Pillow: a modern fork of PIL
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Pillow is the "friendly" PIL fork by Alex Clark and Contributors. PIL is the
Python Imaging Library by Fredrik Lundh and Contributors.

.. image:: https://travis-ci.org/python-imaging/Pillow.png
   :target: https://travis-ci.org/python-imaging/Pillow

.. image:: https://pypip.in/v/Pillow/badge.png
    :target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Pillow/
    :alt: Latest PyPI version

.. image:: https://pypip.in/d/Pillow/badge.png
    :target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Pillow/
    :alt: Number of PyPI downloads

To start using Pillow, read the :doc:`installation
instructions <installation>`.

If you can't find the information you need, try the old `PIL Handbook`_, but be
aware that it was last updated for PIL 1.1.5. You can download archives and old
versions from `PyPI <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Pillow>`_. You can get the
source and contribute at https://github.com/python-imaging/Pillow.

.. _PIL Handbook: http://effbot.org/imagingbook/pil-index.htm

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2

   installation
   about
   guides
   reference/index.rst
   handbook/appendices
   original-readme

Support Pillow!
===============

PIL needs you! Please help us maintain the Python Imaging Library here:

- `GitHub <https://github.com/python-imaging/Pillow>`_
- `Freenode <irc://irc.freenode.net#pil>`_
- `Image-SIG <http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/image-sig>`_

Financial
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Pillow is a volunteer effort led by Alex Clark. If you can't help with
development, please help us financially; your assistance is very much needed
and appreciated!

.. note:: Contributors: please add your name and donation preference here. 

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**Developer**                           **Preference**
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Alex Clark (fork author)                http://gittip.com/aclark4life
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* :ref:`genindex`
* :ref:`modindex`
* :ref:`search`