PNG encoder/decoder in pure JS, supporting any bit size & interlace, async & sync with full test suite.
The pngjs npm package is a pure JavaScript implementation for PNG encoding and decoding in Node.js. It allows for reading and writing PNG images in a non-blocking and streaming way, which is useful for applications that need to handle image data directly.
Reading PNG files
This code demonstrates how to read a PNG file using pngjs. It creates a read stream from a file, pipes it through the PNG decoder, and logs the image's width and height once it's parsed.
const fs = require('fs');
const PNG = require('pngjs').PNG;
fs.createReadStream('input.png')
.pipe(new PNG())
.on('parsed', function() {
console.log('Image width:', this.width, 'Image height:', this.height);
});Writing PNG files
This code snippet shows how to create a new PNG image with a specific width and height, fill it with white color, and then write it to a file. It demonstrates the package's ability to write PNG files.
const fs = require('fs');
const PNG = require('pngjs').PNG;
const png = new PNG({ width: 10, height: 10, filterType: -1 });
for (let y = 0; y < png.height; y++) {
for (let x = 0; x < png.width; x++) {
let idx = (png.width * y + x) << 2;
png.data[idx] = 255; // red
png.data[idx + 1] = 255; // green
png.data[idx + 2] = 255; // blue
png.data[idx + 3] = 255; // alpha (opacity)
}
}
png.pack().pipe(fs.createWriteStream('output.png'));Sharp is a high-performance Node.js image processing library. It allows for converting large images in common formats to smaller, web-friendly JPEG, PNG, WebP, and AVIF images of varying dimensions. Compared to pngjs, sharp supports a wider range of image formats and provides more comprehensive image processing capabilities, but it relies on native dependencies.
Jimp is an image processing library for Node.js, written entirely in JavaScript, with zero native dependencies. It can perform a variety of operations such as resize, crop, rotate, and color manipulation. While Jimp supports PNG among other formats, it offers broader functionality beyond just PNG encoding and decoding, making it more versatile than pngjs for general image processing tasks.
Simple PNG encoder/decoder for Node.js with no dependencies.
Based on the original pngjs with the follow enhancements.
tTRNS transparent coloursKnown lack of support for:
| Name | Forked From | Sync | Async | 16 Bit | 1/2/4 Bit | Interlace | Gamma | Encodes | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pngjs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| node-png | pngjs | No | Yes | No | No | No | Hidden | Yes | Manual |
| png-coder | pngjs | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Hidden | Yes | Manual |
| pngparse | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | |
| pngparse-sync | pngparse | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
| png-async | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| png-js | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Native C++ node decoders:
Tested using PNG Suite. We read every file into pngjs, output it in standard 8bit colour, synchronously and asynchronously, then compare the original with the newly saved images.
To run the tests, fetch the repo (tests are not distributed via npm) and install with npm i, run npm test.
The only thing not converted is gamma correction - this is because multiple vendors will do gamma correction differently, so the tests will have different results on different browsers.
In addition we use a tolerance of 3 for 16 bit images in PhantomJS because PhantomJS seems to have non-compliant rules for downscaling 16 bit images.
$ npm install pngjs --save
The package has been build with a Browserify version (npm run browserify) and you can use the browser version by including in your code:
import { PNG } from 'pngjs/browser';
var fs = require("fs"),
PNG = require("pngjs").PNG;
fs.createReadStream("in.png")
.pipe(
new PNG({
filterType: 4,
})
)
.on("parsed", function () {
for (var y = 0; y < this.height; y++) {
for (var x = 0; x < this.width; x++) {
var idx = (this.width * y + x) << 2;
// invert color
this.data[idx] = 255 - this.data[idx];
this.data[idx + 1] = 255 - this.data[idx + 1];
this.data[idx + 2] = 255 - this.data[idx + 2];
// and reduce opacity
this.data[idx + 3] = this.data[idx + 3] >> 1;
}
}
this.pack().pipe(fs.createWriteStream("out.png"));
});
For more examples see examples folder.
As input any color type is accepted (grayscale, rgb, palette, grayscale with alpha, rgb with alpha) but 8 bit per sample (channel) is the only supported bit depth. Interlaced mode is not supported.
