nodeca/pica
Resize image in browser with high quality and high speed observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
76/100
- Activity 97
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
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: n/a
- age_days: 4385
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 18
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
4144 stars · 256 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
A browser-side JavaScript library for high-quality, high-speed image resizing using canvas, web workers, WebAssembly, and createImageBitmap. It automatically selects the best available technology to resize images without pixelation.
Use cases
- resize images in the browser before uploading
- generate thumbnails client-side
- reduce image upload size to save bandwidth
- downscale large photos without pixelation
- resize images without a server-side image pipeline
When to choose
- you need fast, high-quality client-side image resizing in a modern browser
- you want to shrink images before upload to save server resources
- you need Lanczos-quality resampling in JavaScript
When to avoid
- you need EXIF orientation handling or metadata preservation (use image-blob-reduce instead)
- you need server-side or Node.js image processing
- you must support legacy browsers like IE
Facets
library · maturity stable
image-processing image-processing web-development frontend browser image-resize canvas lanczos webworkers webassembly thumbnails web-server
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/nodeca/pica · fetched 2026-08-28 · ba774d9e7d3d
- homepage: http://nodeca.github.io/pica/demo/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 502201a8307d
- registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/pica · fetched 2026-08-29 · d28cce02dc00
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| nodeca/pica | main | 76 |
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