jimp

Jimp

JavaScript Image Manipulation Program

The "JavaScript Image Manipulation Program" :-)

An image processing library for Node written entirely in JavaScript, with zero native dependencies.

The default jimp configuration.

Supported types:

• @jimp/jpeg
• @jimp/png
• @jimp/bmp
• @jimp/tiff
• @jimp/gif

Read the full docs.

Installation

npm install --save jimp

Usage

const { Jimp } = require("jimp");

// open a file called "lenna.png"
const image = await Jimp.read("test.png");

image.resize(256, 256); // resize

await image.write("test-small.jpg"); // save

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