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sharp

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

sharp is an open-source libraries and runtimes project on GitHub under the Apache-2.0 license (permissive), with 33k stars. It is built with V8 and LLVM project. Its last push was today.

Stars
33k
License
Apache-2.0
Activity
Active
Latest release
v0.35.5

Code on GitHub Website

Judgement

What it is
Building block
What it does
A Node.js image processing module on libvips that resizes and converts JPEG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, GIF and TIFF images, and ships prebuilt binaries.
Adopt it when
Your Node.js app or build step resizes or converts images and you want the fastest common option.
Watch out
Its native binaries can fail to install on unusual platforms or in some serverless bundles.
Ready for
Production-ready
Runs as
Library
Built with
JavaScript, C++ and libvips
How established
Established: started 13 years ago, latest release v0.35.5.
What the license allows
You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.

Judged on 2026-11-06 from the project's README and GitHub data. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

Built from

V8LLVM project

Follow it down: sharp → V8 → LLVM project → runs on a microchip

How compilers were built, back to punched paper tape

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