sharp 0.35.5 tightens array and input bounds
This patch bounds linear and GIF delay arrays, improves WebAssembly fallback errors, and upgrades the bundled libvips to a release with additional input validation.
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VIPS ecosystem timeline
This timeline places libvips and three widely used language bindings on one axis. It helps identify where a capability first appeared, when it reached a binding, and which upgrades may change compatibility or deployment requirements.
Every entry is traceable to an official release, changelog, or technical article. This is a historical record rather than the version set used to test this handbook; see the version compatibility matrix for the current baseline.
Patch releases appear only when they materially affect security, input validation, compatibility, defaults, or user-facing capability. When a release and an official article describe the same change, they are merged into one event with both original links preserved.
61 events
2026
libvips 8.18.7 tightens validation across multiple loaders
This patch bounds LUT size, strengthens TIFF, PDFium, and JPEG 2000 validation, and marks JPEG 2000 save as untrusted, making it especially relevant to services that accept external input.
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govips 2.19 adds Reader/Writer streaming
New LoadImageFromReader, SaveToWriter, and TranscodeStream APIs connect Go io.Reader/io.Writer values to libvips and distinguish sequential paths from transforms that require materialisation.
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pyvips 3.2 adds comprehensive typing and PIL conversion
Version 3.2 covers libvips operations with generated stubs, types common hand-written APIs, and adds Image.pil plus concurrency getters and setters.
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sharp 0.35 adds HDR gain maps, ESM, and AVIF tuning
Version 0.35 requires Node.js 20.9+, adds HDR JPEG gain maps, ESM, WebP exact and AVIF/HEIF tuning, and removes the experimental label from WebAssembly.
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govips 2.18 adds ImageRef leak detection
This release adds OpenImageRefs and AssertNoLeaks for finding unclosed ImageRef values and splits the large ImageRef implementation into focused files.
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govips 2.17 adds the built-in vipsgen generator
vipsgen starts generating type-safe operation wrappers from GObject introspection, accompanied by helpers for transparent canvases and greyscale images.
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2025
libvips 8.18 adds UltraHDR, camera RAW, and Oklab
Version 8.18 adds UltraHDR gain maps, camera RAW decoding, Oklab/Oklch colour spaces, exact WebP save, and new controls for PDF, JPEG XL, and HEIF.
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pyvips 3.1 aligns with libvips 8.18 and exposes gain maps
Version 3.1 updates documentation for libvips 8.18, adds get_gainmap, and fixes GLib DLL naming under Conan.
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libvips 8.17 improves caching, resize, and format handling
This release adds Magic Kernel and matrixmultiply, expands SVG, HEIF, JPEG XL, and TIFF support, and improves operation-cache reliability and shrink performance.
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pyvips 3.0 drops Python 2 and adds a binary install option
The new major version requires Python 3.7+, moves to pyproject.toml, adds a binary extra and shutdown, and fixes a write_to_buffer leak.
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sharp 0.34 adds array input, autoOrient, and morphology
Version 0.34 supports arrays of inputs for joining or animation and adds autoOrient, erode/dilate, WebP smartDeblock, RGBE, and higher-bit-depth wide-gamut HEIF output.
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govips 2.16 expands JPEG XL container support
This release adds support for the JPEG XL ISOBMFF container format and updates the Go and image dependency baseline.
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2024
libvips 8.16 adds SDFs and target-size WebP encoding
Version 8.16 introduces Signed Distance Field operations, expands JPEG XL animation and metadata support, adds target-size and multi-pass WebP controls, and provides raw target output.
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govips 2.15 fixes WebP ICC export
Version 2.15 corrects ICC profile selection during WebP export and includes build and API maintenance updates.
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govips 2.14 adds JXL, animated crop, and WebP controls
This release adds JPEG XL, animated-image crop, Recomb and more histogram operations, and exposes WebP min_size, kmin, and kmax controls.
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2023
sharp 0.33 moves prebuilt distribution to npm and experiments with WebAssembly
Version 0.33 requires newer Node.js releases, installs platform packages from npm, experiments with WebAssembly runtimes, and adds finer EXIF, ICC, and metadata controls.
