lovell/sharp
High performance Node.js image processing, the fastest module to resize JPEG, PNG, WebP, AVIF and TIFF images. Uses the libvips library. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
95/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 87
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 46.0
- age_days: 4762
- days_rel: 7
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 11
Adoption not part of the score
32609 stars · 1435 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
sharp is a high-performance Node-API module for image processing in JavaScript runtimes, powered by the libvips library. It converts, resizes, and transforms JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF, AVIF, TIFF and SVG images 4x-5x faster than ImageMagick, with prebuilt binaries for most platforms.
Use cases
- resize images for the web in a node app
- convert jpeg png images to webp or avif
- generate image thumbnails on upload
- optimize images in a build pipeline
- crop rotate and composite images programmatically
- extract exif metadata from images
- generate deep zoom image tiles
When to choose
- you need fast, high-quality image resizing or format conversion in Node.js, Deno or Bun
- you want prebuilt binaries with no external runtime dependencies
- you need correct handling of ICC profiles, alpha transparency and EXIF orientation
- you process large images with low memory usage and non-blocking streams
When to avoid
- you need pixel-level image editing or drawing beyond resize/crop/composite operations
- you work outside JavaScript runtimes (use libvips bindings for your language instead)
- you require very old Node.js versions below 20.9.0
Facets
library · maturity stable
image-processing cli image-processing web-development media bun cross-platform windows libvips resize jpeg png webp avif tiff svg exif icc-profiles streams wasm typescript nodejs deno macos linux
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/lovell/sharp · fetched 2026-08-28 · d8a71499d1de
- homepage: https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com · fetched 2026-08-29 · 40fcc7976f8f
- site_page: https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/install · fetched 2026-08-29 · 28481ca53da1
- site_page: https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/changelog/v0.35.4 · fetched 2026-08-29 · 0037bfe82d80
- site_page: https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/changelog/v0.35.3 · fetched 2026-08-29 · 832762da0f91
- site_page: https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/changelog/v0.35.2 · fetched 2026-08-29 · 87b192a6dda5
- site_page: https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/changelog/v0.35.1 · fetched 2026-08-29 · bb11963ae421
- site_page: https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/changelog/v0.35.0 · fetched 2026-08-29 · b7002510f7fd
- site_page: https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/changelog/v0.34.5 · fetched 2026-08-29 · 74e3db70ed8d
- site_page: https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/changelog/v0.34.4 · fetched 2026-08-29 · dd1515952017
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| lovell/sharp | main | 95 |
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