A fast and secure self-hosted image processing server
imgproxy is a fast and secure standalone server for resizing, processing, and converting images. The guiding principles behind imgproxy are speed, security, and simplicity. It is well equipped to handle huge volumes of image-processing requests with ease. imgproxy is a drop-in replacement for all the image-processing code in your web application. With imgproxy, you don’t need to repeatedly re-prepare images to fit your design every time it changes, as imgproxy does this on demand.
Almost every product I have been involved in has dealt with images in some manner. So I know the pain of making the right choice for image processing. Building your own image processing solution is a huge time sink, and it can easily be done wrong. On the other hand, using a third-party service quickly becomes a money pit as your traffic grows.
That's why we created imgproxy – a self-hosted image processing server that just works. It's packed in a single Docker image, deployable anywhere in minutes, with no third-party dependencies. Combine it with a caching layer of your choice, and you have an enterprise-grade image processing solution that can handle any load.
Since its first release back in 2017, imgproxy has been adopted by thousands of developers and companies worldwide. You probably see images processed by imgproxy every day without even realizing it: Medium, Dribbble, Substack, and many more use imgproxy to serve their images.
imgproxy comes in two flavors: a forever-free open-source version and a paid Pro version with additional features and support. The Pro version is available as a subscription and includes features such as video preview generation, object detection, SVG minification, and more. Both versions are self-hosted, so you have full control over your data and infrastructure.
Today, we are happy to announce the new major release of imgproxy, version 4.0. This release includes a lot of new features and improvements, such as:
Better performance thanks to parallel source image downloading and processing
Drop us a line in the comments if you have any questions or feedback. We are always happy to hear from the community!
About imgproxy v4 on Product Hunt
“A fast and secure self-hosted image processing server”
imgproxy v4 launched on Product Hunt on May 19th, 2026 and earned 138 upvotes and 5 comments, placing #11 on the daily leaderboard. imgproxy is a fast and secure standalone server for resizing, processing, and converting images. The guiding principles behind imgproxy are speed, security, and simplicity. It is well equipped to handle huge volumes of image-processing requests with ease. imgproxy is a drop-in replacement for all the image-processing code in your web application. With imgproxy, you don’t need to repeatedly re-prepare images to fit your design every time it changes, as imgproxy does this on demand.
On the analytics side, imgproxy v4 competes within Software Engineering, Developer Tools, GitHub and Tech — topics that collectively have 1.2M followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how imgproxy v4 performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted imgproxy v4?
imgproxy v4 was hunted by Sergei Aleksandrovich. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
Sergei Aleksandrovich
Hey Product Hunt! 👋
Sergei here, the author and CTO of imgproxy.
Almost every product I have been involved in has dealt with images in some manner. So I know the pain of making the right choice for image processing. Building your own image processing solution is a huge time sink, and it can easily be done wrong. On the other hand, using a third-party service quickly becomes a money pit as your traffic grows.
That's why we created imgproxy – a self-hosted image processing server that just works. It's packed in a single Docker image, deployable anywhere in minutes, with no third-party dependencies. Combine it with a caching layer of your choice, and you have an enterprise-grade image processing solution that can handle any load.
Since its first release back in 2017, imgproxy has been adopted by thousands of developers and companies worldwide. You probably see images processed by imgproxy every day without even realizing it: Medium, Dribbble, Substack, and many more use imgproxy to serve their images.
imgproxy comes in two flavors: a forever-free open-source version and a paid Pro version with additional features and support. The Pro version is available as a subscription and includes features such as video preview generation, object detection, SVG minification, and more. Both versions are self-hosted, so you have full control over your data and infrastructure.
Today, we are happy to announce the new major release of imgproxy, version 4.0. This release includes a lot of new features and improvements, such as:
Better performance thanks to parallel source image downloading and processing
Internal cache for processed images
Support for digital cameras' RAW formats
Image classification
Improved SVG minification
... and much more!
Check out the full release notes for all the details: https://github.com/imgproxy/imgp....
Drop us a line in the comments if you have any questions or feedback. We are always happy to hear from the community!