# thephpleague/glide

Wonderfully easy on-demand image manipulation library with an HTTP based API.

Repository: https://github.com/thephpleague/glide
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/thephpleague-glide
Homepage: http://glide.thephpleague.com
Language: PHP
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-07-16T13:55:04+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 90/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 92, release rhythm 81, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4272, "days_push": 48, "days_rel": 48, "gap_med": 58.5, "n_releases_24m": 9}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2632, forks 205 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:06.090021+00:00)

## What it is
Glide is a PHP library for on-demand image manipulation exposed via a simple HTTP-based API, similar to cloud services like Imgix and Cloudinary. It supports resizing, cropping, effects, and watermarks, with automatic caching and optional signed URLs, powered by Intervention Image and Flysystem.

## Use cases
- serve resized images on demand from a PHP app
- self-host an Imgix or Cloudinary alternative
- generate image thumbnails via URL parameters
- add watermarks and effects to images dynamically
- cache and serve manipulated images with far-future expiry headers
- secure image URLs with HTTP signatures

## When to choose
- you need on-demand image resizing/cropping in a PHP project
- you want a self-hosted alternative to Imgix or Cloudinary
- you need framework-agnostic image processing with adapters for Laravel, Symfony, Slim, and CakePHP
- you want automatic caching of manipulated images

## When to avoid
- your stack is not PHP
- you need heavy offline batch image processing rather than on-demand URL-based manipulation
- you need advanced AI-based image features like background removal

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: image-processing, http-server, caching, web-framework
- domain: image-processing, web-development, media
- platform: php, self-hosted
- tags: on-demand-image-manipulation, imgix-alternative, intervention-image, flysystem, http-api, image-resizing, signed-urls, web-server

## Member repositories
- thephpleague/glide (main) score 90

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:06.090021+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 2026-08-30T02:19:37.090416+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/thephpleague/glide (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:06.090021+00:00, sha 37cb14e64e9f)
  - homepage: http://glide.thephpleague.com (fetched 2026-08-29T10:02:26.769112+00:00, sha 547e59b0765b)
  - site_page: https://glide.thephpleague.com/4.0/installation (fetched 2026-08-29T10:02:26.780421+00:00, sha a5edf1ad658e)
  - site_page: https://glide.thephpleague.com/4.0/changelog (fetched 2026-08-29T10:02:26.778046+00:00, sha 5a99e5b7570a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.