WebP
The wikipedia logo, as a webp file | |
| Filename extension | .webp |
|---|---|
| Internet media type | image/webp |
| Uniform Type Identifier (UTI) | org.webmproject.webp |
| Magic number | 52 49 46 46 xx xx xx xx 57 45 42 50 56 50 38 |
| Developed by | |
| Initial release | 30 September 2010 |
| Type of format | Image file format with lossless and lossy compression |
| Contained by | Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF) |
| Standard | RFC 9649 |
| Open format? | Yes |
| Website | developers |
| libwebp | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | |
| Stable release | 1.5.0
/ 19 December 2024 |
| Repository | chromium |
| Written in | C |
| Type | Digital imaging |
| License | BSD license |
| Website | developers |
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, as well as animation and alpha transparency.
Google announced the WebP format in September 2010; the company released the first stable version of its supporting library in April 2018. The acronym WebP is derived from the words Web Picture.