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Install jpeg-archive with Homebrew, Nix, pacman

Utilities for archiving JPEGs for long term storage. Version 2.2.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22.

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install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install jpeg-archive

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#jpeg-archive

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/jp/jpeg-archive/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S jpeg-archive

Arch Linux sync databases · jpeg-archive · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

overview

Package summary

Utilities for archiving JPEGs for long term storage

Commands and aliases

  • jpeg-archive
  • jpeg-compare
  • jpeg-hash
  • jpeg-recompress

history

Project history and usage

JPEG Archive is a set of command-line tools for reducing, comparing, hashing, and batch-processing JPEG photo collections. It grew around a package-nerd-friendly idea: keep the broadly supported JPEG format, but squeeze storage cost by recompressing images to visually similar output.

Project history

The upstream README frames the project around long-term photo storage and web serving. Its goals are to use common JPEG files, minimize storage space and cost, and identify duplicate or similar photos. The toolset includes jpeg-archive, jpeg-recompress, jpeg-compare, and jpeg-hash.

The 2.0.0 release line changed the underlying JPEG encoder to mozjpeg and defaulted to progressive output. The GitHub release page shows the 2.2.0 release dated 2018-07-15, while the README retains a 2015 copyright notice for Daniel G. Taylor.

Adoption history

JPEG Archive found its audience among people with large photo folders rather than application developers. Packaging in Homebrew, Nix, and Arch fits that pattern: install a few binaries, combine them with GNU Parallel or Ladon, dcraw, exiftool, and shell scripts, and run them over existing photo trees.

How it is used

The README shows jpeg-archive as a folder-level wrapper and jpeg-recompress as the core optimizer. jpeg-recompress searches for the smallest JPEG quality that preserves perceived visual quality, optimizes Huffman tables, and can copy EXIF, IPTC, XMP, and color profile metadata by default.

Why package nerds care

The project is notable because it packaged image-quality metrics into everyday shell tooling. It is not just another cjpeg wrapper: it represents the practical, storage-saving side of perceptual image comparison in a small Unix utility set.

Timeline

  • 2015: Project README copyright line identifies Daniel G. Taylor and the JPEG Archive toolset.
  • 2018: 2.0.0 release switched to mozjpeg and progressive encoding by default.
  • 2018: 2.2.0 release appeared on July 15.
  • 2024: Arch Linux packaging still carried jpeg-archive 2.2.0.

Related projects

  • The README recommends Ladon or GNU Parallel for running the tools over many files.
  • jpeg-archive depends on adjacent command-line tools such as dcraw and exiftool for some workflows.
  • The project links rflynn/imgmin as an alternative.

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

  • broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

  • text:archive,compress

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
jpeg-archivecliglobal executable
jpeg-comparecliglobal executable
jpeg-hashcliglobal executable
jpeg-recompresscliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version2.2.0
manager updated2026-06-22
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv2.2.0

https://github.com/danielgtaylor/jpeg-archive

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:jpeg-archive
Version2.2.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/jpeg-archive
Homepagehttps://github.com/danielgtaylor/jpeg-archive
Repositoryhttps://github.com/danielgtaylor/jpeg-archive
Upstream docshttps://github.com/danielgtaylor/jpeg-archive#readme
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/danielgtaylor/jpeg-archive/archive/refs/tags/v2.2.0.tar.gz
Last updated2026-06-22T14:03:50-07:00
Pulseupdated
Dependenciesmozjpeg
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namejpeg-archive
Version Scheme0
Revision1
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

jpeg-archive

nix profile install nixpkgs#jpeg-archive
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Jpeg Archive
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/jp/jpeg-archive/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
pacman95%

jpeg-archive 2.2.0-4

Utilities for archiving JPEGs for long term storage

https://github.com/danielgtaylor/jpeg-archive/

sudo pacman -S jpeg-archive
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 1 dependencies
  • 3 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Jpeg Archive
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: jpeg-archive from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

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  • exiftranShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, image-processing, jpeg, media.
  • gdShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, image-processing, jpeg, media.
  • jbig2decShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, image-compression, image-processing, media.
  • jbig2encShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, image-compression, image-processing, media.
  • jbigkitShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, image-compression, image-processing, media.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment