sharp
High performance Node.js image processing, the fastest module to resize JPEG, PNG, WebP, AVIF and TIFF images. Uses the libvips library. observed · 2026-10-21
Health v2 · maintenance only
95/100
- Activity 100
- Release rhythm 85
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 42
- age_days: 4810
- days_rel: 23
- days_push: 0
- n_releases_24m: 12
Adoption not part of the score
32779 stars · 1444 forks observed · 2026-10-21
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-10-05, confidence 0.99
Sharp is a high‑performance Node.js image processing library built on libvips. It provides fast resizing, format conversion, and other transformations for JPEG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, TIFF, GIF and SVG images.
Use cases
- Resize large batches of images for web delivery
- Convert images between formats like JPEG, PNG, WebP, and AVIF
- Generate thumbnails and responsive image sets on the server
- Process uploaded images in a Node.js API before storage
- Apply rotations, compositing, and color adjustments to images
- Create Deep Zoom image pyramids for map viewers
When to choose
- You need a fast, non‑blocking image pipeline in a Node.js, Deno, or Bun environment
- You want to avoid external binaries like ImageMagick and prefer a pure JavaScript API
- Your application runs on modern Linux, macOS, or Windows with pre‑built binaries available
- You require efficient memory usage and multi‑core processing for large images
When to avoid
- You need GPU‑accelerated processing or advanced photo‑editing features not supported by libvips
- Your runtime is older than Node.js 20.9.0 or does not support Node‑API v9
- You require extensive vector graphics manipulation beyond basic SVG handling
Facets
library · maturity active
image-processing file-upload cli computer-vision web-development bun windows high-performance libvips resize format-conversion stream-friendly non-blocking data-engineering nodejs deno linux macos
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/lovell/sharp · fetched 2026-10-21 · d8a71499d1de
- homepage: https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com · fetched 2026-09-21 · 40fcc7976f8f
- site_page: https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/install · fetched 2026-09-21 · 28481ca53da1
- site_page: https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/changelog/v0.35.4 · fetched 2026-09-21 · 0037bfe82d80
- site_page: https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/changelog/v0.35.3 · fetched 2026-09-21 · 832762da0f91
- site_page: https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/changelog/v0.35.2 · fetched 2026-09-21 · 87b192a6dda5
- site_page: https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/changelog/v0.35.1 · fetched 2026-09-21 · bb11963ae421
- site_page: https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/changelog/v0.35.0 · fetched 2026-09-21 · b7002510f7fd
- site_page: https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/changelog/v0.34.5 · fetched 2026-09-21 · 74e3db70ed8d
- site_page: https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/changelog/v0.34.4 · fetched 2026-09-21 · dd1515952017
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| lovell/sharp | main | 95 |
| lovell/attention | plugin | 10 |
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