Python Imaging Library

Python Imaging Library

Python Imaging Library is a <a href="/en/Free_and_open-source_software" title="Free and open-source software" class="wl">free and open-source</a> additional <a href="/en/Library_(computing)" title="Library (computing)" class="wl">library</a> for the <a href="/en/Python_(programming_language)" title="Python (programming language)" class="wl">Python programming language</a> that adds support for opening, <a href="/en/Image_editing" title="Image editing" class="wl">manipulating</a>, and saving many different <a href="/en/Image_file_formats" title="Image file formats" class="mw-redirect wl">image file formats</a>. It is available for <a href="/en/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows" class="wl">Windows</a>, Mac OS X and <a href="/en/Linux" title="Linux" class="wl">Linux</a>. The latest version of PIL is 1.1.7, was released in September 2009 and supports Python 1.5.2–2.7.<a href="#cite_note-website-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;">[2]</a>

<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles mw:Transclusion">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn">Quick facts: Original author(s), Developer(s), Initial rel... ▼</header> <table class="infobox vevent mobile-collapse-element"><caption class="infobox-title summary">Python Imaging Library</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/en/Programmer" title="Programmer" class="wl">Original author(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Fredrik Lundh</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/en/Programmer" title="Programmer" class="wl">Developer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Secret Labs AB</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Initial release</th><td class="infobox-data">1995; 28&nbsp;years ago&nbsp;(1995)<a href="#cite_note-license-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;">[1]</a></td></tr><tr style="display: none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/en/Software_release_life_cycle" title="Software release life cycle" class="wl">Stable release</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="margin:0px;">1.1.7
 / November&nbsp;15, 2009; 13 years ago&nbsp;(2009-11-15)<a href="#cite_note-website-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;">[2]</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/en/Software_release_life_cycle#Beta" title="Software release life cycle" class="wl">Preview release</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="margin:0px;">1.2a0<a href="#cite_note-hg-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;">[3]</a>
 / 2011; 12&nbsp;years ago&nbsp;(2011)</div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2">
</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Written in</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Python_(programming_language)" title="Python (programming language)" class="wl">Python</a>, <a href="/en/C_(programming_language)" title="C (programming language)" class="wl">C</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/en/Software_categories#Categorization_approaches" title="Software categories" class="wl">Type</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Library for <a href="/en/Image_processing" title="Image processing" class="mw-redirect wl">image processing</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/en/Software_license" title="Software license" class="wl">License</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Python Imaging Library license<a href="#cite_note-license-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;">[1]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/" class="external text" target="_blank">www.pythonware.com/products/pil/</a>&nbsp;<a href="/en/Q2985103?uselang=en#P856" title="Edit this on Wikidata" class="image wl"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" data-file-type="drawing" height="10" width="10" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" alt="OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg"></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'>Close ▲</footer></div>

<div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn">Quick facts: Original author(s), Initial release, Stable r... ▼</header> <table class="infobox vevent mobile-collapse-element"><caption class="infobox-title summary">Pillow</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/en/Programmer" title="Programmer" class="wl">Original author(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Alex Clark</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Initial release</th><td class="infobox-data">31&nbsp;July 2010; 12 years ago&nbsp;(2010-07-31)<a href="#cite_note-license-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;">[1]</a></td></tr><tr style="display: none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/en/Software_release_life_cycle" title="Software release life cycle" class="wl">Stable release</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="margin:0px;">9.4.0
 / January&nbsp;2, 2023; 2 months ago&nbsp;(2023-01-02)</div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2">
</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Written in</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Python_(programming_language)" title="Python (programming language)" class="wl">Python</a>, <a href="/en/C_(programming_language)" title="C (programming language)" class="wl">C</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/en/Software_categories#Categorization_approaches" title="Software categories" class="wl">Type</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Library for <a href="/en/Image_processing" title="Image processing" class="mw-redirect wl">image processing</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/en/Software_license" title="Software license" class="wl">License</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Python Imaging Library license<a href="#cite_note-license-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;">[1]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="https://python-pillow.org" class="external text" target="_blank">python-pillow.org</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'>Close ▲</footer></div>

Development of the original project, known as PIL, was discontinued in 2011.<a href="#cite_note-hg-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;">[3]</a> Subsequently, a successor project named Pillow <a href="/en/Fork_(software_development)" title="Fork (software development)" class="wl">forked</a> the PIL repository and added Python 3.x support.<a href="#cite_note-pillow-4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;">[4]</a> This fork has been adopted as a replacement for the original PIL in <a href="/en/Linux_distribution" title="Linux distribution" class="wl">Linux distributions</a> including <a href="/en/Debian_GNU/Linux" title="Debian GNU/Linux" class="mw-redirect wl">Debian</a><a href="#cite_note-5" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;">[5]</a> and <a href="/en/Ubuntu" title="Ubuntu" class="wl">Ubuntu</a> (since <a href="/en/Ubuntu_version_history#1304" title="Ubuntu version history" class="wl">13.04</a>).<a href="#cite_note-6" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 6;">[6]</a>

Python Imaging Library is a free and open-source additional library for the Python programming language that adds support for opening, manipulating, and saving many different image file formats. It is available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. The latest version of PIL is 1.1.7, was released in September 2009 and supports Python 1.5.2–2.7. Development of the original project, known as PIL, was discontinued in 2011. 