libwebpv1.6.0

Updated: 2026-08-28

WebP codec: library to encode and decode images in WebP format

Project website: https://github.com/webmproject/libwebp

#Usage

libwebp provides CMake targets:

find_package(WebP CONFIG REQUIRED)
# basic usage
target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE WebP::webp WebP::webpdecoder WebP::webpdemux)
# for manipulating the WebP graphics format container (port feature libwebpmux)
target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE WebP::libwebpmux)
# for sharp RGB to YUV conversion
target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE WebP::sharpyuv)

#License

BSD-3-Clause

BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License

#Supported Platforms

All platforms supported.

#Features

Default features: simd, libwebpmux, nearlossless

#all

enable all features except for swap16bitcsp

Dependencies:

libwebp
Features: anim, cwebp, dwebp, extras, gif2webp, img2webp, info, libwebpmux, mux, nearlossless, simd
libwebp
Platforms: !osx & !static
Features: libwebpmux, nearlossless, simd, vwebp
libwebp
Platforms: !android & !osx & !uwp & !(windows & static)
Features: libwebpmux, nearlossless, simd, vwebp-sdl

and 12 transitive dependencies:

dbus (through sdl2)
Platforms: linux
Features: (none)
egl-registry (through opengl-registry)
expat (through dbus)
freeglut (through libwebp)
giflib (through libwebp)
libjpeg-turbo (through libwebp)
libpng (through libwebp)
opengl (through freeglut)
opengl-registry (through opengl)
sdl2 (through libwebp)
tiff (through libwebp)
Features: (none)
zlib (through libpng)

Host Dependencies:

3 transitive dependencies:

vcpkg-cmake (through giflib)
vcpkg-cmake-config (through libjpeg-turbo)
vcpkg-cmake-get-vars (through libpng)
Platforms: arm & android

#anim

Build animation utilities.

Dependencies:

giflib
libjpeg-turbo
libpng
libwebp
Features: img2webp, mux
tiff
Features: (none)

and one transitive dependency:

zlib (through libpng)

Host Dependencies:

3 transitive dependencies:

vcpkg-cmake (through giflib)
vcpkg-cmake-config (through libjpeg-turbo)
vcpkg-cmake-get-vars (through libpng)
Platforms: arm & android

#cwebp

Build the cwebp command line tool.

Dependencies:

libjpeg-turbo
libpng
tiff
Features: (none)

and one transitive dependency:

zlib (through libpng)

Host Dependencies:

3 transitive dependencies:

vcpkg-cmake (through libjpeg-turbo)
vcpkg-cmake-config (through libjpeg-turbo)
vcpkg-cmake-get-vars (through libpng)
Platforms: arm & android

#dwebp

Build the dwebp command line tool.

Dependencies:

libjpeg-turbo
libpng
tiff
Features: (none)

and one transitive dependency:

zlib (through libpng)

Host Dependencies:

3 transitive dependencies:

vcpkg-cmake (through libjpeg-turbo)
vcpkg-cmake-config (through libjpeg-turbo)
vcpkg-cmake-get-vars (through libpng)
Platforms: arm & android

#extras

Build extras. (Doesn't include vwebp-sdl.)

Dependencies:

libjpeg-turbo
libpng
tiff
Features: (none)

and one transitive dependency:

zlib (through libpng)

Host Dependencies:

3 transitive dependencies:

vcpkg-cmake (through libjpeg-turbo)
vcpkg-cmake-config (through libjpeg-turbo)
vcpkg-cmake-get-vars (through libpng)
Platforms: arm & android

#gif2webp

Build the gif2webp conversion tool.

Dependencies:

giflib
libwebp
Features: libwebpmux

No transitive dependencies.

Host Dependencies:

one transitive dependency:

vcpkg-cmake (through giflib)

#img2webp

Build the img2webp animation tool.

Dependencies:

libjpeg-turbo
libpng
libwebp
Features: libwebpmux
tiff
Features: (none)

and one transitive dependency:

zlib (through libpng)

Host Dependencies:

3 transitive dependencies:

vcpkg-cmake (through libjpeg-turbo)
vcpkg-cmake-config (through libjpeg-turbo)
vcpkg-cmake-get-vars (through libpng)
Platforms: arm & android

#info

Build the webpinfo command line tool.

Dependencies:

No dependencies.

Host Dependencies:

No dependencies.

#libwebpmuxdefault

Build the libwebpmux library

Dependencies:

No dependencies.

Host Dependencies:

No dependencies.

#mux

Build the webpmux command line tool.

Dependencies:

libwebp
Features: libwebpmux

No transitive dependencies.

Host Dependencies:

No dependencies.

#nearlosslessdefault

Enable near-lossless encoding

Dependencies:

No dependencies.

Host Dependencies:

No dependencies.

#simd

Enable any SIMD optimization.

