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PyGuetzli is a Python binding for Google’s
Guetzli <https://github.com/google/guetzli>__ library.
Description of Guetzli from official’s repo:
Guetzli is a JPEG encoder that aims for excellent compression density at high visual quality. Guetzli-generated images are typically 20-30% smaller than images of equivalent quality generated by libjpeg. Guetzli generates only sequential (nonprogressive) JPEGs due to faster decompression speeds they offer.
Installation <https://wanadev.github.io/pyguetzli/install.html>_Guetzli Python Module <https://wanadev.github.io/pyguetzli/guetzli.html>_Using with PIL / Pillow images <https://wanadev.github.io/pyguetzli/pil_image.html>_Contributing / Reporting a bug <https://wanadev.github.io/pyguetzli/contributing.html>_More topics at https://wanadev.github.io/pyguetzli/
.. code-block:: python
import pyguetzli
input_jpeg = open("./test/image.jpg", "rb").read() optimized_jpeg = pyguetzli.process_jpeg_bytes(input_jpeg)
output = open("./optimized.jpg", "wb") output.write(optimized_jpeg)
[NEXT] (changes on master but not released yet):
v1.0.18:
v1.0.17:
v1.0.16:
v1.0.15:
v1.0.14:
v1.0.13:
v1.0.12:
v1.0.11:
arm64 and universal2 wheels for macOSx86 and x68_64 wheels for musl-based Linux distro (Alpine,...)win32 wheels for Windows (x86_64 were already available)v1.0.10: Python 3.10 support and wheels
v1.0.9: Provides prebuilt wheel packages
v1.0.8: Updates Guetzli and python dependencies
v1.0.7: Fixes unicode issue when installing pyguetzli (#4)
v1.0.6: Fixes a typo in compilator options on unix
v1.0.5: Adds optimization flags when compiling Guetzli
v1.0.4: MS Windows support
v1.0.3: Updates Guetzli library
v1.0.2: PIL Images: fixes crash with non RGB/RGBA images (grayscale, indexed,…)
v1.0.1: Adds --std=c++11 flag when building Guetzli
v1.0.0:
v0.9.0: Initial release
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Python bindings for Google's Guetzli, a JPEG encoder that optimises JPEG compression
We found that pyguetzli demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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