diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Configuration.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Configuration.cs
index 47a54e7480..9a2243b4be 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Configuration.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Configuration.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Heif;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Ico;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Jpeg;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Jxl;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Pbm;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Png;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Qoi;
@@ -226,6 +227,7 @@ public void Configure(IImageFormatConfigurationModule configuration)
     /// <see cref="WebpConfigurationModule"/>.
     /// <see cref="ExrConfigurationModule"/>.
     /// <see cref="QoiConfigurationModule"/>.
+    /// <see cref="JxlConfigurationModule"/>.
     /// <see cref="HeifConfigurationModule"/>.
     /// <see cref="AniConfigurationModule"/>.
     /// </summary>
@@ -241,6 +243,7 @@ public void Configure(IImageFormatConfigurationModule configuration)
             new WebpConfigurationModule(),
             new ExrConfigurationModule(),
             new QoiConfigurationModule(),
+            new JxlConfigurationModule(),
             new HeifConfigurationModule(),
             new IcoConfigurationModule(),
             new CurConfigurationModule(),
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jxl/JxlConfigurationModule.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jxl/JxlConfigurationModule.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..03f94750f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jxl/JxlConfigurationModule.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// Copyright (c) Six Labors.
+// Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Jxl;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Registers the JPEG XL encoders, decoders and mime type detectors.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class JxlConfigurationModule : IImageFormatConfigurationModule
+{
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public void Configure(Configuration configuration)
+    {
+        configuration.ImageFormatsManager.SetDecoder(JxlFormat.Instance, JxlDecoder.Instance);
+        configuration.ImageFormatsManager.SetEncoder(JxlFormat.Instance, new JxlEncoder());
+        configuration.ImageFormatsManager.AddImageFormatDetector(new JxlImageFormatDetector());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jxl/JxlConstants.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jxl/JxlConstants.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..20e3ca5a28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jxl/JxlConstants.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// Copyright (c) Six Labors.
+// Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
+
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Jxl;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Constants for the JPEG XL (JXL) format.
+/// </summary>
+internal static class JxlConstants
+{
+    /// <summary>Gets the JPEG XL codestream signature (FF 0A).</summary>
+    public static ReadOnlySpan<byte> CodestreamMagic => new byte[] { 0xFF, 0x0A };
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the JPEG XL container signature.</summary>
+    public static ReadOnlySpan<byte> ContainerMagic => new byte[]
+        { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0C, 0x4A, 0x58, 0x4C, 0x20, 0x0D, 0x0A, 0x87, 0x0A };
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the list of mimetypes that equate to a JXL.</summary>
+    public static string[] MimeTypes { get; } = ["image/jxl"];
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the list of file extensions that equate to a JXL.</summary>
+    public static string[] FileExtensions { get; } = ["jxl"];
+}
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jxl/JxlDecoder.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jxl/JxlDecoder.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8d333540e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jxl/JxlDecoder.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+// Copyright (c) Six Labors.
+// Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
+
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.PixelFormats;
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Jxl;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Image decoder for JPEG XL images, decoded via the external libjxl
+/// decoder (djxl) to PNG and then with the managed PNG decoder.
+/// </summary>
+internal class JxlDecoder : ImageDecoder
+{
+    private JxlDecoder()
+    {
+    }
+
+    public static JxlDecoder Instance { get; } = new();
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    protected override Image<TPixel> Decode<TPixel>(DecoderOptions options, Stream stream, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        Guard.NotNull(options, nameof(options));
+        Guard.NotNull(stream, nameof(stream));
+
+        string dir = JxlTool.NewTempDir();
+        try
+        {
+            string jxlPath = Path.Combine(dir, "image.jxl");
+            string pngPath = Path.Combine(dir, "image.png");
+            using (var file = new FileStream(jxlPath, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write))
+            {
+                stream.CopyTo(file);
+            }
+
+            JxlTool.Run("djxl", jxlPath, pngPath);
+            Image<TPixel> image = Image.Load<TPixel>(pngPath);
+            ScaleToTargetSize(options, image);
+            return image;
+        }
+        catch (System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception e)
+        {
+            throw new ImageFormatException("JPEG XL decoding requires the libjxl 'djxl' tool on PATH.", e);
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            Directory.Delete(dir, recursive: true);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    protected override Image Decode(DecoderOptions options, Stream stream, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        => this.Decode<Rgba32>(options, stream, cancellationToken);
+
+    protected override ImageInfo Identify(DecoderOptions options, Stream stream, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        using Image image = this.Decode(options, stream, cancellationToken);
+        return new ImageInfo(new Size(image.Width, image.Height), image.Metadata);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jxl/JxlEncoder.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jxl/JxlEncoder.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ab1549468d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jxl/JxlEncoder.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+// Copyright (c) Six Labors.
+// Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Jxl;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Image encoder for writing an image as JPEG XL, encoded via the
+/// external libjxl encoder (cjxl) from a managed PNG intermediate.
+/// </summary>
+public class JxlEncoder : ImageEncoder
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the encoder effort (1-10, default 7) passed to cjxl.
+    /// </summary>
+    public int Effort { get; init; } = 7;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the Butteraugli distance (default 1.0, ignored when lossless).
+    /// </summary>
+    public float Distance { get; init; } = 1.0f;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets a value indicating whether to encode losslessly (Modular mode).
+    /// </summary>
+    public bool Lossless { get; init; }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    protected override void Encode<TPixel>(Image<TPixel> image, Stream stream, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        string dir = JxlTool.NewTempDir();
+        try
+        {
+            string pngPath = Path.Combine(dir, "image.png");
+            string jxlPath = Path.Combine(dir, "image.jxl");
+            image.Save(pngPath);
+            try
+            {
+                JxlTool.Run(
+                    "cjxl",
+                    pngPath,
+                    jxlPath,
+                    $"--effort={this.Effort}",
+                    this.Lossless ? "--lossless=1" : $"--distance={this.Distance.ToString(System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)}");
+            }
+            catch (System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception e)
+            {
+                throw new ImageFormatException("JPEG XL encoding requires the libjxl 'cjxl' tool on PATH.", e);
+            }
+
+            using var file = new FileStream(jxlPath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
+            file.CopyTo(stream);
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            Directory.Delete(dir, recursive: true);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jxl/JxlFormat.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jxl/JxlFormat.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..04bfcdb117
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jxl/JxlFormat.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// Copyright (c) Six Labors.
+// Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Jxl;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Registers the JPEG XL format.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class JxlFormat : IImageFormat<JxlMetadata>
+{
+    private JxlFormat()
+    {
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the shared instance.</summary>
+    public static JxlFormat Instance { get; } = new();
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public string DefaultMimeType => "image/jxl";
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public string Name => "JXL";
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public IEnumerable<string> MimeTypes => JxlConstants.MimeTypes;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public IEnumerable<string> FileExtensions => JxlConstants.FileExtensions;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public JxlMetadata CreateDefaultFormatMetadata() => new();
+}
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jxl/JxlImageFormatDetector.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jxl/JxlImageFormatDetector.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1c15d05b15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jxl/JxlImageFormatDetector.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+// Copyright (c) Six Labors.
+// Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
+
+using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Jxl;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Detects JPEG XL file headers: the codestream signature (FF 0A) or the
+/// 12-byte container signature.
+/// </summary>
+public class JxlImageFormatDetector : IImageFormatDetector
+{
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public int HeaderSize => 12;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public bool TryDetectFormat(ReadOnlySpan<byte> header, [NotNullWhen(true)] out IImageFormat? format)
+    {
+        format = this.IsSupportedFileFormat(header) ? JxlFormat.Instance : null;
+        return format != null;
+    }
+
+    private bool IsSupportedFileFormat(ReadOnlySpan<byte> header)
+        => header.Length >= 2
+           && (JxlConstants.CodestreamMagic.SequenceEqual(header[..2])
+               || (header.Length >= this.HeaderSize
+                   && JxlConstants.ContainerMagic.SequenceEqual(header[..12])));
+}
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jxl/JxlMetadata.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jxl/JxlMetadata.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f1b83683bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jxl/JxlMetadata.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+// Copyright (c) Six Labors.
+// Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
+
+using System.Numerics;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.PixelFormats;
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Jxl;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Provides JPEG XL specific metadata information for the image.
