# expo-image

> A cross-platform, performant image component for React Native and Expo with Web support

Latest version **57.0.5** (published 2026-09-11) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install expo-image
pnpm add expo-image
yarn add expo-image
bun add expo-image
```

## Health

**Score 75/100 (B)** — status: active.

Positive: has types; no vulnerabilities; recently updated; high maintenance score; high quality score; popular repo; extremely popular.

Warnings: low downloads; no esm support; large bundle.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 57.0.5 |
| Published | 2026-09-11 |
| First published | 2021-10-04 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | bundled |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Dependencies | 1 |
| Unpacked size | 131.6 MB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 52285 |
| Author | 650 Industries, Inc. |
| Maintainers | ide, brentvatne, expoadmin, exponent, bycedric, kudochien, alanhughes, tsapeta, expo-bot, philpl, ccheever, wschurman |
| Keywords | react-native |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/expo-image
- Repository: https://github.com/expo/expo
- Homepage: https://docs.expo.dev/versions/latest/sdk/image/
- Issues: https://github.com/expo/expo/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/expo-image

## Dependencies (1)

- [sf-symbols-typescript](https://npm.io/package/sf-symbols-typescript.md) ^2.2.0

## Recent versions

- 57.0.5 (latest) — 2026-09-11
- 58.0.2 (next) — 2026-09-15
- 58.0.0-canary-20260909-ea7a89a (canary) — 2026-09-09
- 56.0.12 (sdk-56) — 2026-08-17
- 56.0.10-canary-20260701-9100865 (canary-sdk-56) — 2026-07-01
- 55.0.11 (sdk-55) — 2026-05-21
- 55.0.6-canary-20260429-a5e59cf (canary-sdk-55) — 2026-04-29
- 2.0.3 (sdk-52) — 2024-11-29
- 1.12.9 (sdk-51) — 2024-05-09
- 1.10.6 (sdk-50) — 2024-02-06
- 58.0.1 — 2026-09-14
- 58.0.0 — 2026-09-10
- 58.0.0-canary-20260902-26df09e — 2026-09-02
- 58.0.0-canary-20260901-2164f24 — 2026-09-02
- 57.0.4 — 2026-09-01
- … 283 more at https://npm.io/package/expo-image/versions

## README

<p>
  <a href="https://docs.expo.dev/versions/unversioned/sdk/image/">
    <img
      src="../../.github/resources/expo-image.svg"
      alt="expo-image"
      height="64" />
  </a>
</p>

A cross-platform, performant image component for React Native and Expo.

## Main features

- Designed for speed
- Support for many image formats (including animated ones)
- Disk and memory caching
- Supports [BlurHash](https://blurha.sh) and [ThumbHash](https://evanw.github.io/thumbhash/) - compact representations of a placeholder for an image
- Transitioning between images when the source changes (no more flickering!)
- Implements the CSS [`object-fit`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/object-fit) and [`object-position`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/object-position) properties (see [`contentFit`](#contentfit) and [`contentPosition`](#contentposition) props)
- Uses performant [`SDWebImage`](https://github.com/SDWebImage/SDWebImage) and [`Glide`](https://github.com/bumptech/glide) under the hood

## Supported image formats

|   Format   | Android | iOS |                      Web                       |
| :--------: | :-----: | :-: | :--------------------------------------------: |
|    WebP    |   ✅    | ✅  |                       ✅                       |
| PNG / APNG |   ✅    | ✅  |                       ✅                       |
|    AVIF    |   ✅    | ✅  |                       ✅                       |
|    HEIC    |   ✅    | ✅  | ❌ [not adopted yet](https://caniuse.com/heif) |
|    JPEG    |   ✅    | ✅  |                       ✅                       |
|    GIF     |   ✅    | ✅  |                       ✅                       |
|    SVG     |   ✅    | ✅  |                       ✅                       |
|    ICO     |   ✅    | ✅  |                       ✅                       |
|    ICNS    |   ❌    | ✅  |                       ❌                       |

# API documentation

- [Documentation for the latest stable release](https://docs.expo.dev/versions/latest/sdk/image/)

# Installation in managed Expo projects

For [managed](https://docs.expo.dev/archive/managed-vs-bare/) Expo projects, follow the installation instructions in the [API documentation for the latest stable release](https://docs.expo.dev/versions/latest/sdk/image/).

# Installation in bare React Native projects

For bare React Native projects, you must ensure that you have [installed and configured the `expo` package](https://docs.expo.dev/bare/installing-expo-modules/) before continuing.

### Add the package to your npm dependencies

```
npx expo install expo-image
```

### Configure for iOS

Run `npx pod-install` after installing the npm package.

### Configure for Android

No additional setup necessary.

# Contributing

Contributions are very welcome! Please refer to guidelines described in the [contributing guide](https://github.com/expo/expo#contributing).

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