# Install largetifftools with Homebrew, apt

Collection of software that can help managing (very) large TIFF files. Version 1.4.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install largetifftools.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:largetifftools
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install largetifftools
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install largetifftools
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: largetifftools from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:largetifftools
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.4.2
- **Source summary:** Collection of software that can help managing (very) large TIFF files
- **Homepage:** <https://pperso.ijclab.in2p3.fr/page_perso/Deroulers/software/largetifftools/>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- tifffastcrop (alias)
- tiffmakemosaic (alias)
- tiffsplittiles (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.4.2
## Project history and usage

LargeTIFFTools is a small open-source toolkit for manipulating very large TIFF files without loading the whole image into memory.

### Project history

The official page says LargeTIFFTools was developed by the Modeling of the Living team at IJCLab, formerly IMNC, near Paris. It is tied to pathology and microscopy slide image workflows, and the page asks academic users to cite a 2013 Diagnostic Pathology article about analyzing huge pathology images with open-source software.

The toolkit consists of `tiffmakemosaic`, `tifffastcrop`, and `tiffsplittiles`. Its release notes emphasize practical file-format and robustness improvements: broader bit-depth handling, PNG output, libpng build compatibility, better corrupted-input exit codes, Fax-like compression support, multi-directory TIFF handling, WebP and Zstd compression support, and zero-size image checks in release 1.4.2.

### Adoption history

LargeTIFFTools is niche, but it entered general package ecosystems because it solves a real memory-bound image-processing problem. Debian packaged 1.3.7 on 2016-11-10, and Debian's package page lists it as a C program for TIFF/raster-image work with libtiff, JPEG, PNG, and OpenMP runtime dependencies.

### How it is used

Users apply the tools from a shell or by drag-and-drop on Windows. Typical jobs include making mosaics, extracting rectangular regions, and splitting tiled TIFFs into independent files while avoiding whole-image decoding.

### Why package nerds care

For package nerds, LargeTIFFTools is an example of the tiny scientific utility that earns a formula because the general tools can be too memory-hungry. It complements libtiff, ImageMagick, and GraphicsMagick by specializing in large-slide TIFF workflows.

### Timeline

- 2013: The official page points academic users to a Diagnostic Pathology article on huge pathology images.
- 2016-11-10: Debian changelog records initial Debian packaging of version 1.3.7.
- 2017-09-18: Debian changelog records new upstream version 1.3.10.
- 2021-07-17: Debian changelog records version 1.4 with WebP and Zstd-related packaging dependencies.
- 2025-02-26: Debian changelog records new upstream version 1.4.2.

### Related projects

- Related projects include libtiff, BigTIFF, ImageMagick, GraphicsMagick, NDPITools, and microscopy/pathology whole-slide imaging tools.

### Sources

- <https://bigtiff.org/>
- <https://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/main/l/largetifftools/largetifftools_1.4.2-2_changelog>
- <https://packages.debian.org/sid/largetifftools>
- <https://pperso.ijclab.in2p3.fr/page_perso/Deroulers/software/largetifftools>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - largetifftools - 1.4.2-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: largetifftools from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | process very large TIFF files | https://pperso.ijclab.in2p3.fr/page_perso/Deroulers/software/largetifftools/
- Ubuntu apt - largetifftools - 1.4.1-1build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: largetifftools from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | process very large TIFF files | https://www.imnc.in2p3.fr/pagesperso/deroulers/software/largetifftools/


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/largetifftools.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/largetifftools.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph