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+libqcow (libYAL QEMU QCOW image library)
+
+Library and tooling to access the QEMU Copy-On-Write (QCOW) image format.
+
+Read supported QCOW formats:
+ version 1
+ version 2
+ version 3 (as of version 20141201)
+Supported QCOW format features:
+ compression
+ encryption
+QCOW format features not supported at the moment:
+ backing file-based snapshots
+ in-image snapshots
+Work in progress:
+ Python bindings
+ Dokan library support
+ Thread-safety in file API functions
+Planned:
+ Python 3 support