YAPF v1: fast byte-aligned format, SIMD, tools and plugins

Format (version 1, replaces the earlier experimental versions):
- per-tile YCoCg-R or subtract-green colour transform, 8-bit modular
- 12 row filters per 8-row band (Left, Gradient, Up-right, Up-average,
  Up 1-8 rows), none with more than a one-add serial dependency
- residuals in groups of 8 at the group's width (w bits x 8 = w bytes),
  4-bit control codes with repeat-previous-width runs chosen by DP
- constant and stored tiles, independent 64x64 tiles, mips, GPU hints
- all sizes validated before decoding; corrupt input is rejected

Library:
- SIMD on by default: SSSE3 (runtime CPUID check; GCC, Clang, MSVC,
  MinGW) and NEON on ARM64; -DYAPF_NO_SIMD for plain C
- yapf_load_memory, yapf_load_mt, yapf_load_memory_mt
- 6-10x faster decoding than PNG (stb_image) on one core; -O2 and -O3
  builds perform the same
- fixes for macOS (sysconf) and the Windows import library exports

Tools and integrations:
- `yapf` CLI: convert PNG/JPG/TGA/BMP/PSD/GIF <-> YAPF, info, bench,
  thumbnail, mips
- JavaScript and Python bindings (byte-identical to the C encoder)
- GIMP 3 plugin: exports the flattened image, optional mipmaps
- Blender extension: import (also as plane), export, drag and drop
- VS Code preview, Figma plugin, Photoshop scripts, Linux MIME type and
  thumbnailer
- Makefile, updated build.sh / build.bat, tools/build_release.sh
- tests/test_yapf.c (784 checks) and bindings/js/test.js

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# yapf.py — YAPF in Python
```python
import yapf
img = yapf.load("texture.yapf") # or yapf.decode(data)
print(img.width, img.height, img.channels, img.mip_levels)
img.pixels # bytes, rows top to bottom
yapf.save("copy.yapf", img) # or yapf.encode(img) -> bytes
yapf.save("new.yapf", yapf.Image(w, h, 4, rgba_bytes))
```
It uses the C library through `ctypes` when it finds one:
1. the file named by the `YAPF_LIBRARY` environment variable,
2. `libyapf.so` / `libyapf.dylib` / `yapf.dll` next to `yapf.py`, or in
`lib/<platform>/` beside it (e.g. `lib/windows-x64/yapf.dll`),
3. the system library path (`sudo make install` installs one).
Without the library it falls back to a pure-Python decoder that needs
`numpy` (decoding only; about 1.4 s for a 4K image). `yapf.backend()`
tells you which one is in use.

