<refmeta> <refentrytitle>libvips from C++</refentrytitle> <manvolnum>3</manvolnum> <refmiscinfo>libvips</refmiscinfo> </refmeta> <refnamediv> <refname>C++</refname> <refpurpose>Using libvips from C++</refpurpose> </refnamediv> libvips comes with a convenient C++ API. It is a very thin wrapper over the C API and adds automatic reference counting, exceptions, operator overloads, and automatic constant expansion. See the <ulink url="https://libvips.github.io/libvips/API/8.11/cpp"> C++ API documentation</ulink> for more details.