# nuxt/image

Plug-and-play image optimization for Nuxt applications.

Repository: https://github.com/nuxt/image
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nuxt-image
Homepage: https://image.nuxt.com
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: image-optimization, nuxt, nuxt-module, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-26T07:48:55+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 89/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 71, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2189, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 36, "gap_med": 98, "n_releases_24m": 6}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1542, forks 330 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:01.121566+00:00)

## What it is
Nuxt Image is an official Nuxt module providing plug-and-play image optimization for Nuxt applications. It offers drop-in <nuxt-img> and <nuxt-picture> components with a built-in IPX resizer and support for 20+ image CDN providers.

## Use cases
- optimize images in a nuxt app
- serve responsive images for all screen sizes
- convert images to webp or avif automatically
- resize and transform images on the fly
- integrate an image CDN like cloudinary or imgix without vendor lock-in
- replace img tags with optimized picture components

## When to choose
- you build Nuxt 3 (or Nuxt 2 via v0 branch) apps and need fast, optimized images
- you want a drop-in replacement for img/picture with minimal configuration
- you need both a built-in optimizer and CDN provider flexibility

## When to avoid
- your project is not built on Nuxt/Vue
- you need image optimization outside a web framework build pipeline
- you require advanced image editing beyond resizing and format conversion

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: stable
- function: image-processing, ui-components, middleware
- domain: web-development, frontend, image-processing, performance
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: nuxt-module, image-optimization, responsive-images, ipx, webp, avif, vue, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- nuxt/image (main) score 89

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:01.121566+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 2026-08-30T04:30:45.313497+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nuxt/image (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:01.121566+00:00, sha 1342cb694412)
  - homepage: https://image.nuxt.com (fetched 2026-08-29T11:32:12.989239+00:00, sha 6a70695d5602)
  - site_page: https://image.nuxt.com/get-started/installation (fetched 2026-08-29T11:32:12.991660+00:00, sha 340b37bfed17)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.