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"""
yapf.py — Python bindings for YAPF v1 images.
Copyright 2026 Nexoniarz — Apache License 2.0.
import yapf
img = yapf.load("texture.yapf") # or yapf.decode(data)
img.width, img.height, img.channels # pixels: bytes, row-major
yapf.save("out.yapf", img) # or yapf.encode(img) -> bytes
Uses the C library through ctypes when one can be found (fast, can
encode); otherwise falls back to a pure-Python decoder that needs numpy
(decode only). The library is looked up in this order:
1. the path in the YAPF_LIBRARY environment variable
2. next to this file: libyapf.so / libyapf.dylib / yapf.dll
(also in a platform subfolder such as lib/linux-x64/)
3. the system library path
Build the library with: cc -O2 -shared -fPIC yapf.c -o libyapf.so -pthread
"""
import ctypes
import os
import platform
import struct
import sys
__all__ = ["Image", "load", "save", "decode", "encode", "backend",
"GPU_RGBA8", "GPU_RGB8", "GPU_RG8", "GPU_R8", "GPU_SRGB8_A8", "GPU_SRGB8",
"FLAG_PREMULT_ALPHA", "FLAG_SRGB", "YapfError"]
GPU_RGBA8, GPU_RGB8, GPU_RG8, GPU_R8, GPU_SRGB8_A8, GPU_SRGB8 = range(6)
FLAG_PREMULT_ALPHA, FLAG_SRGB = 1, 2
class YapfError(Exception):
pass
class Image:
"""A decoded image. `pixels` holds width*height*channels bytes, rows top
to bottom; `mips` holds every mip level (mips[0] is pixels)."""
def __init__(self, width, height, channels, pixels,
gpu_format=None, flags=FLAG_SRGB, mips=None):
self.width, self.height, self.channels = int(width), int(height), int(channels)
self.pixels = bytes(pixels)
if gpu_format is None:
gpu_format = {1: GPU_R8, 2: GPU_RG8, 3: GPU_SRGB8, 4: GPU_SRGB8_A8}[self.channels]
self.gpu_format, self.flags = gpu_format, flags
self.mips = [self.pixels] + [bytes(m) for m in (mips or [])[1:]]
@property
def mip_levels(self):
return len(self.mips)
def __repr__(self):
return "<yapf.Image %dx%d, %d channel(s), %d mip level(s)>" % (
self.width, self.height, self.channels, self.mip_levels)
# ── ctypes backend ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
class _CImage(ctypes.Structure):
_fields_ = [("width", ctypes.c_uint32), ("height", ctypes.c_uint32),
("channels", ctypes.c_uint8), ("gpu_format", ctypes.c_uint8),
("flags", ctypes.c_uint8), ("mip_levels", ctypes.c_uint8),
("pixels", ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_uint8)),
("mips", ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_uint8)))]
def _platform_dir():
machine = platform.machine().lower()
arch = "arm64" if machine in ("arm64", "aarch64") else "x64"
system = {"win32": "windows", "darwin": "macos"}.get(sys.platform, "linux")
return "%s-%s" % (system, arch)
def _find_library():
names = {"win32": ["yapf.dll", "libyapf.dll"],
"darwin": ["libyapf.dylib"]}.get(sys.platform, ["libyapf.so"])
here = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
candidates = []
if os.environ.get("YAPF_LIBRARY"):
candidates.append(os.environ["YAPF_LIBRARY"])
for folder in (here, os.path.join(here, "lib", _platform_dir())):
candidates += [os.path.join(folder, n) for n in names]
candidates += names
for path in candidates:
try:
lib = ctypes.CDLL(path)
lib.yapf_load_memory_mt.restype = ctypes.POINTER(_CImage)
lib.yapf_load_memory_mt.argtypes = [ctypes.c_char_p, ctypes.c_size_t, ctypes.c_int]
lib.yapf_free.argtypes = [ctypes.POINTER(_CImage)]
lib.yapf_save.argtypes = [ctypes.c_char_p, ctypes.POINTER(_CImage)]
return lib
except (OSError, AttributeError):
continue
return None
_lib = _find_library()
def backend():
"""'c' when the C library is used, 'python' for the fallback decoder."""
return "c" if _lib else "python"
def _c_decode(data):
data = bytes(data)
p = _lib.yapf_load_memory_mt(data, len(data), 0)
if not p:
raise YapfError("not a valid YAPF v1 file")
try:
c = p.contents
mips = []
for m in range(c.mip_levels):
w, h = max(1, c.width >> m), max(1, c.height >> m)
mips.append(ctypes.string_at(c.mips[m], w * h * c.channels))
return Image(c.width, c.height, c.channels, mips[0], c.gpu_format, c.flags, mips)
finally:
_lib.yapf_free(p)
def _c_save(path, img):
bufs = [ctypes.create_string_buffer(m, len(m)) for m in img.mips]
ptrs = (ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_uint8) * len(bufs))(
*[ctypes.cast(b, ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_uint8)) for b in bufs])
c = _CImage(img.width, img.height, img.channels, img.gpu_format, img.flags,
len(bufs), ptrs[0], ptrs)
rc = _lib.yapf_save(os.fsencode(path), ctypes.byref(c))
if rc != 0:
raise YapfError("yapf_save failed with code %d" % rc)
# ── pure-Python fallback decoder (numpy) ──────────────────────────────
_NIB_GROUPS = [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64]
def _py_decode(data):
try:
import numpy as np
except ImportError:
raise YapfError("the YAPF C library was not found and numpy is not "
