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/usr/bin/vipsthumbnail

A fast image processing library with low memory needs - temporary version stream to support tileserver-gl

From libvips-8.17 8.17.3-r1 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running vipsthumbnail --help (exit 0). permalink

Usage:
  vipsthumbnail [OPTION…] - thumbnail generator

Help Options:
  -h, --help                    Show help options

Application Options:
  -s, --size=SIZE               shrink to SIZE or to WIDTHxHEIGHT
  -o, --output=FORMAT           output to FORMAT
  --output-profile=PROFILE      export with PROFILE
  --input-profile=PROFILE       import untagged images with PROFILE
  -a, --linear                  process in linear space
  -m, --smartcrop=STRATEGY      shrink and crop to fill SIZE using STRATEGY
  -n, --intent=INTENT           ICC transform with INTENT
  --no-rotate                   don't auto-rotate
  -v, --version                 print version
  --vips-concurrency=N          evaluate with N concurrent threads
  --vips-max-coord              maximum coordinate
  --vips-progress               show progress feedback
  --vips-leak                   leak-check on exit
  --vips-profile                profile and dump timing on exit
  --vips-disc-threshold=N       images larger than N are decompressed to disc
  --vips-novector               disable vectorised versions of operations
  --vips-cache-max=N            cache at most N operations
  --vips-cache-max-memory=N     cache at most N bytes in memory
  --vips-cache-max-files=N      allow at most N open files
  --vips-cache-trace            trace operation cache
  --vips-cache-dump             dump operation cache on exit
  --vips-version                print libvips version
  --vips-config                 print libvips config
  --vips-pipe-read-limit        read at most this many bytes from a pipe
Options (30)
OptionDescriptionSource
-h, --helpShow help optionshelp
-s, --size SIZESet the output thumbnail size to N x N pixels.help + man
-o, --output FORMATSet the output format string.help + man
--output-profile PROFILEexport with PROFILEhelp
--input-profile PROFILEimport untagged images with PROFILEhelp
-a, --linearShrink images in linear light colour space.help + man
-m, --smartcrop STRATEGYshrink and crop to fill SIZE using STRATEGYhelp
-n, --intent INTENTICC transform with INTENThelp
--no-rotatedon't auto-rotatehelp
-v, --versionprint versionhelp
--vips-concurrency Nevaluate with N concurrent threadshelp
--vips-max-coordmaximum coordinatehelp
--vips-progressshow progress feedbackhelp
--vips-leakleak-check on exithelp
--vips-profileprofile and dump timing on exithelp
--vips-disc-threshold Nimages larger than N are decompressed to dischelp
--vips-novectordisable vectorised versions of operationshelp
--vips-cache-max Ncache at most N operationshelp
--vips-cache-max-memory Ncache at most N bytes in memoryhelp
--vips-cache-max-files Nallow at most N open fileshelp
--vips-cache-tracetrace operation cachehelp
--vips-cache-dumpdump operation cache on exithelp
--vips-versionprint libvips versionhelp
--vips-configprint libvips confighelp
--vips-pipe-read-limitread at most this many bytes from a pipehelp
-e, --eprofile PROFILEExport thumbnails with this ICC profile. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
-i, --iprofile PROFILEImport images with this ICC profile, if no profile is embedded in the image. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
-c, --cropCrop the output image down. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
-d, --deleteDelete the output profile from the image. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
-t, --rotateAuto-rotate images using EXIF orientation tags. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
Exit status (1) from the manual page
0success and non-zero on error

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