macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install imgproxylocal Homebrew formula metadata
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Install imgproxy with Homebrew, Nix
Fast and secure server for resizing and converting remote images. Version 4.0.12 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-29. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#imgproxy.
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Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#imgproxynixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/im/imgproxy/package.nix · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Fast and secure server for resizing and converting remote images
Project links
Commands and aliases
- imgproxy
history
Project history and usage
imgproxy is a Go-based standalone HTTP server for resizing, processing, optimizing, and converting images on the fly. The project presents itself around three principles: speed, security, and simplicity, with libvips as its core image-processing engine.
Project history
The GitHub repository was created on 2017-06-20. The README describes imgproxy as a drop-in replacement for application-side image-processing code: applications generate signed processing URLs, while imgproxy fetches source images, processes them, and serves the result.
The project evolved from a utility server into a broader image-processing product line. Its official documentation covers Docker-based startup, URL processing syntax, security controls, source restrictions, memory tuning, and format support; the README also distinguishes the open-source edition from imgproxy Pro features.
Adoption history
imgproxy has much broader visible adoption than the small CLI tools in this batch: repository metadata shows roughly 10k GitHub stars, Homebrew publishes a formula, and the official docs and README emphasize Docker and container deployment. The input metadata also records packaging in Nix.
Its adoption story is tied to web infrastructure: image variants, responsive crops, CDN-backed delivery, and moving CPU-heavy transformations out of application servers. The README thanks Evil Martians as a launch platform and libvips maintainers for image-processing support, reflecting its roots in production web image pipelines.
How it is used
The documented usage model is URL-driven. A caller encodes processing options and a source image URL into an imgproxy URL; imgproxy fetches the source, applies resize/crop/format/security rules, and returns the transformed image over HTTP. The getting-started docs recommend Docker for a short path to a running server, while the processing docs describe options such as resize, gravity, DPR, and enlargement.
Why package nerds care
imgproxy is significant because it is not just a CLI binary in Homebrew; it is infrastructure software packaged as a Go executable and container image. For package nerds, it sits at the intersection of formula packaging, container registries, libvips dependency management, and web-performance operations.
Timeline
- 2017-06-20: GitHub repository created.
- 2025-09-17: v3.30.0 release published.
- 2026-05-13: v4.0.0 release published.
- 2026: Documentation for the 4.0.x line describes Docker startup, URL processing, and security guidance.
Related projects
- imgproxy is closely related to libvips, which the README identifies as its image-processing engine. The imgproxy organization also maintains helper projects such as imgproxy-node and imgproxy-rails for integrating signed URLs and processing flows into applications.
Sources
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for imgproxy. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
imgproxy | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version4.0.12
manager updated2026-07-29
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:imgproxy |
|---|---|
| Version | 4.0.12 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://imgproxy.net |
| Repository | https://github.com/imgproxy/imgproxy |
| Last updated | 2026-07-29T23:26:38Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Nix95%
imgproxy
nix profile install nixpkgs#imgproxy- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Imgproxy
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation