libheif
brew install libheifISO/IEC 23008-12:2017 HEIF file format decoder and encoder
License: LGPL-3.0-or-later
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/libheif.json
Formula code: libheif.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:
| macOS on Apple Silicon |
golden gate | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| tahoe | ✅ | |
| sequoia | ✅ | |
| Linux | ARM64 | ✅ |
| x86_64 | ✅ |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 1.23.7 |
Depends on:
| aom | 3.15.3 | Codec library for encoding and decoding AV1 video streams |
| jpeg-turbo | 3.2.1 | JPEG image codec that aids compression and decompression |
| libde265 | 1.1.3 | Open h.265 video codec implementation |
| libpng | 1.6.59 | Library for manipulating PNG images |
| libtiff | 4.7.2 | TIFF library and utilities |
| webp | 1.6.0 | Image format providing lossless and lossy compression for web images |
| x265 | 4.3 | H.265/HEVC encoder |
Depends on when building from source:
| cmake | 4.4.5 | Cross-platform make |
| pkgconf | 3.0.10 | Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit |
Binaries:
heif-convert,
heif-dec,
heif-enc,
heif-info,
heif-thumbnailer
| Additional codecs can be enabled by `brew install libheif-plugins` |
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 499,951 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 22,111,289 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 42,104 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 11.9× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-13T00:50:34Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-14 to 2026-11-13. Totals exclude downloads from Bintray before the migration to GitHub Packages. Downloads and install attempts measure different things; the difference does not count analytics opt-outs. Definitions and limitations.
Analytics:
| 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installs | 42,080 | 125,281 | 499,767 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 24 | 50 | 147 |
| Installs on Request | 7,417 | 21,612 | 91,937 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 16 | 38 | 130 |
| Build Errors | 6 |