GraphicsMagick

GraphicsMagick
DeveloperGraphicsMagick Group
Release2002; 24 years ago (2002)
Stable release
1.3.49 Edit this on Wikidata / 8 October 2026
Written inC
Operating systemCross-platform
TypeGraphics software
LicenseMIT License
Websitewww.graphicsmagick.org
Repository

GraphicsMagick, invoked from the command line as gm, is a fork of ImageMagick, emphasizing stability of both programming API and command-line options. It was branched off ImageMagick's version 5.5.2 in 2002 after irreconcilable differences emerged in the developers' group.

In addition to the programming language APIs available with ImageMagick, GraphicsMagick also includes a Tcl API, called TclMagick.

GraphicsMagick is used by several websites to process large numbers of uploaded photographs. As of 2023, GraphicsMagick had 4 active code contributors while ImageMagick had 24 active contributors.

References

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