PNG is readable and writable Stream.
width - use this with height if you want to create png from scratchheight - as abovecheckCRC - whether parser should be strict about checksums in source stream (default: true)deflateChunkSize - chunk size used for deflating data chunks, this should be power of 2 and must not be less than 256 and more than 32*1024 (default: 32 kB)deflateLevel - compression level for deflate (default: 9)deflateStrategy - compression strategy for deflate (default: 3)deflateFactory - deflate stream factory (default: zlib.createDeflate)filterType - png filtering method for scanlines (default: -1 => auto, accepts array of numbers 0-4)colorType - the output colorType - see constants. 0 = grayscale, no alpha, 2 = color, no alpha, 4 = grayscale & alpha, 6 = color & alpha. Default currently 6, but in the future may calculate best mode.inputColorType - the input colorType - see constants. Default is 6 (RGBA)bitDepth - the bitDepth of the output, 8 or 16 bits. Input data is expected to have this bit depth.
16 bit data is expected in the system endianness (Default: 8)inputHasAlpha - whether the input bitmap has 4 bytes per pixel (rgb and alpha) or 3 (rgb - no alpha).bgColor - an object containing red, green, and blue values between 0 and 255
that is used when packing a PNG if alpha is not to be included (default: 255,255,255)function(metadata) { }
Image's header has been parsed, metadata contains this information:
width image size in pixelsheight image size in pixelspalette image is palettedcolor image is not grayscalealpha image contains alpha channelinterlace image is interlacedfunction(data) { }
Input image has been completely parsed, data is complete and ready for modification.
function(error) { }
Parses PNG file data. Can be String or Buffer. Alternatively you can stream data to instance of PNG.
Optional callback is once called on error or parsed. The callback gets
two arguments (err, data).
Returns this for method chaining.
new PNG({ filterType: 4 }).parse(imageData, function (error, data) {
console.log(error, data);
});
Starts converting data to PNG file Stream.
Returns this for method chaining.
Helper for image manipulation, copies a rectangle of pixels from current (i.e. the source) image (sx, sy, w, h) to dst image (at dx, dy).
Returns this for method chaining.
For example, the following code copies the top-left 100x50 px of in.png into dst and writes it to out.png:
var dst = new PNG({ width: 100, height: 50 });
fs.createReadStream("in.png")
.pipe(new PNG())
.on("parsed", function () {
this.bitblt(dst, 0, 0, 100, 50, 0, 0);
dst.pack().pipe(fs.createWriteStream("out.png"));
});
Helper that takes data and adjusts it to be gamma corrected. Note that it is not 100% reliable with transparent colours because that requires knowing the background colour the bitmap is rendered on to.
In tests against PNG suite it compared 100% with chrome on all 8 bit and below images. On IE there were some differences.
The following example reads a file, adjusts the gamma (which sets the gamma to 0) and writes it out again, effectively removing any gamma correction from the image.
fs.createReadStream("in.png")
.pipe(new PNG())
.on("parsed", function () {
this.adjustGamma();
this.pack().pipe(fs.createWriteStream("out.png"));
});
Width of image in pixels
Height of image in pixels
Buffer of image pixel data. Every pixel consists 4 bytes: R, G, B, A (opacity).
Gamma of image (0 if not specified)
When removing the alpha channel from an image, there needs to be a background color to correctly convert each pixel's transparency to the appropriate RGB value. By default, pngjs will flatten the image against a white background. You can override this in the options:
var fs = require("fs"),
PNG = require("pngjs").PNG;
fs.createReadStream("in.png")
.pipe(
new PNG({
colorType: 2,
bgColor: {
red: 0,
green: 255,
blue: 0,
},
})
)
.on("parsed", function () {
this.pack().pipe(fs.createWriteStream("out.png"));
});
Take a buffer and returns a PNG image. The properties on the image include the meta data and data as per the async API above.
var data = fs.readFileSync('in.png');
var png = PNG.sync.read(data);
Take a PNG image and returns a buffer. The properties on the image include the meta data and data as per the async API above.
var data = fs.readFileSync('in.png');
var png = PNG.sync.read(data);
var options = { colorType: 6 };
var buffer = PNG.sync.write(png, options);
fs.writeFileSync('out.png', buffer);
Adjusts the gamma of a sync image. See the async adjustGamma.
var data = fs.readFileSync('in.png');
var png = PNG.sync.read(data);
PNG.adjustGamma(png);
(The MIT License)
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The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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PNG encoder/decoder in pure JS, supporting any bit size & interlace, async & sync with full test suite.
We found that pngjs demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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