pngjs
Pure JavaScript PNG encoder/decoder with full async/sync support.
Files, images and media npm MIT
Used in agent projects
35
0.3% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in files, images and media
#29 of 52
by use in those projects
Downloads
69.2M
npm, last 7 days, pngjs
GitHub stars
746
last push Mar 23, 2024
How pngjs is used
pngjs is a dependency in 35 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.3%), #29 of 52 in files, images and media. The most used alternative there is Sharp. Projects that use it most often also use Playwright (JavaScript) (65.7%), Vitest (51.4%), tsx (40.0%).
Often used with pngjs
| Playwright (JavaScript) | 65.7% of pngjs projects · 7.5× more than average |
|---|---|
| Vitest | 51.4% of pngjs projects · 4.2× more than average |
| tsx | 40.0% of pngjs projects · 4.0× more than average |
| Zod | 51.4% of pngjs projects · 3.0× more than average |
| Vite | 54.3% of pngjs projects · 2.4× more than average |
| ESLint | 68.6% of pngjs projects · 1.8× more than average |
| Husky | 28.6% of pngjs projects · 4.6× more than average |
| TypeScript | 80.0% of pngjs projects |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.6% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 0.5% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 0.4% of projects set up for it |
| OpenAI Codex | 1.3% of projects set up for it |
| Gemini CLI | 1.4% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list pngjs as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install pngjs |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (27), Next.js (8) |
| Example projects | ChenyCHENYU/Robot_Admin, Asvarox/allkaraoke, Cap-go/capgo.app, huszy/badgun, AmadeusITGroup/otter |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| html2canvas npm JavaScript library for taking screenshots of web pages and rendering HTML to canvas. |
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| JSZip npm JavaScript library for creating, reading and editing ZIP archives in the browser. |
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