libqcow is a library to access the QEMU Copy-On-Write (QCOW) image format.

Project information:

* Status: alpha
* Licence: LGPLv3+

Read-only supported QCOW formats:

* version 1
* version 2
* version 3 (as of version 20141201)

Supported QCOW format features:

* compression
* encryption

Unsupported QCOW format features:

* backing file-based snapshots
* in-image snapshots

Work in progress:

* Dokan library support
* Thread-safety in file API functions

For more information see:

* Project documentation: https://github.com/libyal/libqcow/wiki/Home
* How to build from source: https://github.com/libyal/libqcow/wiki/Building