LibHeif.Native.Runtime 1.20.2 

dotnet add package LibHeif.Native.Runtime --version 1.20.2
                    


                    

                
NuGet\Install-Package LibHeif.Native.Runtime -Version 1.20.2
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="LibHeif.Native.Runtime" Version="1.20.2">
  <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
  <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers</IncludeAssets>
</PackageReference>
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
<PackageVersion Include="LibHeif.Native.Runtime" Version="1.20.2" />
                    


                            Directory.Packages.props
                        

                    

                
<PackageReference Include="LibHeif.Native.Runtime">
  <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
  <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers</IncludeAssets>
</PackageReference>
                    


                            Project file
For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package. 
paket add LibHeif.Native.Runtime --version 1.20.2
                    


                    

                
#r "nuget: LibHeif.Native.Runtime, 1.20.2"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
#:package LibHeif.Native.Runtime@1.20.2
#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package. 
#addin nuget:?package=LibHeif.Native.Runtime&version=1.20.2
                    


                            Install as a Cake Addin
                        

                    

                
#tool nuget:?package=LibHeif.Native.Runtime&version=1.20.2
                    


                            Install as a Cake Tool

LibHeif.Native.Runtime

Native libheif binaries for .NET projects, packaged for NuGet.

Targets:

  • Windows x64
  • Linux x64 (glibc ≥ 2.17, i.e. Ubuntu 18.04+)

Built from strukturag/libheif using the release-noplugins CMake preset — a self-contained shared library with HEVC (libde265) and AV1 (dav1d/libaom) codecs compiled in. No separate codec plugin files are required at runtime.

Usage

This package is intended to be used alongside LibHeifSharp, which provides the .NET P/Invoke bindings:

<PackageReference Include="LibHeifSharp" Version="3.*" />
<PackageReference Include="LibHeif.Native.Runtime" Version="1.20.2" />

LibHeifSharp uses [DllImport("libheif")]. The .NET runtime resolves this to:

  • libheif.dll on Windows
  • libheif.so on Linux

This package places the correct binary in runtimes/{rid}/native/ so the .NET SDK copies it next to your output assembly automatically.

AnyCPU projects

If your project doesn't set a RuntimeIdentifier, the included MSBuild .targets file (auto-imported via NuGet) copies the correct binary to your output directory based on the build machine's OS and architecture.

For RID-specific builds (dotnet publish -r win-x64 etc.), the standard NuGet runtimes/ convention handles everything without the .targets file.

LGPL Notice

libheif is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0.

If your application dynamically links libheif (which is what this package does — it ships a shared library), the LGPL allows use in proprietary software provided you allow users to replace the libheif shared library. Shipping it as a separate .dll/.so (as this package does) satisfies this requirement.

The codec libraries (libde265, dav1d) are also LGPL. libaom (AV1 encoder/decoder) is BSD-2-Clause.

Package structure

runtimes/
  win-x64/native/libheif.dll
  linux-x64/native/libheif.so
build/
  LibHeif.Native.Runtime.targets       (AnyCPU copy helper)
buildTransitive/
  LibHeif.Native.Runtime.targets

Building from source / CI

See .github/workflows/main.yml. The workflow:

  1. Builds libheif on windows-latest and ubuntu-22.04 (x64).
  2. Downloads both artifacts and packs a single .nupkg.
  3. Publishes to NuGet.org when a v* tag is pushed.

To bump the libheif version, update LIBHEIF_VERSION in the workflow and <Version> in src/LibHeif.Native.Runtime.csproj.

There are no supported framework assets in this package.

Learn more about Target Frameworks and .NET Standard.

This package has no dependencies.

NuGet packages

This package is not used by any NuGet packages.

GitHub repositories

This package is not used by any popular GitHub repositories.

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1.20.2 161 3/8/2026