Independent JPEG Group
IJG is an informal group that writes and distributes
widely used free library for JPEG image compression. The first version was released on 7-Oct-1991_
The current version is release 9d of 12-Jan-2020. This is
stable and solid foundation for many
application's JPEG support:
You can find our original code and some supporting documentation in the directory files; There is
Windows format package in zip archive format jpegs9dzip and
Unix format
package in tar:gz archive format jpegsTcv9djaLgz: A collection of modified versions with adaptions and error fixes for system maintenance is available on jpegclub.org in the directory
support:
To learn more about how to use JPEG
see the JPEG EAQ: If you'd like to learn about how JPEG works_
start with the comp compression FAQ.
IJG is not affiliated with the ISO/IEC JTCLSC29 WGL standards committee (previously known as JPEG, together with ITU-T SG16).
IJG development continues
Advanced features are
being prepared for coming releases_
The development site for new versions is the JPEG Reference site_