pdftopic
Built for Node.js, this package empowers users to effortlessly convert PDF files into images of exceptional quality, supporting multiple formats including PNG, JPG, GIF, and others. Its streamlined functionality ensures a smooth and reliable conversion process, providing users with the flexibility to obtain top-notch images from their PDF documents (by Ilyes-El-Majouti)
sharp
High performance Node.js image processing, the fastest module to resize JPEG, PNG, WebP, AVIF and TIFF images. Uses the libvips library. (by lovell)
| pdftopic | sharp | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 118 | |
| 31 | 32,329 | |
| - | 0.3% | |
| 5.7 | 8.6 | |
| almost 2 years ago | 1 day ago | |
| JavaScript | JavaScript | |
| Apache License 2.0 | Apache License 2.0 |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
pdftopic
Posts with mentions or reviews of pdftopic.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects.
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How to convert a PDF to an image using Nodejs
You will find the files on the github (https://github.com/Ilyes-El-Majouti/pdftopic)
sharp
Posts with mentions or reviews of sharp.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2026-06-01.
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NPM packages from RedHat have been compromised
Some packages need to build native dependencies. sharp for example needs to build libvips on the system [0] to work
0: https://github.com/lovell/sharp/blob/main/install/build.js
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Bun.Image
> The API is shaped after Sharp: construct from an input, chain transforms, pick an output format, then await a terminal method.
(https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/)
Good! I like the pipeline workflow.
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From Next.js 15 to SvelteKit: Why We Rewrote Rsale.net's Frontend
Image optimization. No next/image. We use sharp at upload time + a small wrapper with srcset. Less magic, more control.
- Sharp: High performance Node.js image processing/optimization
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On-the-Fly Image Compression in NestJS vs Laravel Performance Implementation and Comparison
Sharp
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On-the-Fly Image Compression Comparison Between NestJS and Laravel
Image minimization as part of a web API's delivery pipeline often leverages libraries like Sharp (Node.js) or Intervention Image (PHP). Such solutions:
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How to create and serve image blur placeholders
Doing this in Node is simple, we'll use the popular sharp library to resize the image.
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Jemalloc Postmortem
Hello, libvips author here. This is probably the canonical thread about libvips and memory fragmentation, and the funniest graph:
https://github.com/lovell/sharp/issues/955#issuecomment-5458...
(that specific graph is for switching from glib to the musl memory allocator, but jemalloc gives a very similar result)
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Why Single Function Lambdas is a terrible choice for Serverless development.
For example, you might have a Lambda that powers your entire web server. Another for data crunching using an npm package that ships with a rust binary (node polars) leveraging multiple vCpus. A third might handle image processing with sharp, triggered by S3 uploads. And maybe another is dedicated to web scraping where you bundle a headless browser like Puppeteer as Layer to Lambda.
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How To Fetch Image From Database and Display In React JS
Sharp: High Performance Node.js Image Processing Learn more about processing images on the backend if you need to handle large files or perform image manipulation.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing pdftopic and sharp you can also consider the following projects:
topzemen - Floating Pictures on your Screen
jimp - An image processing library written entirely in JavaScript for Node, with zero external or native dependencies.
chess-image-generator - Accepts FEN, PGN or array data for chess board and generates PNG or buffer.
pica - Resize image in browser with high quality and high speed
ImageToIcon - :rowboat: Convert your image to ICO format
gm - GraphicsMagick for node