sharp

Homepage

https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/

What is it?

Sharp is a high-performance library for image transformation in Node.js.

Why did we choose it?

Performance. Sharp uses the extremely fast libvips library under the hood, making it much faster than most other image transformation libraries which don't use libvips. This cuts the time needed to finish submitting an artwork.

What do we use it for?

Resizing user image uploads when needed, inside AWS Lambda cloud functions.