# Intervention/image

PHP Image Processing

Repository: https://github.com/Intervention/image
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/image
Homepage: https://image.intervention.io
Language: PHP
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: php, image, intervention, gd, imagick
Last push: 2026-08-26T14:55:50+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 99, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4974, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 9, "gap_med": 13.0, "n_releases_24m": 29}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 14366, forks 1494 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:06.886483+00:00)

## What it is
Intervention Image is a popular open-source PHP image processing library offering a fluent, expressive API for creating, editing, and composing images. It supports interchangeable drivers (GD, Imagick, libvips), animated images, and integrates with frameworks like Laravel and Symfony.

## Use cases
- resize and crop images in php
- generate image thumbnails on upload
- add a watermark to photos with php
- convert images to webp or avif
- process animated gifs in php
- draw text and shapes onto images
- handle exif orientation automatically

## When to choose
- you need a simple, unified PHP API for image manipulation across GD, Imagick, or libvips
- you want framework-agnostic image editing with optional Laravel/Symfony integrations
- you need animated image support and modern formats like WebP and AVIF

## When to avoid
- your project runs on PHP below 8.3
- you need GPU-accelerated or massively parallel batch image processing at scale
- you are not working in PHP

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: image-processing
- domain: image-processing, web-development
- platform: php, cross-platform
- tags: gd, imagick, libvips, thumbnails, watermarking, animated-images, laravel

## Member repositories
- Intervention/image (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:06.886483+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:12:37.009032+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Intervention/image (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:06.886483+00:00, sha 7a00d566fd82)
  - homepage: https://image.intervention.io (fetched 2026-08-29T08:06:20.333047+00:00, sha 15c5fa50dc0f)
  - site_page: https://intervention.io/about (fetched 2026-08-29T08:06:20.336196+00:00, sha 49d202e98df4)
  - site_page: http://image.intervention.io/v4/getting-started/introduction (fetched 2026-08-29T08:06:20.338031+00:00, sha 15c5fa50dc0f)
  - site_page: http://image.intervention.io/v4/getting-started/installation (fetched 2026-08-29T08:06:20.339852+00:00, sha ae9c6bcd62cf)
  - site_page: http://image.intervention.io/v4/getting-started/configuration-drivers (fetched 2026-08-29T08:06:20.341574+00:00, sha 1a803ea4532c)
  - site_page: http://image.intervention.io/v4/getting-started/frameworks (fetched 2026-08-29T08:06:20.343577+00:00, sha 487d068b928d)
  - site_page: http://image.intervention.io/v4/getting-started/upgrade (fetched 2026-08-29T08:06:20.345517+00:00, sha e5cebaec441d)
  - site_page: http://image.intervention.io/v4/getting-started/formats (fetched 2026-08-29T08:06:20.347179+00:00, sha 2d7b2717955c)
  - site_page: https://image.intervention.io/v4/getting-started/installation (fetched 2026-08-29T08:06:20.348835+00:00, sha bac55729c9f7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.