webp
brew install webpImage format providing lossless and lossy compression for web images
https://developers.google.com/speed/webp/
License: BSD-3-Clause
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/webp.json
Formula code: webp.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 | ✅ | 1.6.0 |
| head | ⚡️ | HEAD |
Depends on:
| giflib | 6.1.3 | Library and utilities for processing GIFs |
| jpeg-turbo | 3.2.1 | JPEG image codec that aids compression and decompression |
| libpng | 1.6.59 | Library for manipulating PNG images |
Depends on when building from source:
| cmake | 4.4.5 | Cross-platform make |
Binaries:
cwebp,
dwebp,
gif2webp,
img2webp,
vwebp,
webpinfo,
webpmux
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 872,189 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 55,071,683 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 76,534 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 11.4× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-11T00:49:58Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-12 to 2026-11-11. 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 | 76,525 | 199,144 | 821,907 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 9 | 49 | 197 |
| Installs on Request | 4,897 | 13,058 | 79,525 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 6 | 45 | 177 |
| Build Errors | 251 | ||
Build Errors (--HEAD) | 2 |