"installed; build the library (see yapf.py) or install numpy")
b = np.frombuffer(bytes(data), dtype=np.uint8)
if len(b) < 20 or bytes(b[:4]) != b"YAPF":
raise YapfError("not a YAPF file")
if b[4] != 1:
raise YapfError("unsupported YAPF version %d" % b[4])
ch, gpu, mip_levels, flags = int(b[5]), int(b[6]), int(b[7]), int(b[8])
W, H = struct.unpack_from("<II", bytes(b[12:20]))
if not (1 <= ch <= 4 and 1 <= mip_levels <= 16 and 1 <= W <= 65535 and 1 <= H <= 65535):
raise YapfError("corrupt header")
def bad():
raise YapfError("corrupt YAPF data")
mips = []
for m in range(mip_levels):
off, ln = struct.unpack_from("<II", bytes(b[20 + 8 * m: 28 + 8 * m]))
mw, mh = max(1, W >> m), max(1, H >> m)
if off > len(b) or ln > len(b) - off:
bad()
out = np.zeros((mh, mw, ch), dtype=np.uint8)
tcx, tcy = (mw + 63) // 64, (mh + 63) // 64
sizes = np.frombuffer(bytes(b[off: off + 4 * tcx * tcy]), dtype="<u4")
pos = off + 4 * tcx * tcy
for t in range(tcx * tcy):
tx, ty = (t % tcx) * 64, (t // tcx) * 64
tw, th = min(64, mw - tx), min(64, mh - ty)
end = pos + int(sizes[t])
if end > off + ln:
bad()
try:
out[ty:ty + th, tx:tx + tw] = _py_tile(np, b, pos, end, tw, th, ch, bad)
except (IndexError, ValueError):
bad()
pos = end
mips.append(out.tobytes())
return Image(W, H, ch, mips[0], gpu, flags, mips)
def _py_tile(np, b, p, end, tw, th, ch, bad):
hdr = int(b[p]); p += 1
if hdr == 0x80:
if end - p != tw * th * ch:
bad()
return b[p:end].reshape(th, tw, ch)
if hdr & 0xE0:
bad()
xf, mask = hdr & 0x10, hdr & 0x0F
planes = np.zeros((ch, th, tw), dtype=np.uint8)
for c in range(ch):
if mask >> c & 1:
planes[c, :, :] = b[p]; p += 1
for c in range(ch):
if mask >> c & 1:
continue
nb, ng = (th + 7) // 8, (tw * th + 7) // 8
filt = b[p:p + nb]; p += nb
widths, g, hi, w = [], 0, 0, 0
while g < ng:
code = (int(b[p]) >> (4 * hi)) & 15
p += hi; hi ^= 1
if code < 9:
w = code
n = _NIB_GROUPS[code]
widths += [w] * n; g += n
if g != ng:
bad()
if hi:
p += 1
z = np.zeros(ng * 8, dtype=np.uint8)
widths = np.array(widths, dtype=np.int64)
starts = p + np.concatenate(([0], np.cumsum(widths)[:-1]))
p += int(widths.sum())
if p > end:
bad()
for wv in range(1, 9):
sel = np.nonzero(widths == wv)[0]
if not len(sel):
continue
raw = b[starts[sel][:, None] + np.arange(wv)].astype(np.uint64)
word = (raw << (8 * np.arange(wv, dtype=np.uint64))).sum(axis=1, dtype=np.uint64)
shifts = np.arange(8, dtype=np.uint64) * np.uint64(wv)
vals = (word[:, None] >> shifts) & np.uint64((1 << wv) - 1)
z[(sel[:, None] * 8 + np.arange(8)).ravel()] = vals.ravel().astype(np.uint8)
r = ((z[:tw * th] >> 1) ^ (0 - (z[:tw * th] & 1)).astype(np.uint8)).reshape(th, tw).astype(np.int64)
P = planes[c].astype(np.int64)
for y in range(th):
f = int(filt[y // 8])
U = P[y - 1] if y else np.zeros(tw, np.int64)
if f == 0:
P[y] = np.cumsum(r[y]) & 255
elif f == 1:
inc = r[y] + U - np.concatenate(([0], U[:-1]))
P[y] = np.cumsum(inc) & 255
elif f in (2, 3):
AR = np.concatenate((U[1:], U[-1:]))
pred = AR if f == 2 else (U + AR) >> 1
P[y] = (pred + r[y]) & 255
elif 16 <= f < 24:
k = f - 15
K = P[y - k] if y >= k else np.zeros(tw, np.int64)
P[y] = (K + r[y]) & 255
else:
bad()
planes[c] = P.astype(np.uint8)
if p != end:
bad()
if ch < 3:
return planes.transpose(1, 2, 0)
P0, P1, P2 = (planes[i].astype(np.int64) for i in range(3))
if xf:
R, G, B = P1 + P0 - 128, P0, P2 + P0 - 128
else:
co, cg = (P1 - 128) & 255, (P2 - 128) & 255
s8 = lambda v: np.where(v > 127, v - 256, v)
t = (P0 - (s8(cg) >> 1)) & 255
B = (t - (s8(co) >> 1)) & 255
R, G = B + co, cg + t
out = [R & 255, G & 255, B & 255] + ([planes[3].astype(np.int64)] if ch == 4 else [])
return np.stack(out, axis=-1).astype(np.uint8)
# ── public API ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
def decode(data):
"""Decode YAPF bytes into an Image."""
return _c_decode(data) if _lib else _py_decode(data)
def load(path):
"""Read and decode a .yapf file."""
with open(path, "rb") as f:
return decode(f.read())
def save(path, img):
"""Encode an Image (or anything with width/height/channels/pixels) to a
.yapf file. Needs the C library."""
if not _lib:
raise YapfError("saving .yapf needs the YAPF native library, which was not found "
"for this platform; see https://github.com/Nexoniarz/YAPF#python")
if not isinstance(img, Image):
img = Image(img.width, img.height, img.channels, img.pixels)
expected = img.width * img.height * img.channels
if len(img.pixels) != expected:
raise YapfError("expected %d pixel bytes, got %d" % (expected, len(img.pixels)))
_c_save(path, img)
def encode(img):
"""Encode an Image to YAPF bytes. Needs the C library."""
import tempfile
fd, tmp = tempfile.mkstemp(suffix=".yapf")
os.close(fd)
try:
save(tmp, img)
with open(tmp, "rb") as f:
return f.read()
finally:
os.remove(tmp)
if __name__ == "__main__":
for path in sys.argv[1:]:
print(path, load(path), "backend:", backend())