A high-performance image transformation service built in Go, providing a URL-based API for real-time image processing. An open-source alternative to Cloudflare Images and ImageKit.

Website | Demo

• URL-based transformations - Transform images through simple URL parameters
• Multiple formats - Support for JPEG, PNG, and WebP
• Rich transformations - Resize, crop, rotate, blur, adjust brightness/contrast, and more
• Smart resizing modes - Contains, cover, crop, pad, squeeze, and scale-down options
• Color adjustments - Brightness, contrast, saturation, gamma correction
• Background colors - Support for hex, RGB, and named colors
• High performance - Built with Go and optimized for speed
• CDN-friendly - Proper caching headers for optimal CDN integration
• AWS S3 support - Store images in AWS S3 and serve them through Kriti Images
• Use URL for image source - No need to upload images to storage, provide URL instead

Transform an image by modifying the URL:

# Original image
GET /cgi/images/tr:quality=100/image1.jpg

# Resize to 300px width, auto height
GET /cgi/images/tr:width=300/image1.jpg

# Resize with specific fit mode and background
GET /cgi/images/tr:width=400,height=300,fit=pad,background=blue/image1.jpg

# Multiple transformations
GET /cgi/images/tr:width=500,brightness=20,contrast=30,format=webp/image1.jpg

# Blur with rotation
GET /cgi/images/tr:blur=10,rotate=45,background=white/image1.jpg

# URL based image source, always escape image path
GET /cgi/images/tr:flip=hv/https%3A%2F%2Fimages.unsplash.com%2Fphoto-1764782979306-1e489462d895

• width - Set image width (1-10000px)
• height - Set image height (1-10000px)
• fit - Resize behavior: contain, cover, crop, pad, squeeze, scaledown

• brightness - Adjust brightness (-100 to 100)
• contrast - Adjust contrast (-100 to 100)
• saturation - Adjust color saturation (-100 to 500)
• gamma - Gamma correction (0.1 to 2.0)
• blur - Gaussian blur (1 to 250)
• sharpen - Unsharp mask sharpening (0.5 to 1.5)

• rotate - Rotate image (0-360° or shortcuts: 90, cw, 180, 270, ccw)
• flip - Flip image (h for horizontal, v for vertical, hv for both)

• radius - Border radius for rounded corners (pixels: 10, 20px or percentage: 15%, 25%)

• format - Output format (jpeg, png, webp)
• quality - JPEG/WebP quality (1-100, higher = better quality)
• background - Background color (hex: #ff0000, named: red, rgb: rgb(255,0,0))

Note: This functionality is still experimental and could be removed or moved (api route) in future updates. It is disabled by default and must be enabled using configs.

YAML Configuration:

experimental:
  enable_upload_api: true

TOML Configuration:

[experimental]
enable_upload_api = true

Endpoint: POST /api/v0/images

Content-Type: multipart/form-data

Parameters:

• image (required): The image file to upload
• filename (optional): Custom filename for the uploaded image. If not provided, uses the original filename.

Supported Formats:

• JPEG (.jpg, .jpeg)
• PNG (.png)
• WebP (.webp)

Example using cURL:

curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/v0/images \
  -F "image=@/path/to/your/image.jpg" \
  -F "filename=my-custom-name.jpg"

Endpoint: PUT /api/v0/images

Content-Type: multipart/form-data

Parameters:

• image (required): The image file to upload
• filename (required): The filename of the existing image to update

Example using cURL:

curl -X PUT http://localhost:8080/api/v0/images \
  -F "image=@/path/to/your/new-image.jpg" \
  -F "filename=existing-image.jpg"

• Go 1.24.6 or later
• Git
• AWS credentials (Optional)

1. Prepare sample images

   mkdir -p web/static/assets
   # Add your test images to web/static/assets/

2. Run the server

   go run main.go

3. Access the service

   • API: http://localhost:8080/cgi/images/tr:<transformations>/<image-name>
   • Demo page: http://localhost:8080/demo

   Always URL escape path

# Build binary
go build -o kriti-images main.go

# Run with production settings
./kriti-images

Check out Docker README for details.

The service uses external configuration files with the Viper library. Configuration can be provided in YAML or TOML format.

Create a config.yaml or config.toml file in the project root.

• server.port - Server port (default: 8080)
• server.enable_print_routes - Enable route debugging (default: false)
• server.read_timeout - Request read timeout (default: 30s)
• server.write_timeout - Response write timeout (default: 30s)
• images.source - Network source, local or awss3 (default: local)
• images.local.base_path - Image source directory (default: "")
• images.aws.s3.bucket - AWS S3 bucket name (default: "")
• images.max_image_dimension - Maximum image dimension, any source image beyond will not be processed (default: 8192 (8K))
• images.max_file_size_in_bytes - Maximum image file size, any source image beyond will not be processed (default: 52428800 (50MB))
• server.limiter.max - Rate limit per minute (default: 100)
• server.limiter.expiration - Rate limit window (default: 1m)
• experimental.enable_upload_api - Enable/disable upload APIs (POST/PUT /api/v0/images) (default: false)

to use awss3 as images.source you must have AWS CLI installed and configured

configs under experimental are temporary and so are the features they relate to. These configs & and the related features could be removed/moved in future releases

/cgi/images/tr:<transformations>/<image-path>

Multiple transformations are separated by commas:

tr:width=300,height=200,format=webp,quality=80

• Health Check: GET /health/ready - Returns 200 when service is ready
• Liveness Check: GET /health/live - Returns 200 when service is alive
• Metrics: GET /metrics - Prometheus-compatible metrics

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.