PNG Reference Library: libpng

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This is an open source project to develop and maintain the reference library for use in applications that read, create, and manipulate PNG (Portable Network Graphics) raster image files.

UPDATE 18 June 2009: The latest released versions are libpng-1.0.46 and libpng-1.2.37. [DOWNLOAD]

UPDATE 28 June 2009 The latest development versions are libpng-1.2.38rc02 and libpng-1.4.0beta66. [DOWNLOAD]

UPDATE 31 March 2009 A "git" repository for libpng has been developed. You can browse it here.

The primary web site for PNG is www.libpng.org/pub/png.

The primary public ftp site for libpng is ftp://ftp.simplesystems.org/pub/png.

The ftp site for beta versions of libpng is ftp://ftp.simplesystems.org/pub/png-group/.

The current public and beta versions of libpng are available here at sourceforge.net.

There are pointers to various distributions of libpng and MD5 checksums here.

The Sourceforge project page for libpng is here.

A "git" repository for libpng is available. You can access it by cloning git://libpng.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/libpng or you can browse it here.

The mailing list for libpng developers and developers of libpng-based applications is png-mng-implement (at) lists.sourceforge.net. Visit http://png-mng.sourceforge.net/pub/png/pngmisc.html#lists to subscribe. (archived here)

Bug reports can be sent to the mailing list or submitted via the SourceForge Bug tracker

Feel free to download and use the official PNG logo (size 88x31) with your application documentation and web pages:

pngbar.png		pngbar.jpg
Both	pngbar.tar.gz	Both	pngbar.zip

This site belongs to the PNG Development Group and is maintained for the group by Glenn Randers-Pehrson glennrp at users.sourceforge.net

Web space for this project is being provided by sourceforge.net