Arlecchino.Pictures 2026.8.5

.NET 8.0 This package targets .NET 8.0. The package is compatible with this framework or higher. 
dotnet add package Arlecchino.Pictures --version 2026.8.5
                    


                    

                
NuGet\Install-Package Arlecchino.Pictures -Version 2026.8.5
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="Arlecchino.Pictures" Version="2026.8.5" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
<PackageVersion Include="Arlecchino.Pictures" Version="2026.8.5" />
                    


                            Directory.Packages.props
                        

                    

                
<PackageReference Include="Arlecchino.Pictures" />
                    


                            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 Arlecchino.Pictures --version 2026.8.5
                    


                    

                
#r "nuget: Arlecchino.Pictures, 2026.8.5"
#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 Arlecchino.Pictures@2026.8.5
#: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=Arlecchino.Pictures&version=2026.8.5
                    


                            Install as a Cake Addin
                        

                    

                
#tool nuget:?package=Arlecchino.Pictures&version=2026.8.5
                    


                            Install as a Cake Tool

Arlecchino

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Picture files read into the pixels the Picture widget draws: PNG, JPEG, BMP, Netpbm, QOI and Targa. Every decoder is written against the format itself, so the package has no dependency beyond Arlecchino.Core and nothing native to carry from platform to platform.

Quick start

dotnet add package Arlecchino.Pictures

using Arlecchino.Pictures;
using Arlecchino.Widgets.Pictures;

var bytes = File.ReadAllBytes(path);

if (PictureFormats.Read(bytes) is { } raster)
{
    var picture = new Picture();

    picture.Show(raster.Pixels, raster.Width, raster.Height);
}

A file is recognized by what is in it rather than by what it is called, since a picture opened from a file manager is as likely to be named wrongly as rightly. PictureFormats.For says which format claimed it, which is what a status line shows.

Nothing here throws. What cannot be read comes back as null, and the caller shows the bytes instead.

What is read

Format What of it
PNG every color type and bit depth, interlaced or not
JPEG baseline and progressive, at any sampling, with restart markers
BMP 1, 4, 8, 16, 24 and 32 bits a pixel, plainly written, run-length encoded, or with named masks
Netpbm P1 to P6, as numbers or as bytes, at any depth
QOI all of it
Targa 8, 15, 16, 24 and 32 bits a pixel, with a color map or without, run-length encoded or not

Alpha is read and then dropped: a terminal has nothing to show it against.

A header states its own size, so a small file can ask for an enormous picture. PictureLimits.Most is what stands against that: anything larger is refused before a byte is allocated for it.

PictureLimits.Enough is the other half — how many pixels you actually have a use for:

var raster = PictureFormats.Read(bytes, PictureLimits.For(picture.Detail));

A twenty-four megapixel photograph drawn into a terminal pane is twenty-three million pixels nobody sees. JPEG answers such a request by reading each block at a quarter or an eighth of its side — a block is a square of waves, and the flattest few of them are a smaller square of samples for a fraction of the arithmetic. The size it lands on is its own, and never smaller than you asked for.

Every type is trimming- and Native AOT-compatible.

Packages

Package Contents
Arlecchino.Core the renderer, no DI, and atoms with their undo history
Arlecchino views, navigation, modals, commands, hosting, DI, async stores, and the generator
Arlecchino.Pictures this one — picture files read into pixels
Arlecchino.Testing ArlecchinoTestHost — the headless host applications write their tests against

They ship together and always carry the same version.

Documentation · Changelog · Source and issues

MIT.

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET net8.0 is compatible.  net8.0-android was computed.  net8.0-browser was computed.  net8.0-ios was computed.  net8.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net8.0-macos was computed.  net8.0-tvos was computed.  net8.0-windows was computed.  net9.0 was computed.  net9.0-android was computed.  net9.0-browser was computed.  net9.0-ios was computed.  net9.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net9.0-macos was computed.  net9.0-tvos was computed.  net9.0-windows was computed.  net10.0 is compatible.  net10.0-android was computed.  net10.0-browser was computed.  net10.0-ios was computed.  net10.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net10.0-macos was computed.  net10.0-tvos was computed.  net10.0-windows was computed. 
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Version Downloads Last Updated
2026.8.5 42 8/19/2026
2026.8.4 94 8/16/2026
2026.8.3 83 8/16/2026
2026.8.2 82 8/16/2026
2026.8.1 89 8/14/2026

What changed in this version: https://github.com/The1fEst/Arlecchino/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#202685