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libvips 8.15 introduces Highway SIMD and a new metadata keep model
Version 8.15 expands SIMD paths with Highway, replaces the broad strip option with selective keep controls, parallelises parts of TIFF and Deep Zoom output, and adds unified bitdepth metadata.
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govips 2.13 improves reproducible test assets
Version 2.13 mainly fixes golden-image paths when the project is consumed through go get, making this a release focused on test and packaging reliability.
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govips 2.12 adds selective metadata retention
RemoveMetadata can preserve caller-selected fields, allowing more granular metadata cleanup during export.
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sharp 0.32 defaults to sequential reads and ships TypeScript types
Version 0.32 defaults to sequential reads where possible, directly maintains TypeScript definitions, and adds text wrapping, ArrayBuffer input, ICC ignore, and attention-crop coordinates.
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libvips 8.14 completes the Meson migration and rewrites its thread pool
Version 8.14 removes Autotools, adopts a dynamically sized and recycled thread pool, adds N-colour ICC support, and improves TIFF, GIF, FITS, and animated WebP handling.
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2022
sharp 0.31 adds text images and revises pipeline ordering
Version 0.31 exposes vips_text, improves GIF/WebP animation, trim, and normalise, and clarifies ordering among flip, flop, rotate, resize, and extend.
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libvips 8.13 adds controls for blocking untrusted operations
Version 8.13 can block insufficiently fuzzed loaders at runtime, rewrites GIF save, improves resize edge handling, and lets TIFF and Deep Zoom write to targets.
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pyvips 2.2.1 exposes untrusted-operation controls
This patch adds block_untrusted_set and operation_block_set and provides seek and end handlers for custom targets.
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pyvips 2.2 deepens NumPy-style array interop
Version 2.2 adds extended indexing, Image.fromarray, Image.numpy, tolist, pathlib.Path support, and cached parameter-spec lookups.
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govips 2.11 fixes animated GIF and vector DPI handling
This release focuses on animated GIF page handling and correct DPI parameters for SVG and PDF input.
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sharp 0.30 brings GIF output to prebuilt binaries
Version 0.30 adds GIF output to prebuilt binaries, standardises WebP/HEIF effort controls, improves animated resize and extract, and adds IIIF v3 and palette-PNG effort.
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govips 2.10 adds animated GIF, Pixelate, and Replicate
Version 2.10 introduces animated GIF support, a pixelation filter, and image replication APIs for animation and repeated-texture pipelines.
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2021
govips 2.9 adds direct thumbnails and ICC transforms
New APIs create thumbnails directly from files or buffers and add GetPoint, Embed, and TransformICC.
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govips 2.8 adds JPEG 2000 and general load parameters
Version 2.8 adds JPEG 2000, PNG export controls, Join/ArrayJoin, and broader load parameters; 2.8.1 then corrects ICC transforms above 8-bit.
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libvips 8.12 adds a dedicated GIF writer and lowers large-join resource use
Version 8.12 saves GIF through cgif and libimagequant and expands minimise signalling to reduce memory and file-descriptor use in operations such as arrayjoin.
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sharp 0.29 adds pipeline colour-space control
Version 0.29 adds pipelineColourspace, raw-pixel bit-depth controls, more HEIF/AVIF metadata, and multiple platform binaries in one installation tree.
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libvips 8.11 adds JPEG XL, JPEG 2000, and colour text support
Version 8.11 introduces experimental JPEG XL, full JPEG 2000 load/save, colour text rendering, loadable modules, and a shared worker-thread pool.
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govips 2.7 adds AVIF and temporarily removes animation support
This release adds AVIF but temporarily removes GIF/WebP animation after regressions, illustrating the version boundary between binding features and format stability.
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govips 2.6 restores explicit Close and expands operations
Version 2.6 adds FindTrim, Insert, and Rank, restores explicit Close for high-throughput lifecycle control, and introduces GIF/WebP animation paths.
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sharp 0.28 bundles mozjpeg and libimagequant
Version 0.28 bundles mozjpeg and libimagequant, adds a JPEG mozjpeg option, and reduces concurrency with the default glibc allocator to limit fragmentation.
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govips 2.5 introduces format-specific export parameters
Version 2.5 adds format-specific export parameters together with Identity, Maplut, Cast, and Average operations.
