WebP

WebP
Filename extension
.webp[1]
Internet media typeimage/webp[2]
Uniform Type Identifier (UTI)org.webmproject.webp[3]
Magic number52 49 46 46 xx xx xx xx 57 45 42 50 56 50 38[2]
Developed byGoogle
Initial release30 September 2010; 14 years ago (2010-09-30)[4]
Type of formatImage file format with lossless and lossy compression
Contained byResource Interchange File Format (RIFF)[5]
Open format?Yes[6]
Websitedevelopers.google.com/speed/webp
libwebp
Developer(s)Google
Stable release
1.4.0[7] Edit this on Wikidata / 13 April 2024; 6 months ago (13 April 2024)
Repositorychromium.googlesource.com/webm/libwebp
Written inC
TypeDigital imaging
LicenseBSD license
Websitedevelopers.google.com/speed/webp

WebP is a raster graphics file format developed by Google intended as a replacement for JPEG, PNG, and GIF file formats. It supports both lossy and lossless compression,[8] as well as animation and alpha transparency.

Google announced the WebP format in September 2010, and released the first stable version of its supporting library in April 2018.

  1. ^ "WEBP file extension". DotWhat.net. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  2. ^ a b WebP Image Format Media Type Registration. IETF. I-D draft-zern-webp. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  3. ^ "webP". Apple Developer Documentation: Uniform Type Identifiers. Apple Inc.
  4. ^ Rabbat, Richard (30 September 2010). "WebP, a new image format for the Web". Chromium Blog. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  5. ^ "RIFF Container". Google Code. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  6. ^ "WebP FAQs". Google Code. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
  7. ^ "libwebp-1.4.0".
  8. ^ Calore, Michael (1 October 2010). "Meet WebP, Google's New Image Format". Wired. Retrieved 5 October 2010.