Self-host kriti-images
v0.3.1High-performance image transformation via URL API
- Stars
- 268
- Port
- 8080 (HTTP API server)
What is kriti-images?
Kriti Images is a high-performance image transformation service written in Go that enables real-time image processing through URL-based parameters. It serves as an open-source alternative to commercial services like Cloudflare Images and ImageKit. The service supports a wide range of transformations including resize, crop, rotate, flip, blur, sharpen, brightness, contrast, saturation, gamma correction, and border radius. It handles multiple output formats (JPEG, PNG, WebP) with quality control, and can source images from local storage, AWS S3, or direct URLs. The service includes health checks, Prometheus metrics, rate limiting, and CORS support. It can be deployed via Docker, built as a binary, or run from source. The upload API is experimental and disabled by default. No user authentication is built in, making it suitable for integration behind a reverse proxy or API gateway.
Should you self-host kriti-images?
kriti-images scores 46/100 on selfhost.directory (how scoring works) and ranks #10 of 13 in Image Processing. It has 268 GitHub stars.
It shipped 3 stable releases in the past year. The latest, v0.3.1, came out on 15 December 2025. New versions land roughly every 2 weeks.
Setup is easy: most people get it running in one sitting. It is MIT-licensed and written mostly in Go.
Its closest alternative on selfhost.directory is Rembg (78/100, 25 216 stars). It scores higher overall, so compare the two before you pick. See kriti-images vs Rembg side by side.
Features
- Background color
- Blur and sharpen
- Border radius
- Color adjustments
- CORS Support
- Experimental upload APIExperimental feature, disabled by default, could be removed or moved in future releases
- Health Checks
- Multiple Output Formats
- Prometheus Metrics
- Rate Limiting
- Resize and crop
- Rotation and flipping
- URL-based image source
- URL-based image transformations
kriti-images README
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