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sharp vs home-gallery
sharp has 32,826 GitHub stars, 1,449 forks, 123 open issues and last shipped yesterday. home-gallery has 1,211 stars, 108 forks, 54 open issues and last shipped 7 days ago. sharp leads on adoption by 2,611% (32,826 vs 1,211 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 | 2026-11-05 | 2026-10-30 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.4K | ⑂ 108 |
| 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 The typical use case for this high speed Node API module is to convert large images in common formats to smaller, web friendly JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF and AVIF images of varying dimensions. It can be used with all JavaScript runtimes that provide support for Node API v9, including Node.js ( = 20.9.0), Deno and Bun. Resizing an image is typically 4x 5x faster than using the quickest ImageMagick and GraphicsMagick settings due to its use of libvips. Colour spaces, embedded ICC profiles and alpha transparency channels are all handled correctly. Lanczos resampling ensures quality is not sacrificed for speed. As…
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About home-gallery
HomeGallery Home Gallery.org is a self hosted open source web gallery to browse personal photos and videos featuring tagging, mobile friendly, and AI powered image and face discovery. Try the demo gallery or enjoy the food images! Note: This software is a private pet/spare time project without any warranty. Ask questions on gitter.im or Discord. Do you like HomeGallery? Does it solve your media problem? Would you like to help? Please read the CONTRIBUTING guidelines and support this project through any recurring financial support to my patreon.com/xemle or one time support to my paypal.me/xemle account. Thank…
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Frequently asked questions
Is sharp or home-gallery more popular?
sharp has 32,826 GitHub stars and home-gallery has 1,211. 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 (32,826 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.