Libraries & APIs
libjxl: JPEG XL C++
Nightly Dev Builds
jxlatte: Java decoder
jxl-oxide: Rust decoder
jxl-coder: C/C++ Android encoder & decoder
Nightly Dev Builds
jxlatte: Java decoder
jxl-oxide: Rust decoder
jxl-coder: C/C++ Android encoder & decoder
Operating Systems
Apple
macOS
iOS 17+
OpenMandriva Lx
KaOS
And more
Qt / KDE: plugin available
GDK-pixbuf: plugin available in libjxl repo
gThumb
MacOS Viewer/QuickLook Plugin
Windows Imaging Component
Windows Thumbnail Handler
EFL (supported since 1.27, no external plugin needed)
GDK-pixbuf: plugin available in libjxl repo
gThumb
MacOS Viewer/QuickLook Plugin
Windows Imaging Component
Windows Thumbnail Handler
EFL (supported since 1.27, no external plugin needed)
Browser Support
Safari
Thorium
Waterfox
Firefox Nightly
Pale Moon
Basilisk
Orion
For an overview of browser support and to monitor their progress, visit Can I Use.
Image Editors
Photoshop
Lightroom
Affinity
Gimp
Krita
Darktable
Acorn
Camera Raw
And more
Graphic Converter (since 11.5)
XL Converter
Image Toolbox (supported since 2.6.0)
Paint.NET; supported since 4.3.12 - requires a plugin to be downloaded and installed.
Photoshop plugin for Adobe Photoshop 2020 and above on Windows.
JPEG XL Toolbox by SUIKA LTD
RawTherapee (since 5.11); Currently only opening of JXL files is supported. Exporting is expected for the 6.0 release
Photopea Supports importing, a plugin is required for exporting.
XL Converter
Image Toolbox (supported since 2.6.0)
Paint.NET; supported since 4.3.12 - requires a plugin to be downloaded and installed.
Photoshop plugin for Adobe Photoshop 2020 and above on Windows.
JPEG XL Toolbox by SUIKA LTD
RawTherapee (since 5.11); Currently only opening of JXL files is supported. Exporting is expected for the 6.0 release
Photopea Supports importing, a plugin is required for exporting.
Image Libraries
GDAL
Image Magick
FF mpeg
And more
libvips (supported since 8.11)
Imlib2
Graphics Magick (supported since 1.3.38)
SAIL (supported since 0.9.0)
JPEG XL Coder (supports version from Android 5.0 - API Level 21)
SDWebImage JPEGXL Coder (supported since 0.1.0)
Imlib2
Graphics Magick (supported since 1.3.38)
SAIL (supported since 0.9.0)
JPEG XL Coder (supports version from Android 5.0 - API Level 21)
SDWebImage JPEGXL Coder (supported since 0.1.0)
Additional Categories
Metadata Manipulation Libraries
ExifTool by Phil Harvey
(supported since 12.25)
Exiv2 (supported since 0.27.4)
Ashampoo Kim (supported since 0.10)
Exiv2 (supported since 0.27.4)
Ashampoo Kim (supported since 0.10)
Online Tools
Cloud-based Image Delivery Platforms
Image Viewers
Aspect
ImageGlass
IrfanView (supported since 4.59 - requires a plugin to be downloaded and enabled)
jpegview
Swayimg
Mihon
XnView
Any viewer based on Qt, KDE, GDK-pixbuf, EFL, ImageMagick, libvips or imlib2 (see above)
Qt viewers: gwenview, digiKam, KolourPaint, KPhotoAlbum, LXImage-Qt, qimgv, qView, nomacs, VookiImageViewer, PhotoQt
GTK viewers: Eye of Gnome (eog), gThumb, Geeqie
EFL viewers: entice, ephoto
ImageGlass
IrfanView (supported since 4.59 - requires a plugin to be downloaded and enabled)
jpegview
Swayimg
Mihon
XnView
Any viewer based on Qt, KDE, GDK-pixbuf, EFL, ImageMagick, libvips or imlib2 (see above)
Qt viewers: gwenview, digiKam, KolourPaint, KPhotoAlbum, LXImage-Qt, qimgv, qView, nomacs, VookiImageViewer, PhotoQt
GTK viewers: Eye of Gnome (eog), gThumb, Geeqie
EFL viewers: entice, ephoto
Duplicate Image Finders