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govips 2.4 adds arbitrary transforms and smart crop
Version 2.4 exposes similarity-based rotation and scaling, conversion to Go image.Image, and attention-based smart crop.
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2020
govips 2.3 expands operations and improves temporary-file handling
Version 2.3 adds divide, mapim, xyz, and more HEIF support; 2.3.1 makes temporary-file storage work on Windows and cleans it during Shutdown.
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sharp 0.27 adds AVIF to prebuilt binaries
Version 0.27 includes AVIF in prebuilt binaries, removes the experimental label from HEIF output, and allows negative top and left composite offsets.
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govips 2.2 adds Thumbnail and CompositeMulti
Version 2.2 adds Thumbnail for direct thumbnail generation and CompositeMulti for combining multiple images in one operation.
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govips 2.1 unifies GLib, libvips, and binding logs
A new logging layer controls verbosity and destination while consolidating GLib, libvips, and govips messages into one channel.
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govips 2.0 starts a new major line with breaking API cleanup
Version 2 cleans up the public API, merges new capabilities from a fork, and fixes multiple issues; 2.0.1 then adds an option to strip metadata during export.
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sharp 0.26 adds animated output and custom ICC profiles
Version 0.26 adds animated GIF/WebP output, ImageMagick 7 loaders, multi-page input, and custom ICC profiles, while changing JPEG and TIFF defaults.
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libvips 8.10 begins a new stable series
The 8.10 series continues the Source/Target I/O and format work and later becomes the minimum libvips baseline for early govips v2 releases.
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sharp 0.25 migrates its native extension to N-API
Version 0.25 moves the internals to N-API, reducing installation and upgrade friction caused by changes to the Node.js native ABI.
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sharp 0.24 moves read controls into input options
Version 0.24 moves limitInputPixels and sequentialRead into input options, exposes animation delay/loop metadata, and fixes high-bit-depth ICC and rotate ordering issues.
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2019
libvips 8.9 is released
Version 8.9 becomes a compatibility baseline for later binding features and continues the evolution of the newer I/O API, format support, and demand-driven execution paths.
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pyvips 2.1.11 adds Source and Target support
This significant patch brings libvips Source/Target I/O to the Python binding and improves Operation.call, logging, and signal handling.
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sharp 0.23 experiments with HEIF and Worker Threads
Version 0.23 introduces experimental HEIF and Worker Threads, adds WebP encoding controls, and uses libvips built-in CMYK/sRGB profiles for colour conversion.
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libvips 8.8 is released
Version 8.8 starts a new stable series with continued thumbnail, loader/saver, and cross-platform build work; later patches focus mostly on compatibility and reliability.
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sharp 0.22 introduces multi-image composite and multi-page input
Version 0.22 replaces overlayWith with multi-image, blend-aware composite and adds multi-page input, GIF/PDF page selection, and streamed raw input.
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2018
sharp 0.21 unifies resize options and adds arbitrary rotation
Version 0.21 moves crop, embed, max, and related chain methods into resize options and adds arbitrary rotation, more metadata fields, and default SIMD convolution.
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libvips 8.7 is released
The 8.7 stable series advances operations, formats, and binding interfaces; pyvips updates its generated documentation and tests for this API generation.
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sharp 0.20 provides prebuilt binaries for common platforms
This is the earliest standalone version page in the current official changelog; prebuilt sharp binaries materially change installation on common platforms.
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2017
libvips 8.6 expands format and operation support
Version 8.6 adds support for more FITS layouts and expands operations and Windows packaging; subsequent patches address ABI, TIFF, and cache issues.
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pyvips 2.1 adds the faster CFFI API mode
Installation first attempts the faster CFFI API mode and falls back to ABI mode when compilation is unavailable, improving startup and test performance.
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govips 0.2 rewrites its Image and Pipeline APIs
The earliest surviving descriptive release records a complete Image API rewrite, a new Pipeline API, and a set of memory-leak fixes.
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pyvips 2.0 is rewritten on CFFI
Version 2.0 rewrites the Python binding on top of CFFI, establishing the architectural baseline that continues today.
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The libvips 8.5 series enters the surviving GitHub release record
This is among the earliest verifiable libvips 8.5 entries in the current official GitHub release archive; the series already includes smart crop, CMYK save conversion, and improved corrupt-image handling.
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