From 58e48745cc7b6c6f7dd26a50fe68d1a82ea51562 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Murray <3112309+radarhere@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2025 19:14:08 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Add list of third-party plugins (#8910)

Co-authored-by: Hugo van Kemenade <1324225+hugovk@users.noreply.github.com>
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 docs/handbook/appendices.rst          |  1 +
 docs/handbook/third-party-plugins.rst | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
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 create mode 100644 docs/handbook/third-party-plugins.rst

diff --git a/docs/handbook/appendices.rst b/docs/handbook/appendices.rst
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--- a/docs/handbook/appendices.rst
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@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ Appendices
 
   image-file-formats
   text-anchors
+  third-party-plugins
   writing-your-own-image-plugin
diff --git a/docs/handbook/third-party-plugins.rst b/docs/handbook/third-party-plugins.rst
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@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+Third-party plugins
+===================
+
+Pillow uses a plugin model which allows users to add their own
+decoders and encoders to the library, without any changes to the library
+itself.
+
+Here is a list of PyPI projects that offer additional plugins:
+
+* :pypi:`DjvuRleImagePlugin`: Plugin for the DjVu RLE image format as defined in the DjVuLibre docs.
+* :pypi:`heif-image-plugin`: Simple HEIF/HEIC images plugin, based on the pyheif library.
+* :pypi:`jxlpy`: Introduces reading and writing support for JPEG XL.
+* :pypi:`pillow-heif`: Python bindings to libheif for working with HEIF images.
+* :pypi:`pillow-jpls`: Plugin for the JPEG-LS codec, based on the Charls JPEG-LS implemetation. Python bindings implemented using pybind11.
+* :pypi:`pillow-jxl-plugin`: Plugin for JPEG-XL, using Rust for bindings.
+* :pypi:`pillow-mbm`: Adds support for KSP's proprietary MBM texture format.
+* :pypi:`pillow-svg`: Implements basic SVG read support. Supports basic paths, shapes, and text.
+* :pypi:`raw-pillow-opener`: Simple camera raw opener, based on the rawpy library.