sharp

GitHub describes it as High performance Node.js image processing, the fastest module to resize JPEG, PNG, WebP, AVIF and TIFF images. Uses the libvips library.. The repository metadata lists JavaScript as its primary language. The metadata lists the Apache-2.0 license. This article stays within the project description and details documented in the GitHub repository README.

GitHub describes it as High performance Node.js image processing, the fastest module to resize JPEG, PNG, WebP, AVIF and TIFF images. Uses the libvips library.. The repository metadata lists JavaScript as its primary language. The metadata lists the Apache-2.0 license. The README describes the project this way: The typical use case for this high speed Node-API module is to convert large images in common formats to smaller, web-friendly JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF and AVIF images of varying dimensions.

The README section "sharp" states: It can be used with all JavaScript runtimes that provide support for Node-API v9, including Node.js ( = 20.9.0), Deno and Bun.

The README section "sharp" states: Resizing an image is typically 4x-5x faster than using the quickest ImageMagick and GraphicsMagick settings due to its use of libvips.

The README section "sharp" states: Colour spaces, embedded ICC profiles and alpha transparency channels are all handled correctly. Lanczos resampling ensures quality is not sacrificed for speed.

The repository README is the source for this review. It does not replace a local installation or an independent test.

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