Browser Image Compression
Compress images in the browser before upload for smaller file sizes.
Files, images and media npm MIT
Used in agent projects
21
0.2% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in files, images and media
#48 of 52
by use in those projects
Downloads
1.5M
npm, last 7 days, browser-image-compression
GitHub stars
1,721
last push Mar 8, 2024
How Browser Image Compression is used
Browser Image Compression is a dependency in 21 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.2%), #48 of 52 in files, images and media. The most used alternative there is Sharp. Projects that use it most often also use clsx (81.0%), Tailwind Merge (81.0%), Lucide React (76.2%).
Often used with Browser Image Compression
| clsx | 81.0% of Browser Image Compression projects · 4.6× more than average |
|---|---|
| Tailwind Merge | 81.0% of Browser Image Compression projects · 4.8× more than average |
| Lucide React | 76.2% of Browser Image Compression projects · 3.8× more than average |
| Zod | 71.4% of Browser Image Compression projects · 4.2× more than average |
| Next.js | 71.4% of Browser Image Compression projects · 3.2× more than average |
| Class Variance Authority | 57.1% of Browser Image Compression projects · 4.1× more than average |
| Tailwind CSS | 85.7% of Browser Image Compression projects · 2.5× more than average |
| Supabase JS | 52.4% of Browser Image Compression projects · 7.2× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.4% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Cursor | 0.4% of projects set up for it |
| GitHub Copilot | 0.3% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Browser Image Compression as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install browser-image-compression |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Next.js (14), TypeScript / JavaScript (6), PHP (1) |
| Example projects | fountain-ink/app |
Alternatives to Browser Image Compression
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharp npm High-speed image processing for resizing, converting JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF formats. |
390 (3.1%) | 115M | 32.7K | Apache-2.0 |
| Pillow pypi Python imaging library for image processing, manipulation and conversion. |
292 (2.3%) | 138M | 13.9K | — |
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| jsPDF npm Generate PDF documents directly from JavaScript in browsers and Node.js. |
184 (1.4%) | 15.6M | 31.3K | MIT |
| qrcode (JavaScript) npm Generate QR codes on server and client using canvas with Node.js and browser support. |
163 (1.3%) | 29.7M | 8,178 | MIT |
| SheetJS npm Parse and generate spreadsheets (Excel, CSV) in Node.js and browsers. |
146 (1.1%) | 12.7M | 36.3K | Apache-2.0 |
| html2canvas npm JavaScript library for taking screenshots of web pages and rendering HTML to canvas. |
115 (0.9%) | 18.5M | 31.9K | MIT |
| JSZip npm JavaScript library for creating, reading and editing ZIP archives in the browser. |
96 (0.8%) | 47.5M | 10.4K | (MIT OR GPL-3.0-or-later) |