Zig Image library

This is a work in progress library to create, process, read and write different image formats with Zig programming language.

Build

This project assume current Zig master (0.5.0+a6e288d5f).

Build tests

zig build test

How to add to your project:

1. Clone this repository or add as a submodule
2. Add to your build.zig

exe.addPackagePath("zigimg", "zigimg/zigimg.zig");

Supported image formats

Image Format	Read	Write
ANIM	❌	❌
BMP	✔️ (Partial)	❌
GIF	❌	❌
ICO	❌	❌
IILBM	❌	❌
JPEG	❌	❌
PAM	❌	❌
PBM	✔️	❌
PCX	✔️	❌
PGM	✔️ (Partial)	❌
PNG	❌	❌
PPM	✔️ (Partial)	❌
TGA	❌	❌
TIFF	❌	❌
XBM	❌	❌
XPM	❌	❌

BMP - Bitmap

• version 4 BMP
• version 5 BMP
• 24-bit RGB
• 32 RGBA
• Doesn't support any compression

PBM - Portable Bitmap format

• Everything is supported

PCX - ZSoft Picture Exchange format

• Support monochrome, 4 color, 16 color and 256 color indexed images
• Support 24-bit RGB images

PGM - Portable Graymap format

• Support 8-bit grayscale images
• Missing 16-bit grayscale support for now

PPM - Portable Pixmap format

• Support 24-bit RGB (8-bit per channel)
• Missing 48-bit RGB (16-bit per channel)