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imgproxy vs Scribbler

imgproxy is a self-hosted image processing service, not an interactive AI notebook.
imgproxySelf-hosted solution for image processing needsScribblerUnleash JavaScript's Power: Experiment with Ease Using Notebooks!

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What it is
imgproxy:imgproxy is a self-hosted image processing server that resizes, optimizes and transforms images on the fly.
Scribbler:Scribbler is an in-browser, no-backend notebook for running JavaScript AI, data science, and visualization.
Best for
imgproxy:On-premise, high-performance image processing
Scribbler:Client-side AI notebooks
Who it’s for
imgproxy:Web developers and DevOps teams needing fast, secure image handling on their own infrastructure.
Scribbler:Developers and data scientists who want client-side AI without servers.
Pricing
imgproxy:Freemium
Scribbler:Free
Open source
imgproxy:Yes, 11,098 GitHub stars
Scribbler:Yes, 378 GitHub stars
Works with
imgproxy:Docker, Linux packages, Amazon S3, MinIO, Cloudflare R2, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob Storage, Prometheus
Scribbler:TensorFlow.js, ONNX Runtime Web, Transformers.js, Plotly, D3, WebLLM, WebGPU
DevHunt upvotes
imgproxy:95
Scribbler:13
Launched on DevHunt
imgproxy:Feb 2024
Scribbler:Jan 2023

imgproxy features

  • On-the-fly resizing & cropping. Resize, crop, fill and rotate images via URL parameters without pre-generating variants.
  • Advanced optimization. Strip metadata, apply PNG quantization, advanced JPEG/WebP compression and SVG minification.
  • Smart AI features. Smart crop, object detection, auto-quality by file size or SSIM, and best-format selection.
  • Watermarking & filters. Add image or text watermarks, shadows, blurs, sharpening, color adjustments and gradients.
  • Security controls. URL signing, request authorization, image-bomb protection and SVG sanitization.
  • Extensive source support. Fetch images from HTTP(S), local files, S3, GCS, Azure Blob, MinIO, Cloudflare R2 and OpenStack Swift.
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Scribbler features

  • Zero-setup. Runs entirely in the browser; no install, login, or backend required.
  • WebGPU acceleration. Uses WebGPU for near-native performance on LLMs, image generation and ML inference.
  • Dynamic library loading. Import TensorFlow.js, ONNX Runtime, Transformers.js, Plotly, D3 and more from CDNs on demand.
  • Interactive notebooks. Mix JavaScript, HTML, CSS and Markdown in live cells with inline output.
  • Privacy-first. All computation stays on the device; no data leaves the browser.
  • Share & collaborate. Export notebooks as .jsnb files, share via URL, or push/pull directly to GitHub.
  • Self-hostable. Pure static files can be hosted on any web server, S3 bucket or GitHub Pages.
  • Built-in AI models. Run Stable Diffusion, LLM chat, and TTS via WebNN and ONNX Runtime in the browser.
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