GraphicsMagick

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.^[3]

DeveloperGraphicsMagick Group

Initial release2002; 24 years ago (2002)

Stable release

1.3.46^[1]  / 29 October 2025

Written inC^[2]

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GraphicsMagick
Developer	GraphicsMagick Group
Initial release	2002; 24 years ago (2002)
Stable release	1.3.46[1]  / 29 October 2025
Written in	C[2]
Operating system	Cross-platform
Type	Graphics software
License	MIT License
Website	www.graphicsmagick.org
Repository	sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/

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In addition to the programming language APIs available with ImageMagick, GraphicsMagick also includes a Tcl API, called TclMagick.^[4]

GraphicsMagick is used by several websites to process large numbers of uploaded photographs.^[5][6] As of 2023, GraphicsMagick had 4 active code contributors while ImageMagick had 24 active contributors.^[7]

The most recent stable release of GraphicsMagick, version 1.3.45, was made available on August 27, 2024.^[8]