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sharp vs home-gallery
sharp has 32,701 GitHub stars, 1,437 forks, 123 open issues and last shipped 3 days ago. home-gallery has 1,183 stars, 106 forks, 54 open issues and last shipped 3 months ago. sharp leads on adoption by 2,664% (32,701 vs 1,183 stars). sharp is written in JavaScript under Apache-2.0; home-gallery is written in JavaScript under MIT. sharp has attracted 4% as many forks as stars, home-gallery 9%. sharp was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (exif), 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 | home-gallery | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 33K | ★ 1.2K |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Written in | JavaScript | JavaScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-19 | 2026-06-25 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.4K | ⑂ 106 |
| 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 home-gallery if
- You want the home-gallery feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You evaluated both and home-gallery 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 home-gallery
HomeGallery is a self hosted, MIT licensed open source web gallery for people who keep their photo and video archives on their own hardware and want a private, mobile friendly way to browse them, including tagging and AI powered image and face discovery.
read the full home-gallery overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is sharp or home-gallery more popular?
sharp has 32,701 GitHub stars and home-gallery has 1,183. sharp has the larger community by that measure.
Are sharp and home-gallery free?
Both are open source. sharp is licensed under Apache-2.0 and home-gallery under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between sharp and home-gallery?
sharp is written in JavaScript and home-gallery in JavaScript. 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 home-gallery?
Choose sharp if you want the larger community (32,701 stars) or its Apache-2.0 licence terms. Choose home-gallery if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.