Tensorboard fails in python 3.13 because imghdr module is absent

[Bichidian]

Running tensorboard --logdir . under python 3.13 leads to the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File ".venv/bin/tensorboard", line 5, in <module>
    from tensorboard.main import run_main
  File ".venv/lib64/python3.13/site-packages/tensorboard/main.py", line 27, in <module>
    from tensorboard import default
  File ".venv/lib64/python3.13/site-packages/tensorboard/default.py", line 40, in <module>
    from tensorboard.plugins.image import images_plugin
  File ".venv/lib64/python3.13/site-packages/tensorboard/plugins/image/images_plugin.py", line 18, in <module>
    import imghdr
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'imghdr'

It seems that imghdr is no longer part of the Python standard library in 3.13.

[arcra]

Thanks for reporting. We'll look for a replacement for this library.

AFAICT, we only use it to get MIME types, which I expect should be somewhat easily replaceable, but we can't guarantee when we'll address this. In the meantime, Python < 3.13 would be required.

[hzhangxyz]

You can install standard-imghdr for temporary fix

[E1k3]

Any news on this?
If no work on this has been done, would you be open to one of the following solutions?

1. Taking on https://github.com/h2non/filetype.py as a dependency to replace the two calls to imagehdr.what
2. Copying the bmp, gif, jpeg and png matchers from filetype.py (MIT licensed so should be fine) to replace the two calls to imagehdr.what

If one of these is fine, I can submit a PR.

[foxik]

Given that the imghdr.py from the standard library has <4kB and has only trivial dependencies (os, warnings), I would just add a copy to the TensorBoard codebase? The code is simple, I would expect zero maintenance cost.

[E1k3]

Fine by me, as long as I can use tensorboard with 3.13 without pushing standard-imghdr everywhere.