Quite OK Image Format

File Format
Name	Quite OK Image Format
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics Quite OK Image Format
Extension(s)	.qoi
Wikidata ID	Q111843814
Released	2021

Quite OK Image Format (QOI) is a raster image file format. It was developed by Dominic Szablewski.

Its compression scheme (RLE with some bells and whistles) is designed to be faster and simpler than that of formats like PNG, while having a file size that is only moderately larger.

Identification

Files begin with ASCII "qoif".

Specifications

• The Quite OK Image Format Specification
• qoi.h, "Data Format" section

Software

• Reference software at GitHub
• Farbfeld Utilities (qoiff; read-only)

Links

• Website
• Announcement