+/// </summary>
+public class JxlMetadata : IFormatMetadata<JxlMetadata>
+{
+    /// <summary>Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="JxlMetadata"/> class.</summary>
+    public JxlMetadata()
+    {
+    }
+
+    private JxlMetadata(JxlMetadata other) => this.HasAlpha = other.HasAlpha;
+
+    /// <summary>Gets or sets a value indicating whether the image has an alpha channel.</summary>
+    public bool HasAlpha { get; set; }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public static JxlMetadata FromFormatConnectingMetadata(FormatConnectingMetadata metadata)
+        => new() { HasAlpha = metadata.PixelTypeInfo.ColorType.HasFlag(PixelColorType.Alpha) };
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public PixelTypeInfo GetPixelTypeInfo()
+    {
+        if (this.HasAlpha)
+        {
+            return new PixelTypeInfo(32)
+            {
+                AlphaRepresentation = PixelAlphaRepresentation.Unassociated,
+                ColorType = PixelColorType.RGB | PixelColorType.Alpha,
+                ComponentInfo = PixelComponentInfo.Create(4, 32, 8, 8, 8, 8),
+            };
+        }
+
+        return new PixelTypeInfo(24)
+        {
+            ColorType = PixelColorType.RGB,
+            ComponentInfo = PixelComponentInfo.Create(3, 24, 8, 8, 8),
+        };
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public FormatConnectingMetadata ToFormatConnectingMetadata()
+        => new() { PixelTypeInfo = this.GetPixelTypeInfo() };
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public void AfterImageApply<TPixel>(Image<TPixel> destination, Matrix4x4 matrix)
+        where TPixel : unmanaged, IPixel<TPixel>
+    {
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    IDeepCloneable IDeepCloneable.DeepClone() => this.DeepClone();
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public JxlMetadata DeepClone() => new(this);
+}
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jxl/JxlTool.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jxl/JxlTool.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..035417c90b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jxl/JxlTool.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+// Copyright (c) Six Labors.
+// Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
+
+using System.Diagnostics;
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Jxl;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Runs an external libjxl tool (cjxl/djxl). JPEG XL encoding in this
+/// format is delegated to libjxl because ImageSharp has no managed JXL
+/// codec yet; only cjxl can also transcode legacy JPEG bit-exactly.
+/// </summary>
+internal static class JxlTool
+{
+    public static void Run(string tool, params string[] args)
+    {
+        var startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo(tool)
+        {
+            CreateNoWindow = true,
+            RedirectStandardError = true,
+        };
+        foreach (string arg in args)
+        {
+            startInfo.ArgumentList.Add(arg);
+        }
+
+        using Process? process = Process.Start(startInfo);
+        if (process is null)
+        {
+            throw new ImageFormatException($"Failed to start '{tool}'. Install libjxl (cjxl/djxl) to use JPEG XL.");
+        }
+
+        process.WaitForExit();
+        if (process.ExitCode != 0)
+        {
+            throw new ImageFormatException($"'{tool}' failed with exit code {process.ExitCode}: {process.StandardError.ReadToEnd()}");
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static string NewTempDir()
+    {
+        string dir = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), "imagesharp-jxl-" + Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N"));
+        Directory.CreateDirectory(dir);
+        return dir;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Jxl/JxlImageFormatDetectorTests.cs b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Jxl/JxlImageFormatDetectorTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..10ee980573
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Jxl/JxlImageFormatDetectorTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+// Copyright (c) Six Labors.
+// Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
+
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Jxl;
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Formats.Jxl;
+
+public class JxlImageFormatDetectorTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void DetectCodestreamSignature()
+    {
+        var detector = new JxlImageFormatDetector();
+        byte[] header = [0xFF, 0x0A, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0];
+        Assert.True(detector.TryDetectFormat(header.AsSpan(0, detector.HeaderSize), out IImageFormat format));
+        Assert.Equal(JxlFormat.Instance, format);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void DetectContainerSignature()
+    {
+        var detector = new JxlImageFormatDetector();
+        byte[] header = [0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0C, (byte)'J', (byte)'X', (byte)'L', (byte)' ', 0x0D, 0x0A, 0x87, 0x0A];
+        Assert.True(detector.TryDetectFormat(header.AsSpan(0, detector.HeaderSize), out IImageFormat format));
+        Assert.Equal(JxlFormat.Instance, format);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void RejectJpegSignature()
+    {
+        var detector = new JxlImageFormatDetector();
+        byte[] header = [0xFF, 0xD8, 0xFF, 0xE0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0];
+        Assert.False(detector.TryDetectFormat(header.AsSpan(0, detector.HeaderSize), out _));
+    }
+}