdiet with Homebrew Optimize and resize images. Version 0.2.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:imgdiet ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install imgdiet ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:imgdiet - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.2.0 - **Source summary:** Optimize and resize images - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - imgdiet (cli) - imgdiet (alias) ## Dependencies - gettext - glib - vips ## Build dependencies - go - pkgconf ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.2.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://git.sr.ht/~jamesponddotco/imgdiet-go - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage imgdiet is a Go module, and Homebrew-packaged command, for image optimization and resizing. The project wraps libvips to reduce image size for web delivery while keeping the API small and idiomatic for Go programs. ### Project history The SourceHut repository uses trunk as its default branch and publishes signed-off patch workflow instructions, mailing lists, and a SourceHut issue tracker. The GitHub mirror was created in June 2023, while SourceHut refs show 0.1.x tags in 2023, 0.2.0 in October 2024, and 1.0.0 in January 2026. The README describes imgdiet as a Go module built on libvips. Go package documentation describes it as high-performance image resizing, format conversion, and compression optimized for web delivery, with explicit libvips initialization and shutdown calls. ### Adoption history The project is relatively small: Go package documentation reports no importers for the module page inspected, and Homebrew formula analytics show modest install counts. That makes it an obscure but concrete package rather than a broad ecosystem standard. Its adoption path is split between Go developers using go get and Homebrew users installing the command-line package. The Homebrew formula depends on vips, glib, and gettext, which mirrors the project's reliance on libvips rather than implementing image codecs itself. ### How it is used Library users initialize libvips, open an image from an io.Reader, export to a target format such as WebP, and inspect bytes saved. The documented API emphasizes repeated exports from original image data, so one decoded source can produce WebP, AVIF, JPEG, or other outputs. The package belongs in web asset pipelines, small Go services, and local optimization scripts where libvips performance is desired without directly binding to the whole libvips surface. ### Why package nerds care imgdiet is package-nerd notable mostly as a tidy wrapper around a native image-processing dependency. The interesting packaging work is making Go, libvips, and Homebrew cooperate so users get fast image optimization without writing C bindings themselves. Because sources are thin and adoption is small, its historical significance is limited; the useful record is its SourceHut-native workflow, libvips dependency, and 2023-to-2026 tag progression. ### Timeline - 2023: SourceHut refs show 0.1.0, 0.1.1, and 0.1.2 tags. - 2024: SourceHut refs show v0.2.0. - 2026: SourceHut refs show v1.0.0; Go package documentation for v1.0.0 is published in January 2026. ### Related projects - libvips is the native image-processing library named by the README and Go package documentation. - vipsgen is listed in go.mod and supplies Go bindings used by the project. - Homebrew packages imgdiet with vips, glib, and gettext dependencies. ### Sources - - - - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** imgdiet - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Archive and compression packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/archive-compression-tools/) - Matched archive or compression metadata. - [gettext](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gettext/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [glib](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/glib/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [vips](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/vips/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [imgproxy](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/imgproxy/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, go, image-resizing, images, media. - [imgp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/imgp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, image-resizing, images, media. - [dezoomify-rs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dezoomify-rs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, images, media. - [epeg](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/epeg/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, images, media. - [jpegoptim](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/jpegoptim/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, compression, image-optimization, media. - [oxipng](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/oxipng/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, compression, image-optimization, media. - [caesiumclt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/caesiumclt/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, image-optimization, media. - [caire](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/caire/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, go, media. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/imgdiet.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/imgdiet.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph