Commands:
sharp affine Perform an affine transform on an image
sharp bandbool Perform a bitwise boolean operation on all input
image channels (bands) to produce a single channel
output image
sharp blur [sigma] Blur the image
sharp boolean Perform a bitwise boolean operation with operand
image
sharp clahe Perform contrast limiting adaptive histogram
equalization CLAHE
sharp composite [images..] Composite image(s) over the processed (resized,
extracted etc.) image
sharp convolve Convolve the image with the specified kernel
sharp ensureAlpha [alpha] Ensure the output image has an alpha transparency
channel
sharp extend Extends/pads the edges of the image with the provided
background colour
sharp extract Extract a region of the image
sharp extractChannel Extract a single channel from a multi-channel image
sharp flatten [background] Merge alpha transparency channel, if any, with a
background
sharp flip Flip the image about the vertical Y axis
sharp flop Flop the image about the horizontal X axis
sharp gamma [gamma] [gammaOut] Apply a gamma correction by reducing the encoding
(darken) pre-resize then increasing the encoding
(brighten) post-resize
sharp greyscale Convert to 8-bit greyscale; 256 shades of grey
[aliases: grayscale]
sharp joinChannel Join one or more channels to the image
sharp linear [multiplier..] Apply the linear formula a × input + b to the image
to adjust image levels
sharp median [size] Apply median filter
sharp modulate Transforms the image using brightness, saturation,
hue rotation, and lightness
sharp negate Produce the "negative" of the image
sharp normalise Enhance output image contrast by stretching its
luminance to cover the full dynamic range
[aliases: normalize]
sharp pipelineColourspace Set the pipeline colourspace
[aliases: pipelineColorspace]
sharp recomb Recomb the image with the specified matrix
sharp removeAlpha Remove alpha channel, if any
sharp resize [width] [height] Resize image to width, height, or width × height
sharp rotate [angle] Rotate the output image
sharp sharpen [sigma] Sharpen the image
sharp threshold [value] Any pixel value greather than or equal to the
threshold value will be set to 255, otherwise it will
be set to 0
sharp tint Tint the image using the provided chroma while
preserving the image luminance
sharp tile [size] Use tile-based deep zoom (image pyramid) output
sharp toColourspace Set the output colourspace [aliases: toColorspace]
sharp trim [threshold] Trim pixels from all edges that contain values
similar to the given background color, which defaults
to that of the top-left pixel
sharp unflatten Ensure the image has an alpha channel with all white
pixel values made fully transparent

Global Options
-i, --input Path to (an) image file(s) [array] [required] [default: stdin]
-o, --output Directory or URI template to write the image files to
[string] [required] [default: stdout]
--timeout Number of seconds after which processing will be stopped [number]

Input Options
--animated Read all frames/pages of an animated image [boolean]
--autoOrient Rotate/flip the image to match EXIF Orientation, if any [boolean]
--failOn Level of sensitivity to invalid images
[choices: "none", "truncated", "error", "warning"] [default: warning]
--density DPI for vector images [number] [default: 72]
--ignoreIcc Should the embedded ICC profile, if any, be ignored
[boolean] [default: false]
--level Level to extract from a multi-level input (OpenSlide), zero based [number]
--limitInputPixels Do not process input images where the number of pixels (width x height)
exceeds this limit [number] [default: 268402689]
--page Page number to start extracting from for multi-page input [number]
--pages Number of pages to extract for multi-page input [number] [default: 1]
--pdfBackground Background colour to use when PDF is partially transparent [string]
--sequentialRead Use sequential rather than random access where possible
[boolean] [default: false]
--subifd subIFD to extract for OME-TIFF [number] [default: -1]
--unlimited Remove safety features that help prevent memory exhaustion [boolean]

Output Options
-c, --compressionLevel zlib compression level [number] [default: 6]
-f, --format Force output to a given format
[choices: "avif", "gif", "heif", "jpeg", "jpg", "png", "raw", "tiff", "webp"] [default: input]
-m, --metadata, --withMetadata Include all metadata (EXIF, XMP, IPTC) from the input image in the
output image [boolean]
--metadata.density Number of pixels per inch (DPI) [number]
--metadata.exif Object keyed by IFD0, IFD1 etc. of key/value string pairs to write
as EXIF data [default: {}]
--metadata.icc Filesystem path to output ICC profile [string] [default: sRGB]
--metadata.orientation Used to update the EXIF Orientation tag [number]
-p, --progressive Use progressive (interlace) scan [boolean]
-q, --quality Quality [number] [default: 80]

