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-Pillow
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-Python Imaging Library (Fork)
------------------------------
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-Pillow is the friendly PIL fork by `Alex Clark and Contributors <https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/graphs/contributors>`_. PIL is the Python Imaging Library by Fredrik Lundh and Contributors.
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-.. start-badges
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-.. list-table::
-    :stub-columns: 1
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-    * - docs
-      - |docs|
-    * - tests
-      - |linux| |macos| |windows| |coverage|
-    * - package
-      - |zenodo| |version|
-    * - social
-      - |gitter| |twitter|
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-.. |docs| image:: https://readthedocs.org/projects/pillow/badge/?version=latest
-   :target: https://pillow.readthedocs.io/?badge=latest
-   :alt: Documentation Status
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-.. |linux| image:: https://img.shields.io/travis/python-pillow/Pillow/master.svg?label=Linux%20build
-   :target: https://travis-ci.org/python-pillow/Pillow
-   :alt: Travis CI build status (Linux)
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-.. |macos| image:: https://img.shields.io/travis/python-pillow/pillow-wheels/latest.svg?label=macOS%20build
-   :target: https://travis-ci.org/python-pillow/pillow-wheels
-   :alt: Travis CI build status (macOS)
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-.. |windows| image:: https://img.shields.io/appveyor/ci/python-pillow/Pillow/master.svg?label=Windows%20build
-   :target: https://ci.appveyor.com/project/python-pillow/Pillow
-   :alt: AppVeyor CI build status (Windows)
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-.. |coverage| image:: https://coveralls.io/repos/python-pillow/Pillow/badge.svg?branch=master&service=github
-   :target: https://coveralls.io/github/python-pillow/Pillow?branch=master
-   :alt: Code coverage
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-.. |zenodo| image:: https://zenodo.org/badge/17549/python-pillow/Pillow.svg
-   :target: https://zenodo.org/badge/latestdoi/17549/python-pillow/Pillow
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-.. |version| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/pillow.svg
-   :target: https://pypi.org/project/Pillow/
-   :alt: Latest PyPI version
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-.. |gitter| image:: https://badges.gitter.im/python-pillow/Pillow.svg
-   :target: https://gitter.im/python-pillow/Pillow?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge
-   :alt: Join the chat at https://gitter.im/python-pillow/Pillow
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-.. |twitter| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/tweet-on%20Twitter-00aced.svg
-   :target: https://twitter.com/PythonPillow
-   :alt: Follow on https://twitter.com/PythonPillow
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-.. end-badges
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-More Information
-----------------
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-- `Documentation <https://pillow.readthedocs.io/>`_
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-  - `Installation <https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html>`_
-  - `Handbook <https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/latest/handbook/index.html>`_
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-- `Contribute <https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md>`_
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-  - `Issues <https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/issues>`_
-  - `Pull requests <https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pulls>`_
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-- `Changelog <https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/blob/master/CHANGES.rst>`_
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-  - `Pre-fork <https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/blob/master/CHANGES.rst#pre-fork>`_