Wuffs
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
0warn against
Nov 13, 2025first mention
Oct 3, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“we'll have to replace all parsers with something at least as safe as https://github.com/google/wuffs”
“wuffs is safer and also often faster”
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“Isn't this exactly the case that wuffs [1] is built for?”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
From the makers not counted in the ranking
Threads where it came up
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- A heap overflow and SSO misconfiguration to compromise OpenAI internal repos 1 mention
- Firefox 157 will include JPEG XL by default on all platforms 1 mention
- Twenty One Zero-Days in FFmpeg 1 mention
- Chromium Has Merged JpegXL 1 mention
- Chrome Jpegxl Issue Reopened 1 mention
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All comments 7
“that would be another implementation worth comparing since it shares the same goals of safety and speed.”
“we'll have to replace all parsers with something at least as safe as https://github.com/google/wuffs”
“TIL: wuffs - Wrangling Untrusted File Formats Safely”
“wuffs is safer and also often faster”
“It's existed for years.”
“Isn't this exactly the case that wuffs [1] is built for?”
“isn't Wuffs[1] (also made by Google) an even better fit for this particular use-case?”