Pillow

7.1easy start · #3 of 36
in Image Converter Software

Free to practise onyes
Free trialnot on record
Well documentedyes
Runs where you workyes

Runs on Linux, Mac, Windows.

Pillow is ranked #3 of 36 in image converter software on The Geeks Club. It runs on Linux, macOS, Windows. There is a free plan.

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Pillow Free Open source software · optional commercial support and maintenance through Sonar Subscription python-pillow.org · 30 Sept 2026

Compared on image converter software

Free plan: Yes
Batch conversion: Yes
Image resizing: Yes
Color mode conversion: Yes
API access: Yes

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The record

Purpose: Pillow adds image processing capabilities to Python for opening, editing, and saving image files.
Image formats: The library can identify and read over 30 raster file formats, while write support is less extensive and covers most common interchange and presentation formats.
Image operations: The handbook covers image processing, color transforms, enhancement, geometrical transforms, and image sequences.
License: Pillow is licensed under the open source MIT-CMU License.
Install: The project documents installation with pip using `python3 -m pip install --upgrade Pillow`.
Supported systems: The project aims to support current versions of Linux, macOS, and Windows, and documents platform-specific build and test targets.
Python versions: Pillow 12 supports Python 3.10 through 3.14 according to the version support table.
Optional features: Some capabilities require external libraries; JPEG and zlib are required by default when building from source, while WebP, JPEG 2000, color management, and complex text layout use additional libraries.
Security guidance: The security documentation identifies parsing untrusted image data as Pillow’s primary attack surface and recommends mitigations such as format allowlists, input limits, and sandboxing.
Vulnerability reporting: The project directs users to report sensitive vulnerability information privately on GitHub, with a Tidelift contact as an alternative.
Support: Development and technical discussions are directed to GitHub, Stack Overflow, and Gitter, and the core maintainers are volunteers.
Commercial support: The project says commercial support and maintenance for Pillow are available as part of the Sonar Subscription.
Ecosystem use: The project site names Django, Wagtail, Home Assistant, and Matplotlib as projects that use Pillow for image-related tasks.
Founded: 2010
Price from: Free

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Best Image Converter Software in 2026#3 of 36

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Sources

python-pillow.org· checked 30 Sept 2026
pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/handbook/image-file-formats.h· checked 30 Sept 2026
pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/handbook/index.html· checked 30 Sept 2026
pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/about.html· checked 30 Sept 2026
pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installation/basic-installati· checked 30 Sept 2026
pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installation/platform-support· checked 30 Sept 2026
pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installation/python-support.h· checked 30 Sept 2026
pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installation/building-from-so· checked 30 Sept 2026
pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/handbook/security.html· checked 30 Sept 2026
github.com/python-pillow/Pillow· checked 30 Sept 2026