Pillow
Python imaging library for image processing, manipulation and conversion.
Used in agent projects
292
2.3% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in files, images and media
#2 of 52
by use in those projects
Downloads
138M
PyPI, last 7 days, pillow
GitHub stars
13.9K
last push Oct 10, 2026
How Pillow is used
Pillow is a dependency in 292 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (2.3%), #2 of 52 in files, images and media. The most used alternative there is Sharp. Projects that use it most often also use NumPy (51.0%), Requests (50.7%), python-dotenv (49.7%). It is more common in projects set up for Cline (8.3%) than for OpenCode (1.9%).
Often used with Pillow
| NumPy | 51.0% of Pillow projects · 13.3× more than average |
|---|---|
| Requests | 50.7% of Pillow projects · 9.5× more than average |
| python-dotenv | 49.7% of Pillow projects · 7.6× more than average |
| Pydantic | 41.1% of Pillow projects · 8.0× more than average |
| Uvicorn | 36.6% of Pillow projects · 8.6× more than average |
| FastAPI | 34.9% of Pillow projects · 8.3× more than average |
| pandas | 32.5% of Pillow projects · 10.8× more than average |
| Matplotlib | 30.5% of Pillow projects · 19.9× more than average |
By coding agent
| GitHub Copilot | 3.8% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 3.2% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 3.1% of projects set up for it |
| OpenAI Codex | 3.1% of projects set up for it |
| Gemini CLI | 2.1% of projects set up for it |
| Devin Desktop | 2.9% of projects set up for it |
| OpenCode | 1.9% of projects set up for it |
| Cline | 8.3% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Pillow as a dependency.
Install
| Package | pip install pillow |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (286), Next.js (3), React Native / Expo (2), Other (1) |
| Example projects | dramaclaw/dramaclaw, Josh-XT/AGiXT, sweetcornna/free-search-mcp, theWDY/office-editor-mcp, XargonWan/Synthetic_Heart |
Alternatives to Pillow
| 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 |
| Nodemailer npm Send emails from Node.js applications with support for multiple transport methods. |
232 (1.8%) | 25.2M | 17.7K | MIT-0 |
| 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) |
| openpyxl pypi Python library for reading and writing Excel 2010 XLSX/XLSM files. |
88 (0.7%) | 71.8M | — | MIT |