# libopenraw

libopenraw is an ongoing project to provide a free software implementation for camera RAW files decoding. One of the main reason is that [[dcraw|http://www.cybercom.net/~dcoffin/dcraw/]] is not suited for easy integration into applications, and there is a need for an easy to use API to build free software digital image processing application. 

It also has the goal to address missing feature from [[dcraw|http://www.cybercom.net/~dcoffin/dcraw/]] like meta-data decoding and easy thumbnail extraction. 


## Status

This is currently a work in progress. The currently unreleased code is available in git. See [[GettingTheCode]]. 

* version 0.1.3 [[tar.bz2|https://libopenraw.freedesktop.org/download/libopenraw-0.1.3.tar.bz2]] [[GPG sig|https://libopenraw.freedesktop.org/download/libopenraw-0.1.3.tar.bz2.asc]] - 3 May 2018 
* version 0.1.2 [[tar.bz2|https://libopenraw.freedesktop.org/download/libopenraw-0.1.2.tar.bz2]] [[GPG sig|https://libopenraw.freedesktop.org/download/libopenraw-0.1.2.tar.bz2.asc]] - 17 Apr 2017 
* version 0.1.1 [[tar.bz2|https://libopenraw.freedesktop.org/download/libopenraw-0.1.1.tar.bz2]] [[GPG sig|https://libopenraw.freedesktop.org/download/libopenraw-0.1.1.tar.bz2.asc]] - 18 Mar 2017 
* version 0.1.0 [[tar.bz2|https://libopenraw.freedesktop.org/download/libopenraw-0.1.0.tar.bz2]] [[GPG sig|https://libopenraw.freedesktop.org/download/libopenraw-0.1.0.tar.bz2.asc]] - 27 Nov 2016 
* version 0.0.9 [[tar.bz2|https://libopenraw.freedesktop.org/download/libopenraw-0.0.9.tar.bz2]] [[GPG sig|https://libopenraw.freedesktop.org/download/libopenraw-0.0.9.tar.bz2.asc]] - 13 Nov 2011 
* version 0.0.8 [[tar.gz|https://libopenraw.freedesktop.org/download/libopenraw-0.0.8.tar.gz]] [[GPG sig|https://libopenraw.freedesktop.org/download/libopenraw-0.0.8.tar.gz.asc]] - 15 May 2009 
* version 0.0.7 [[tar.gz|https://libopenraw.freedesktop.org/download/libopenraw-0.0.7.tar.gz]] [[GPG sig|https://libopenraw.freedesktop.org/download/libopenraw-0.0.7.tar.gz.asc]] - 28 Apr 2009 
* version 0.0.6 [[tar.gz|https://libopenraw.freedesktop.org/download/libopenraw-0.0.6.tar.gz]] [[GPG sig|https://libopenraw.freedesktop.org/download/libopenraw-0.0.6.tar.gz.asc]] - 21 Feb 2009 
* version 0.0.5 [[tar.gz|https://libopenraw.freedesktop.org/download/libopenraw-0.0.5.tar.gz]] [[GPG sig|https://libopenraw.freedesktop.org/download/libopenraw-0.0.5.tar.gz.asc]] - 26 Feb 2008 
* version 0.0.4 [[tar.gz|https://libopenraw.freedesktop.org/download/libopenraw-0.0.4.tar.gz]] [[GPG sig|https://libopenraw.freedesktop.org/download/libopenraw-0.0.4.tar.gz.asc]] - 12 Jan 2008 
* version 0.0.3 [[tar.gz|https://libopenraw.freedesktop.org/download/libopenraw-0.0.3.tar.gz]] [[GPG sig|https://libopenraw.freedesktop.org/download/libopenraw-0.0.3.tar.gz.asc]] - 25 Nov 2007 
* version 0.0.2 [[tar.gz|https://libopenraw.freedesktop.org/download/libopenraw-0.0.2.tar.gz]] [[GPG sig|https://libopenraw.freedesktop.org/download/libopenraw-0.0.2.tar.gz.sig]] - 25 Jan 2007 
* version 0.0.1 [[tar.gz|https://libopenraw.freedesktop.org/download/libopenraw-0.0.1.tar.gz]] [[GPG sig|https://libopenraw.freedesktop.org/download/libopenraw-0.0.1.tar.gz.sig]] - 9 Dec 2006 


## Where to go

* [[PlannedFeatures]]: what are the plan 
* [[GettingTheCode]]: downloading the source 
* [[Packages]]: pre-built packages 
* [[Building]]: building the library 
* [[Library Documentation|https://libopenraw.freedesktop.org/doxygen]] (Doxygen generated) 
* [[BugReporting]]: how to report a bug 
* [[FAQ]]: frequent questions 
* [[FileFormats]]: our documentation on file formats 
* [[LinkToDocumentation]]: external documentation 
* [[Demosaicing]] 

## Getting in touch


### Mailing lists

There is mailing list for developers available now. Visit <https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libopenraw-dev> to subscribe. You can also access the archive: <https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libopenraw-dev/>


### IRC

Join us on #libopenraw on the [[FreeNode]] irc network (irc.freenode.net). 


## Satellite Projects

* [[Exempi]], a library to parse XMP metadata. 
* [[RawThumbnailer]] a thumbnailer for Gnome Nautilus that use libopenraw. 
-- [[HubertFiguiere]]