Optimization Options
--adaptiveFiltering Use adaptive row filtering [boolean]
--alphaQuality Quality of alpha layer [number] [default: 80]
--bitdepth Reduce bitdepth to 1, 2, or 4 bit
[choices: 1, 2, 4, 8] [default: 8]
--chromaSubsampling Set to "4:4:4" to prevent chroma subsampling when
quality <= 90
[string] [default: 4:4:4 (AVIF) / 4:2:0]
--colors, --colours Maximum number of palette entries
[number] [default: 256]
--compression Compression options
[choices: "ccittfax4", "deflate", "jpeg", "jp2k", "lzw", "none", "packbits", "webp", "zstd"]
[default: "jpeg"]
--delay Delay(s) between animation frames [number]
--dither Level of Floyd-Steinberg error diffusion
[number] [default: 1.0]
--effort Level of CPU effort to reduce file size
[number] [default: 7 (GIF, PNG) / 4]
--hbitdepth Set bitdepth to 8, 10, or 12 bit
[choices: 8, 10, 12] [default: 8]
--hcompression Compression format
[choices: "hevc", "av1"] [default: "av1"]
--interFrameMaxError Maximum inter-frame error for transparency [number]
--interPaletteMaxError Maximum inter-palette error for palette reuse
[number]
--loop Number of animation iterations [number] [default: 0]
--lossless Use lossless compression mode [boolean]
--miniswhite Write 1-bit images as miniswhite [boolean]
--minSize Prevent use of animation key frames to minimize file
size [boolean]
--mixed Allow mixture of lossy and lossless animation frames
[boolean]
--mozjpeg Use mozjpeg defaults [boolean]
--nearLossless Use near_lossless compression mode [boolean]
--optimise, --optimize Apply optimiseScans, overshootDeringing, and
trellisQuantisation [boolean]
--optimiseCoding, --optimizeCoding Optimise Huffman coding tables
[boolean] [default: true]
--optimiseScans, --optimizeScans Optimise progressive scans [boolean]
--overshootDeringing Apply overshoot deringing [boolean]
--palette Quantise to a palette-based image with alpha
transparency support [boolean]
--predictor Compression predictor
[choices: "float", "horizontal", "none"] [default: "horizontal"]
--preset Named preset for preprocessing/filtering
[choices: "default", "photo", "picture", "drawing", "icon", "text"] [default: "default"]
--pyramid Write an image pyramid [boolean]
--quantisationTable, --quantizationTable Quantization table to use [number] [default: 0]
--reuse, --reoptimise, --reoptimize Always generate new palettes (slow) [boolean]
--resolutionUnit Resolution unit
[choices: "cm", "inch"] [default: inch]
--smartDeblock Auto-adjust the deblocking filter, can improve low
contrast edges [boolean]
--smartSubsample High quality chroma subsampling [boolean]
--tileBackground Background colour, parsed by the color module
[string] [default: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)]
--tileHeight Vertical tile size [number]
--tileWidth Horizontal tile size [number]
--trellisQuantisation Apply trellis quantisation [boolean]
--xres Horizontal resolution [number] [default: 1.0]
--yres Vertical resolution [number] [default: 1.0]

Misc. Options
-h, --help Show help [boolean]
-v, --version Show version number [boolean]

Examples:
sharp -i ./input.jpg -o ./out resize 300 200 out/input.jpg will be a 300 pixels wide and
200 pixels high image containing a scaled and
cropped version of input.jpg
sharp -i ./input.jpg -o ./out -mq90 rotate 180 -- out/input.jpg will be an upside down, 300px
resize 300 -- flatten "#ff6600" -- composite wide, alpha channel flattened onto orange
./overlay.png --gravity southeast -- sharpen background, composited with overlay.png with
SE gravity, sharpened, with metadata, 90%
quality version of input.jpg
sharp -i ./input.jpg -o ./out --metadata Include all metadata in the output image
sharp -i ./input.jpg -o ./out Set "IFD0-Copyright" in output EXIF metadata
--metadata.exif.IFD0.Copyright "Wernham Hogg"
sharp -i ./input.jpg -o ./out --metadata.density Set output metadata to 96 DPI
96