SixLabors/ImageSharp
A modern, cross-platform, 2D Graphics library for .NET observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
95/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 86
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 38
- age_days: 3596
- days_rel: 13
- days_push: 9
- n_releases_24m: 14
Adoption not part of the score
8034 stars · 895 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
ImageSharp is a fully managed, high-performance 2D graphics and image processing library for .NET 8+. It provides loading, resizing, format conversion, metadata handling, and pixel-level access across JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF, TIFF, and BMP without native dependencies.
Use cases
- resize and convert uploaded images in a web app
- generate thumbnails for a media service
- convert jpeg to webp in bulk
- read exif metadata from photos
- process images in a containerized cloud service without native dependencies
- strip or preserve image metadata in a pipeline
When to choose
- you need image processing in .NET with no native/interop dependencies
- you deploy to Linux containers, cloud, or IoT where System.Drawing is unavailable
- you need broad format support with managed encoders and metadata control
When to avoid
- your for-profit business earns over 1M USD and you cannot accept the Six Labors Split License or buy a commercial license
- you need GPU-accelerated real-time graphics rendering rather than image file processing
- you are outside the .NET ecosystem
Facets
library · maturity stable
image-processing graphics image-processing graphics web-development cross-platform cross-platform dotnet cloud c-sharp managed-code jpeg png gif webp tiff bmp exif thumbnailing image-conversion split-license docker web-server
5 sources
- readme: https://github.com/SixLabors/ImageSharp · fetched 2026-08-28 · 9e266647b841
- homepage: https://sixlabors.com/products/imagesharp/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 9ea58cf98c89
- site_page: https://docs.sixlabors.com/articles/imagesharp · fetched 2026-08-29 · eed0827dc711
- site_page: https://docs.sixlabors.com · fetched 2026-08-29 · 551f9b2a7416
- site_page: https://sixlabors.com/pricing · fetched 2026-08-29 · c985e1568d47
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| SixLabors/ImageSharp | main | 95 |
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