Dependencies:

No dependencies.

Host Dependencies:

No dependencies.

#swap16bitcsp

Enable byte swap for 16 bit colorspaces.

Dependencies:

No dependencies.

Host Dependencies:

No dependencies.

#unicode

Build Unicode executables. (Adds definition UNICODE and _UNICODE)

Dependencies:

No dependencies.

Host Dependencies:

No dependencies.

#vwebp

Build the vwebp viewer tool.

Platforms: !osx & !(windows & static)

✅linux
✅uwp
✅windows-dynamic

❌~~osx~~
❌~~windows-static~~

Dependencies:

and 2 transitive dependencies:

egl-registry (through opengl-registry)
opengl-registry (through opengl)

Host Dependencies:

2 transitive dependencies:

vcpkg-cmake (through freeglut)
vcpkg-cmake-config (through freeglut)

#vwebp-sdl

Build the vwebp viewer tool for SDL.

Dependencies:

libwebp
Features: extras, vwebp
sdl2

and 10 transitive dependencies:

dbus (through sdl2)
Platforms: linux
Features: (none)
egl-registry (through opengl-registry)
expat (through dbus)
freeglut (through libwebp)
libjpeg-turbo (through libwebp)
libpng (through libwebp)
opengl (through freeglut)
opengl-registry (through opengl)
tiff (through libwebp)
Features: (none)
zlib (through libpng)

Host Dependencies:

3 transitive dependencies:

vcpkg-cmake (through libjpeg-turbo)
vcpkg-cmake-config (through libjpeg-turbo)
vcpkg-cmake-get-vars (through libpng)
Platforms: arm & android

#Dependencies

libwebp
Platforms: windows
Features: unicode
libwebp
Platforms: osx & x64
Features: simd

No transitive dependencies.

#Host Dependencies

No transitive dependencies.

#Used By

allegro5
aui
aui-toolbox
elements
ffmpeg (feature webp)
freeimage
gdal (feature webp)
graphicsmagick
graphviz
gstreamer (feature webp)
leptonica
libgd (feature webp)
libvips (feature webp)
libwebp
libwebp (feature all)
libwebp (feature anim)
libwebp (feature gif2webp)
libwebp (feature img2webp)
libwebp (feature mux)
libwebp (feature vwebp-sdl)
mapnik (feature webp)
opencv3 (feature webp)
opencv4 (feature webp)
openimageio (feature webp)
osgearth
qt5-imageformats (feature webp)
qtimageformats (feature webp)
qtwebengine (feature pdf)
sail (feature webp)
sdl2-image (feature libwebp)
sdl3-image (feature webp)
skia (feature webp)
tiff (feature webp)
tiledb (feature webp)
wxwidgets

#Host Tool For

No ports use this.

#Contributors

Silvio
Alexander Karatarakis
Mikhail Paulyshka
Ivy Snow
LazyHamster
Robert Schumacher
Victor Romero
kiwixz
Stefano Sinigardi
JackBoosY
pravic
JackBoosY
Tatsuro Shibamura
Alexander Neumann
Alexander Neumann
Phoebe
Matthew Oliver
Kai Pastor
Billy O'Neal
JonLiu1993
Clinton Ingram
autoantwort
Theodore Tsirpanis
Frank
chausner
Lily Wang
Thomas1664
Ryan Zoeller
Andrew Tribick
Byoungchan Lee
SunBlack

#Changelog

b9b668c
b9b668c[sdl1] Deindex (#53592)
2026-08-28
4698b36
4698b36[libwebp] Remove NDK-bundled cpu-features source files (#48279)
2025-11-14
48f6fbb
48f6fbb[libwebp] SIMD is optional on emscripten (#47076)
2025-08-27
966fbe9
966fbe9[libwebp] Update to 1.6.0 (#46733)
2025-08-06
96d5fb3
96d5fb3[sdl1,libwebp] Update features baseline (#45214)
2025-04-26
6c9dfbe
6c9dfbe[libwebp] update to 1.5.0 (#43039)
2025-01-03
3a882b3
3a882b3[many ports] Don't depend on default features of tiff (#38049)
2024-05-01
acc74b2
acc74b2[libwebp] Update to 1.4.0 (#38253)
2024-04-19
5d07886
5d07886[libwebp] Update to 1.3.2 (#33785)
2023-09-18
e4abb6d
e4abb6d[libwebp] Fix target include files (#33212)
2023-08-17

