silvia-odwyer/photon

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3884 stars · 185 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Photon is a high-performance image processing library written in pure Rust that compiles to WebAssembly. It provides over 90 functions for filtering, resizing, watermarking, and pixel manipulation, runnable natively, in the browser, or in Node.js.

Use cases

• apply filters and effects to images in the browser
• resize images client-side without a server
• process images in Node.js via WebAssembly
• build a native photo editing app in Rust
• watermark images at high speed
• manipulate image pixels and color channels

When to choose

• you need fast client-side image processing in JavaScript without writing Rust
• you want a pure-Rust, memory-safe image library for native apps
• you need near-native performance in the browser via WebAssembly

When to avoid

• you need advanced format support or metadata handling like ImageMagick or libvips
• you need GPU-accelerated or video processing
• you require a mature ecosystem of plugins and long-term enterprise support

Facets

library · maturity active

image-processing image-processing web-development graphics rust wasm browser cross-platform webassembly image-manipulation filters client-side nodejs

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