Sharp
High-speed image processing for resizing, converting JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF formats.
Files, images and media npm Apache-2.0
Used in agent projects
390
3.1% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in files, images and media
#1 of 52
by use in those projects
Downloads
115M
npm, last 7 days, sharp
GitHub stars
32.7K
last push Oct 9, 2026
How Sharp is used
Sharp is a dependency in 390 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (3.1%), #1 of 52 in files, images and media. The most used alternative there is Pillow. Projects that use it most often also use Playwright (JavaScript) (36.2%), Tailwind CSS (70.5%), Vitest (41.3%).
Often used with Sharp
| Playwright (JavaScript) | 36.2% of Sharp projects · 4.1× more than average |
|---|---|
| Tailwind CSS | 70.5% of Sharp projects · 2.0× more than average |
| Vitest | 41.3% of Sharp projects · 3.4× more than average |
| TypeScript | 87.4% of Sharp projects · 1.6× more than average |
| ESLint | 67.2% of Sharp projects · 1.8× more than average |
| React | 71.3% of Sharp projects · 1.6× more than average |
| Next.js | 50.5% of Sharp projects · 2.2× more than average |
| Zod | 43.1% of Sharp projects · 2.5× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 4.9% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 4.0% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 4.4% of projects set up for it |
| OpenAI Codex | 6.2% of projects set up for it |
| Gemini CLI | 5.0% of projects set up for it |
| OpenCode | 5.3% of projects set up for it |
| Devin Desktop | 3.6% of projects set up for it |
| Kiro | 5.5% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Sharp as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install sharp |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Next.js (189), TypeScript / JavaScript (188), Python (7), PHP (3) |
| Example projects | sunflower-land/sunflower-land, ngxtension/ngxtension-platform, wesbos/wesbos, Asymmetric-al/core, 1600822305/AetherLink |
Alternatives to Sharp
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pillow pypi Python imaging library for image processing, manipulation and conversion. |
292 (2.3%) | 138M | 13.9K | — |
| 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 |