Pillow
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
0warn against
Dec 23, 2025first mention
Sep 15, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“Python's PIL package can read it just fine.”
“which are both mature and widely used”
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“Numpy/pillow can unpack the .mat files into normal images”
“Django, Pillow, Requests, BeautifulSoup, and pretty much every other library I use regularly”
consults on cleaning up codebaseson “Deprecate like you mean it”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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All comments 5
“The collage is Pillow and numpy”
“Python's PIL package can read it just fine.”
“which are both mature and widely used”
“Numpy/pillow can unpack the .mat files into normal images”
“Django, Pillow, Requests, BeautifulSoup, and pretty much every other library I use regularly”