Image CDN: Image Optimization, Processing & Hosting • Sirv
Sirv helps you and your team manage, transform, optimize and deliver digital assets for faster websites and apps. Increase your conversions with Sirv today.
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Sirv is a smart image hosting and CDN platform that optimizes, processes, and delivers images and 360-degree spins in real-time to make websites and apps faster and more engaging.
🚀 Overview
Sirv is an image CDN designed to handle the heavy lift of image management, transformation, and delivery. It allows users to upload images once and serve them in any size, format, or style dynamically via simple URL parameters, ensuring lightning-fast load times across the globe.
What problem does this project solve? Images often account for 60% of web traffic but are neglected, leading to slow page speeds, poor SEO, and lost conversions. Sirv solves this by automatically optimizing file sizes, converting to modern formats like WebP, and providing ultra-fast caching and processing.
Who is it built for? Developers building fast websites, e-commerce teams showcasing products with interactive 360 spins and zooms, and businesses needing reliable digital asset management.
Why did you build it? Images deserve special treatment—we built Sirv to bring product images to life online, founded in 2007 in Oxford, UK, to revolutionize how images are handled on the web.
✨ Key Features
- Dynamic imaging with 50+ transformations (resize, crop, effects, watermarks, text overlays, color adjustments) via URL params for ultimate flexibility without multiple uploads
- Automatic optimization to smallest file sizes in PNG, JPEG, or WebP, with 0.15s average processing time and 0.001s cached delivery
- World's leading 360-degree spin viewer and deep image zoom to engage customers and boost sales conversions
- Global CDN with 20 locations, 100% uptime, unlimited uploads/transformations/domains even on free plan
- Optional: Video to spin conversion, social sharing, image editor (paid plans)
🛠 Tech Stack
- Frontend: WordPress (dashboard), JavaScript integrations
- Backend: Proprietary image processing engine, PHP (plugins)
- Database: Not publicly disclosed
- Auth: Account-based with API keys
- Hosting: Global CDN (20 worldwide locations), powered by custom infrastructure
👥 Who Is This For?
This project is useful for:
- Developers who want to integrate fast, dynamic image serving without managing servers
- Teams looking for e-commerce product viewers like 360 spins to increase engagement
- Indie makers building performant sites with automatic image optimization
📸 Screenshots / Demo
- Live demo: https://sirv.com/demos/dynamic-imaging/
- GitHub: https://github.com/sirv
🔥 Project Status
- 🟢 Actively building
Last updated: 2026-03-24
❓ FAQ
Is this project free?
Freemium (Free plan with 0.5GB storage, 2GB bandwidth/mo, Sirv branding on viewers; paid Business from $19/mo, Enterprise custom; 30-day trial of paid features.)
Is the source code available?
No — proprietary SaaS service (Open-source plugins for WordPress/Magento and SDKs in JS/TS, Go, Ruby, Swift, C# on GitHub: https://github.com/sirv)
Can I contribute?
Contribute to open-source plugins, SDKs, and integrations via GitHub issues/PRs. Share feedback or request features through support@sirv.com or https://sirv.com/help/support/.
📬 Contact & Links
- Website: https://sirv.com
- GitHub: https://github.com/sirv
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/WeSirv
- Email: sales@sirv.com
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