# lovell/sharp

High performance Node.js image processing, the fastest module to resize JPEG, PNG, WebP, AVIF and TIFF images. Uses the libvips library.

Repository: https://github.com/lovell/sharp
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sharp
Homepage: https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com
Language: JavaScript
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: javascript, webp, image-processing, jpeg, png, nodejs, tiff, svg, libvips, exif, icc, image, performance, crop, resize, sharp, avif
Last push: 2026-08-26T09:25:42+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4762, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 7, "gap_med": 46.0, "n_releases_24m": 11}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 32609, forks 1435 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:57.722304+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: image-processing, cli
- domain: image-processing, web-development, media
- platform: bun, cross-platform, windows
- tags: libvips, resize, jpeg, png, webp, avif, tiff, svg, exif, icc-profiles, streams, wasm, typescript, nodejs, deno, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- lovell/sharp (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:57.722304+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 2026-08-29T16:51:55.815515+00:00, confidence not recorded.
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  - homepage: https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com (fetched 2026-08-29T07:49:20.219282+00:00, sha 40fcc7976f8f)
  - site_page: https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/install (fetched 2026-08-29T07:49:20.228552+00:00, sha 28481ca53da1)
  - site_page: https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/changelog/v0.35.4 (fetched 2026-08-29T07:49:20.230494+00:00, sha 0037bfe82d80)
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  - site_page: https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/changelog/v0.35.0 (fetched 2026-08-29T07:49:20.237715+00:00, sha b7002510f7fd)
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- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.