Show 50 earlier changes

3a30230
3a30230[libwebp] Fix SIMD patch quirks (#32985)
2023-08-08
f4b6001
f4b6001[libwebp] Update to version 1.3.1. (#32767)
2023-07-26
25be4c4
25be4c4[libwebp] Do not emit AVX when not requested by the toolchain (#21644)
2023-07-14
91dd61b
91dd61b[libwebp] Update to 1.3.0, misc changes (#29165)
2023-01-27
031c19f
031c19f[libwebp] use supports expressions (#28481)
2022-12-28
cea9805
cea9805[libwebp] Update to 1.2.4 (#26319)
2022-08-15
cf2e61b
cf2e61b[libwebp] update to 1.2.3 (#25959)
2022-07-28
99346bb
99346bb[libwebp] Update, cleanup (#23864)
2022-04-13
8e0a801
8e0a801[libwebp] update to 1.2.1 (#20152)
2021-09-27
b295670
b295670Bulk convert control files. (#19986)
2021-09-09
369e139
369e139[libwebp] Fix release-only builds (#17172)
2021-04-30
85a48c1
85a48c1[ffmpeg] Add support for dav1d,fontconfig,freetype,fribidi,ilbc,modplug,opengl,openjpeg,libssh,tensorflow,tesseract,webp,libxml2 dependencies. (#15787)
2021-04-07
5e8bcc9
5e8bcc9[Many ports] fix invalid character in feature name (#12306)
2020-07-08
3310f8e
3310f8efix the xrandr link issue
2020-02-03
3f6be88
3f6be88removed traces of web_js completly
2020-02-03
f028e3a
f028e3atried to fix build failure for web_js but am out of ideas. -> removed feature.
2020-02-03
8c64335
8c64335Fatal error on invalid feature combination.
2020-02-03
d8167d3
d8167d3fix extra dependencies and build errors
2020-02-03
09dca6d
09dca6dupdate missing sdl dependency in feature extras
2020-02-03
b8a3341
b8a3341change cmake target path to WebP
2020-01-20
74e8f62
74e8f62fix linux regression
2020-01-19
af2bf73
af2bf73always build mux library
2020-01-16
68d7204
68d7204fix accidental removal of targets and configs
2020-01-15
b4ebb0a
b4ebb0aupdate to 1.1.0
2020-01-15
6f1e19f
6f1e19fadd necessary preprocessor definition
2020-01-15
7912f3f
7912f3fretry with split feature dependencies.
2020-01-14
824fffd
824fffdfix control syntax
2020-01-14
2c96133
2c96133deactivate vwebp and extras on osx. (due to CI message)
2020-01-14
8d3ac08
8d3ac08restore the all feature.
2020-01-13
f6d328d
f6d328dupdate libwebp and improve portfile
2020-01-12
13c4d0c
13c4d0c[libwebp] Fixed build error ARM64 Windows 10 (#9300)
2019-12-23
6c7635d
6c7635d[libwebp]Fix two dependent windows library link conditions.
2019-08-25
47d206e
47d206e[many ports] improvements for linux/wsl (#6730)
2019-06-20
18b029a
18b029a[WIP] Add a Homepage URL entry for vcpkg ports (#2933)
2019-06-15
3d4b4c0
3d4b4c0[libwebp]Fix static build: add dependency libraries "dxguid winmm". (#6648)
2019-05-28
9c33de2
9c33de2[freeimage,freeglut,giflib,libwebp] port patches from #5169 (#6364)
2019-05-09
a0415b3
a0415b3[libwebp] do not include all feature by default (#5886)
2019-04-02
bd94d1e
bd94d1e[freeimage, libwebp, OpenEXR, OpenVDB] Updates (#5417)
2019-02-26
e4a619c
e4a619c[eigen3][libffi][libmysql][libwebp][rapidjson][websocketpp] Convert to use vcpkg_from_github
2018-03-02
5609d34
5609d34[libwebp] Deploy FindWebP.cmake
2018-02-23
d2c1aad
d2c1aadFixed build & install. Added mux library.
2018-02-01
a234842
a234842[libwebp] update to 0.6.1
2018-01-19
26516fe
26516fevcpkg_configure_cmake (and _meson) now embed debug symbols within static libs (/Z7)
2017-09-09
852a40b
852a40b[libwebp] update to 0.6.0
2017-03-24
b93702f
b93702f[libwebp] Bump version
2016-11-16
5e92169
5e92169[libwebp] Fix debug postfix and build
2016-11-16
1808d46
1808d46triplet is now automatically included before portfiles.
2016-11-08
71594b6
71594b6Remove portfile branching of vcpkg_copy_pdbs()
2016-10-31
cb948e8
cb948e8[libwebp] Add call to vcpkg_copy_pdbs()
2016-10-24
3e6fe1f
3e6fe1fAdd libwebp port
2016-10-23

#Usage

#License

#Supported Platforms

#Features

#all

#anim

#cwebp

#dwebp

#extras

#gif2webp

#img2webp

#info

#libwebpmuxdefault

#mux

#nearlosslessdefault

#simd

#swap16bitcsp

#unicode

#vwebp

#vwebp-sdl

#Dependencies

#Host Dependencies

#Used By

#Host Tool For

#Contributors

#Changelog

#Port Files