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sharp vs google-images-download
sharp has 32,701 GitHub stars, 1,437 forks, 123 open issues and last shipped 3 days ago. google-images-download has 8,686 stars, 2,083 forks, 66 open issues and last shipped 4 months ago. sharp leads on adoption by 276% (32,701 vs 8,686 stars). sharp is written in JavaScript under Apache-2.0; google-images-download is written in Python under MIT. sharp has attracted 4% as many forks as stars, google-images-download 24%. sharp was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (image-processing), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| sharp | google-images-download | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 33K | ★ 8.7K |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Written in | JavaScript | Python |
| Last push | 2026-09-19 | 2026-05-18 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.4K | ⑂ 2.1K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick sharp if
- You weight community size — 33K stars and counting
- You want the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick google-images-download if
- You want the google-images-download feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You evaluated both and google-images-download fits your workflow better
About sharp
sharp is a high performance Node.js image processing library that converts large images in common formats into smaller, web friendly JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF and AVIF files, and it is built for JavaScript developers who need fast, dependency light resizing inside Node.js, Deno or Bun applications.
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About google-images-download
google images download is a ready to run Python command line script that searches Google Images and downloads hundreds of images to a local hard drive, for anyone who needs a large image collection on disk without saving each picture by hand.
read the full google-images-download overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is sharp or google-images-download more popular?
sharp has 32,701 GitHub stars and google-images-download has 8,686. sharp has the larger community by that measure.
Are sharp and google-images-download free?
Both are open source. sharp is licensed under Apache-2.0 and google-images-download under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between sharp and google-images-download?
sharp is written in JavaScript and google-images-download in Python. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, sharp or google-images-download?
Choose sharp if you want the larger community (32,701 stars) or its Apache-2.0 licence terms. Choose google-images-download if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.