GraphicsMagick

{{Short description|Free and open-source image manipulation software}}

{{Infobox software

| name = GraphicsMagick

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| logo = GraphicsMagick-Logo.png

| screenshot = GraphicsMagick 1.3.36 screenshot.png

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| developer = GraphicsMagick Group

| released = {{Start date and age|2002}}

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| latest release date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q4039670|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

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| programming language = C{{cite web |url=http://www.ohloh.net/p/GraphicsMagick |title=Ohloh Analysis Summary - GraphicsMagick |publisher=Ohloh |access-date=2010-10-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110808092452/http://www.ohloh.net/p/GraphicsMagick |archive-date=2011-08-08 }}

| operating system = Cross-platform

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| genre = Graphics software

| license = MIT License

| website = {{URL|www.graphicsmagick.org}}

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GraphicsMagick 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.[http://marc.info/?l=imagemagick-developer&m=104777007831767&w=2 imagemagick-developer mailing list: "Introducing GraphicsMagick Project", 15 March 2003]

In addition to the programming language APIs available with ImageMagick, GraphicsMagick also includes a Tcl API, called TclMagick.{{Cite web |last=Emms |first=Steve |date=2023-11-05 |title=GraphicsMagick - Image Processing System |url=https://www.linuxlinks.com/graphicsmagick-image-processing-system/ |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=LinuxLinks |language=en-GB}}

GraphicsMagick is used by several websites to process large numbers of uploaded photographs.{{cite web|title=Slides from Web2.0 Expo 2009. (and somethin else interestin')|url=https://www.kitchensoap.com/2009/04/03/slides-from-web20-expo-2009-and-somethin-else-interestin/|website=Kitchen Soap|date=2009-04-03|accessdate=2024-12-09|lang=en}}{{cite web|author=Mike Brittain|title=Batch Processing Millions and Millions of Images|url=https://www.etsy.com/codeascraft/batch-processing-millions-of-images/|website=Etsy|date=2010-07-09|lang=en}} As of 2023, GraphicsMagick had 4 active code contributors while ImageMagick had 24 active contributors.{{cite web |url=https://openhub.net/p/_compare?project_0=GraphicsMagick&project_1=ImageMagick |title=Compare Projects: GraphicsMagick and ImageMagick |website=OpenHub.net |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231220154552/https://openhub.net/p/_compare?project_0=GraphicsMagick&project_1=ImageMagick |archive-date=2023-12-20}}

The most recent stable release of GraphicsMagick, version 1.3.45, was made available on August 27, 2024.{{Cite web |title=GraphicsMagick News |url=http://www.graphicsmagick.org/NEWS.html |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=www.graphicsmagick.org}}