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My ranking of the APIs of various image decoding libraries:

1. stb_image tier: libwebp

Call a function. You're done.

2. Good tier: libheif (also handles avif)

A bunch of functions you need to call in sequence, all presented as a neat and short program in the README.

3. Okay tier: libpng, libjpeg.

You have to go through a narrated guide on what to call. You can get the work done, but you have to wade through super important stuff like low-quality decoding in case you want to run on Amiga.