Features
Pixelflare is packed with features to make image hosting and management simple and powerful.
Core Features
Built-in editor
Edit images during upload (filters, crop, text, and more)
Image Resizing
Request images in specific sized, to save on bandwidth and speed up your app
Multi-format
Supports almost ever image format, plus live conversions
Performance & Delivery
Lightening fast
Served at the edge, with images cached in 300+ locations, for speedy delivery
Smart caching
Intelligent geo-based global caching for speed and reliability
Custom domains
Link your domains, for custom image links
Embed anywhere
Get instant embed codes for any platform or format
Short URLs
Generate short embed URLs for any image
Public API
Integrate into your existing apps and workflows with free REST API
Organization & Management
Bulk upload
Easily upload or import many images at once, with resumable uploads
Powerful organization
Keep your library tidy, with albums, tags and favourites
Image meta
Add additional attributes to your images, for improved organisation
Built-in editor
Edit images during upload (filters, crop, text, and more)
AI & Automation
Image classification
AI-powered deep search that recognizes objects, scenes, and more.
Auto-alt text
Automatically generated perfect image descriptions for accessibility
Scheduled backups
Off-site backups to sync your images to your own S3-compatible storage
Analytics & Monitoring
Real-time stats
Get detailed analytics for each image's views, bandwidth and countries
Usage controls
Set limits, and monitor bandwidth, storage and compute usage
Status monitor
Built-in status checks, uptime and performance stats
Audit log
Keep track of all changes ever made, for compliance purposes
Security & Privacy
Encrypted pictures
Enable encryption, to keep personal images secure and private
Bot protection
Configure safeguards to prevent abuse from automated bots
SSO login
Authenticate with an OAuth provider of your choice
Privacy-respecting
No invasive tracking or unnecessary data collection
Developer Experience
Documented
Full docs, interactive spec, and schemas
Tested
Automated unit, e2e, contract and integration tests for peace of mind
Fully automated
Easy Terraform deployments via GitHub Actions
Neat code
Artisan code, hand-crafted by a real human, no AI slop here!
User Experience
Dark mode
Configure your UI a choice of 12 built-in themes, or build your own
Multi-language
Fully internationalized, with 12+ built-in locales
Accessible
Accessible web UI, with custom options for specific needs
Mobile-first
Fully responsive, performant web UI optimized for mobile
Recycle bin
Easily restore any accidentally deleted images for upto 30 days
Platform
Open source
All code is 100% free and open source under the MIT license
Free / cheap
Zero cost required to get started, and very cheap to scale
Easy migration
Limited vendor lock-in, easily switch to/from other services
See It in Action
Ready to try it yourself? Get started with deployment or explore the comparison with other services.