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Sharp

Sharp is a high-speed image processing module based on Node-API. It uses the libvips library to convert large-sized images into web-compatible sizes in JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF and AVIF formats. Node.js supports Deno and Bun runtimes; it also carries out operations such as rotation and cropping, along with color spaces, ICC profiles, and alpha transparency channels.

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lovell · Image & Photo Processing

STARS32.8K
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CONTRIBUTORS230
VERSIONv0.9.3
UPDATEDyesterday
JavaScriptImage ProcessingNode.jsApache-2.0

Common commercial products in this category: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, Cloudinary

What can it do?
  • You can convert large-sized photos into web-friendly JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF and AVIF formats.
  • You can resize images, rotate them, cut them, and apply layer-add operations.
  • You can process color spaces by maintaining embedded ICC profiles and alpha transparency channels.
User reviews
  • • NeutralGitHub Issue

    Can't compile under Apple Silicon M1 arm64

    “Did you see the [documentation relating to installation]( * yes Have you ensured the architecture and platform of Node.js used for `npm install` is the same as the architecture and platform of Node.js used at runtime? * yes Are you using the latest version? Is the version…”

  • • NeutralGitHub Issue

    Support for Windows

    “I'd like to be able to use sharp on the Windows platform. Because `libvips` is available for Windows, I assume that lack of support is mostly in figuring out the build script. Has this been investigated already? If so, what approaches have already been tried and roadblocks…”

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