# SixLabors/ImageSharp

A modern, cross-platform, 2D Graphics library for .NET

Repository: https://github.com/SixLabors/ImageSharp
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/imagesharp
Homepage: https://sixlabors.com/products/imagesharp/
Language: C#
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: image-processing, drawing, c-sharp, jpeg, gif, bmp, png, netcore, exif, graphics, hacktoberfest, webp, tiff
Last push: 2026-08-24T09:30:29+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 86, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3596, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 13, "gap_med": 38, "n_releases_24m": 14}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 8034, forks 895 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:11.995722+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: image-processing, graphics
- domain: image-processing, graphics, web-development, cross-platform
- platform: cross-platform, dotnet, cloud
- tags: c-sharp, managed-code, jpeg, png, gif, webp, tiff, bmp, exif, thumbnailing, image-conversion, split-license, docker, web-server

## Member repositories
- SixLabors/ImageSharp (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:11.995722+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 2026-08-29T17:31:30.171477+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/SixLabors/ImageSharp (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:11.995722+00:00, sha 9e266647b841)
  - homepage: https://sixlabors.com/products/imagesharp/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:29:14.128560+00:00, sha 9ea58cf98c89)
  - site_page: https://docs.sixlabors.com/articles/imagesharp (fetched 2026-08-29T08:29:14.142318+00:00, sha eed0827dc711)
  - site_page: https://docs.sixlabors.com (fetched 2026-08-29T08:29:14.140570+00:00, sha 551f9b2a7416)
  - site_page: https://sixlabors.com/pricing (fetched 2026-08-29T08:29:14.138715+00:00, sha c985e1568d47)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.