Tigris Image Optimization

Resize, crop, and optimize images stored in Tigris. Generate thumbnails on upload, serve responsive images, and leverage Tigris's global CDN for fast delivery.

Strategy Overview

Recommended: Process on upload for known sizes (avatar, thumbnail, cover). Use public buckets for CDN delivery — Tigris serves public files from the nearest global edge automatically.

Upload-Time Processing (General Pattern)

Generate variants when a file is uploaded, store each variant as a separate object:

avatars/user-123.jpg          # original
avatars/user-123-thumb.jpg    # 100x100
avatars/user-123-medium.jpg   # 400x400
avatars/user-123-large.jpg    # 800x800

Use access: "public" for images that need fast, CDN-backed delivery.

Framework Guides

Read the resource file for your framework:

• Next.js — Read ./resources/nextjs.md for next/image config and Sharp processing
• Remix — Read ./resources/remix.md for Sharp in action functions and responsive srcset
• Express — Read ./resources/express.md for Sharp middleware with Multer
• Rails — Read ./resources/rails.md for Active Storage variants
• Django — Read ./resources/django.md for django-imagekit and Pillow processing
• Laravel — Read ./resources/laravel.md for Intervention Image

CDN Delivery

Tigris public buckets serve files from the nearest global edge — no separate CDN setup needed.

Cache headers for images:

await put("images/hero.jpg", buffer, {
  access: "public",
  contentType: "image/jpeg",
});

For immutable content-hashed filenames (e.g., hero-abc123.jpg), use long cache times. For mutable paths, use shorter TTLs or ETags.

Critical Rules

Always: Use access: "public" for images served to users (enables CDN) | Generate thumbnails at upload time for known sizes | Use WebP/AVIF for smaller file sizes | Set explicit contentType

Never: Process images on every request without caching | Store only originals if you always serve thumbnails | Resize in the browser after downloading full-size images

Related Skills

• tigris-file-uploads — Full upload patterns per framework
• tigris-egress-optimizer — Reduce bandwidth costs from image serving

Official Documentation

• Tigris SDK: https://www.tigrisdata.com/docs/sdks/tigris/
• Sharp: https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/