What is actual difference between GraphicsMagick and ImageMagick?

imagemagick graphicsmagick
Y.N picture Y.N · Sep 17, 2015 · Viewed 18.3k times · Source

What is the actual difference between the GraphicsMagick and the ImageMagick libraries (source to compare list or article needed)?

Answer

Frank Buss picture Frank Buss · Sep 17, 2018

The GraphicsMagick homepage has a list of differences. But it might be a bit biased. In general, GraphicsMagick seems to be faster (see e.g. this article), with a more stable API and less bugs. Many big websites uses it instead of ImageMagick.

Related questions

Convert HTML string to an image in Python

I want to convert following HTML to PNG image in Python. <html> <b>Bold text</b> </html> This HTML is, of course, an example. I have tried 'pisa' but it converts html …

Read More
What is the difference between ImageMagick and GraphicsMagick?

I've found myself evaluating both of these libs. Apart from what the GraphicsMagick comparison says, I see that ImageMagick still got updates and it seems that the two are almost identical. I'm just looking to do basic image manipulation in …

Read More
What options for convert (ImageMagick or GraphicsMagick) produce the smallest (filesize) PNG?

ImageMagick creates some pretty large PNGs. GraphicsMagick is a lot better, but I'm still looking for the best options to use with convert to obtain the smallest filesize png. I have here a large png with a small filesize, and …

Read More