# Welcome to imageio’s documentation!

Imageio is a Python library that provides an easy interface to read and write a wide range of image data, including animated images, volumetric data, and scientific formats. It is cross-platform, runs on Python 2.x and 3.x, and is easy to install.

Main website: http://imageio.github.io

Contents:

- Getting started
  - Installation
  - Usage examples
  - Release notes
- Reference
  - User API
  - Docs for the formats
  - Environment variables
  - Standard images
- Developer documentation
  - Developer API
  - Writing plugins