Flyimg
Resize and crop images on the fly. Get optimised images with MozJPEG, WebP or PNG using ImageMagick, with an efficient caching system.
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Still maintained? Yes: 28 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 1.12.12 (Oct 2026).
Comparisons in Miscellaneous: ChatGPT alternatives, DeepL alternatives.
At a glance
Flyimg quick facts
- Health score
- 90/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 1,234
- Last commit
- 2 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 1.12.12, Oct 2026
- Licence
- MIT
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Production‑ready, fully managed Flyimg SaaS for image optimization."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Flyimg scores 90/100, #30 of 77 in Miscellaneous: 28 commits in the last 90 days earn 32.7 of 35 points, the latest release (1.12.12, 2 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 1,234 stars add 12.4 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 7.6 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 32.7 / 35
28 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
1.12.12 released 2 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 12.4 / 20
1.2k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 28
- Last 90 days
- 111
- Last 12 months
- 2 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #30 of 77 tools in Miscellaneous by health , between Wishlist (#29) and ImgCompress (#31) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Docker |
| Latest release | 1.12.12 · 2 days ago |
| Stars | 1,234 |
| Open issues | 1 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | flyimg/flyimg ↗ |
Flyimg vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Flyimg (Miscellaneous), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| penpot | 99 | 62k | MPL-2.0 | today |
| OmniTools | 96 | 11k | MIT | 6 days ago |
| Transmute | 93 | 1.5k | MIT | 6 days ago |
| Flyimg (this tool) | 90 | 1.2k | MIT | 2 days ago |
| ImgCompress | 90 | 348 | GPL-3.0 | today |
| URL-to-PNG | 54 | 256 | MIT | 3 months ago |
Flyimg: common questions
Is Flyimg still maintained?
Flyimg had 28 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 2 days ago; the latest tagged release, 1.12.12, is from 2 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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