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sharp vs openscreen
sharp has 32,692 GitHub stars, 1,436 forks, 123 open issues and last shipped 6 days ago. openscreen has 3,046 stars, 191 forks, 43 open issues and last shipped yesterday. sharp leads on adoption by 973% (32,692 vs 3,046 stars). sharp is written in JavaScript under Apache-2.0; openscreen is written in TypeScript under MIT. sharp has attracted 4% as many forks as stars, openscreen 6%. openscreen was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
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 | openscreen | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 33K | ★ 3.0K |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Written in | JavaScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-13 | 2026-09-18 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.4K | ⑂ 191 |
| 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 openscreen if
- You want the openscreen feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and openscreen 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 openscreen
OpenScreen is a free, MIT licensed, GPU accelerated desktop screen recorder and video editor for Windows, macOS, and Linux that turns a raw capture into a polished product demo, aimed at developers, product teams, and technical marketers who need demo video without subscriptions or watermarks.
read the full openscreen overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is sharp or openscreen more popular?
sharp has 32,692 GitHub stars and openscreen has 3,046. sharp has the larger community by that measure.
Are sharp and openscreen free?
Both are open source. sharp is licensed under Apache-2.0 and openscreen under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between sharp and openscreen?
sharp is written in JavaScript and openscreen in TypeScript. 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 openscreen?
Choose sharp if you want the larger community (32,692 stars) or its Apache-2.0 licence terms. Choose openscreen if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.