Gathering detailed insights and metrics for heic2any
Gathering detailed insights and metrics for heic2any
Converting HEIF/HEIF image formats to PNG/GIF/JPEG in the browser
Installations
npm install heic2anyDeveloper Guide
BETA
Typescript
Yes
Module System
CommonJS
Node Version
18.15.0
NPM Version
9.5.0
Languages
3
TypeScript
HTML
JavaScript
TypeScript (44.25%)
HTML (29.83%)
JavaScript (25.93%)
Developer
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GitHub Statistics
MIT License
742 Stars
24 Commits
93 Forks
10 Watchers
1 Branches
3 Contributors
Updated on Jul 11, 2025
Maintainers
1
Package Meta Information
Latest Version
0.0.4
Package Id
heic2any@0.0.4
Unpacked Size
2.59 MB
Size
664.41 kB
File Count
6
NPM Version
9.5.0
Node Version
18.15.0
Published on
Mar 29, 2023
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HEIC2ANY
Client-side (browser-side, using Javascript) conversion of HEIC/HEIF image files to JPEG, PNG, or GIF.
What is HEIC format?
High Efficiency Image File Format (HEIC) is a new image container format from the developers of MPEG, a popular audio and video compression standard. HEIC will be used by default on new photos on iOS 11, and it’s designed to save you storage space. As it’s a new container format, there will be some incompatibilities along the way, and Apple does a good job at handling most of these. iOS 11 will automatically share HEIC files as the default JPEG format for apps, so you won’t notice anything when you share a photo on Twitter or Instagram. iOS 11 also offers to automatically transfer photos and videos in a compatible format for Mac or PC users, useful if you’re simply plugging your iPhone into your laptop or PC. theverge.com
Why you might need it?
While developing some web-based application that should be able to handle mobile uploads, I've come across a problem where browsers can not display certain images uploaded from the iPhone, after investigating through the issue, I noticed that that my iPhone was giving a heic formatted image.
Currently there are zero web browsers that support HEIC photos. Even Apple's latest-greatest version of Safari can't decode HEIC and doesn't recognize the "image/heic" mimetype. A solution that came across my mind is to utilize the benefits of high resolution and low storage of heic images when storing in the server and client-side conversion to JPEG for viewing on the browser.
Usage and limitations
This library would typically be used for viewing purposes, as currently it's not focusing on copying any metadata from the original heic file to the output jpeg, gif or png. The development process of this library is focusing on viewing a browser-consumable version of an heic file, and doing it quickly, asynchronously (using web workers) and accurately. This library would even convert heic containers that have multiple heic images into an animated gif.
However, if you're planning on storing the files (not just viewing them), I'd suggest you look for a server-side tool, or you try to get your hands dirty and contribute to this library and make it capable of storing metadata.
Last but not least, this tool is specifically for the browser environment, it will not work in node environment.
Known issues
Those are the known issues of the library, pull requests are welcome:
- Library doesn't take any metadata from the original file, resulting file doesn't have any metadata.
- Library can convert bursts into an animated
gif, however when aheicanimation is given (like the stars animation in the demo) library will only take the first shot of the animation. - Support for IE11 is not here yet.
- The library requires a browser-like environment to work, i.e. it needs the existence of the DOM and window object.
No vulnerabilities found.
Reason
no binaries found in the repo
Reason
license file detected
Details
- Info: project has a license file: LICENSE.md:0
- Info: FSF or OSI recognized license: MIT License: LICENSE.md:0
Reason
0 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 0
Reason
Found 2/22 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0
Reason
no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
Reason
security policy file not detected
Details
- Warn: no security policy file detected
- Warn: no security file to analyze
- Warn: no security file to analyze
- Warn: no security file to analyze
Reason
branch protection not enabled on development/release branches
Details
- Warn: branch protection not enabled for branch 'master'
Reason
project is not fuzzed
Details
- Warn: no fuzzer integrations found
Reason
SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
Details
- Warn: 0 commits out of 4 are checked with a SAST tool
Reason
53 existing vulnerabilities detected
Details
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-4w2v-q235-vp99
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-cph5-m8f7-6c5x
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-wf5p-g6vw-rhxx
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-jr5f-v2jv-69x6
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-v6h2-p8h4-qcjw
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-grv7-fg5c-xmjg
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-pxg6-pf52-xh8x
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-gxpj-cx7g-858c
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-w573-4hg7-7wgq
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-r7jx-5m6m-cpg9
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-j4f2-536g-r55m
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-r7qp-cfhv-p84w
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-74fj-2j2h-c42q
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-pw2r-vq6v-hr8c
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-jchw-25xp-jwwc
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-cxjh-pqwp-8mfp
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-ww39-953v-wcq6
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-43f8-2h32-f4cj
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-6x33-pw7p-hmpq
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-89w7-5q45-r53w
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-p6mc-m468-83gw
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-29mw-wpgm-hmr9
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-35jh-r3h4-6jhm
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-952p-6rrq-rcjv
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-f8q6-p94x-37v3
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-vh95-rmgr-6w4m
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-xvch-5gv4-984h
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-8hfj-j24r-96c4
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-wc69-rhjr-hc9g
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-cwx2-736x-mf6w
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-v39p-96qg-c8rf
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-8v63-cqqc-6r2c
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-6fx8-h7jm-663j
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-hj48-42vr-x3v9
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-hrpp-h998-j3pp
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-c2qf-rxjj-qqgw
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-m6fv-jmcg-4jfg
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-cm22-4g7w-348p
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-fxwf-4rqh-v8g3
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-25hc-qcg6-38wj
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-xfhh-g9f5-x4m4
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-qm95-pgcg-qqfq
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-cqmj-92xf-r6r9
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-662x-fhqg-9p8v
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-394c-5j6w-4xmx
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-78cj-fxph-m83p
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-fhg7-m89q-25r3
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-3h5v-q93c-6h6q
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-6fc8-4gx4-v693
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-72mh-269x-7mh5
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-h4j5-c7cj-74xg
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-c4w7-xm78-47vh
- Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-p9pc-299p-vxgp
Score
1.7
/10
Last Scanned on 2025-07-07
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