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woss/fork-cropperjs

Analysis updated 2026-07-18 · repo last pushed 2026-04-11

TypeScriptAudience · developerComplexity · 2/5MaintainedSetup · easy

TLDR

A JavaScript library that adds an interactive image cropper to your web app, letting users drag, zoom, rotate, and crop images before you extract the result.

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    What it does
      Interactive crop overlay
      Drag zoom rotate
      Extract cropped image
    Tech stack
      TypeScript
    Use cases
      Crop profile pictures
      Crop product photos
      Web photo editor
    Audience
      Developers
    Integrations
      React wrapper
      Vue wrapper
      Angular wrapper

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Let users crop and rotate their profile picture before uploading it to a social media app.

USE CASE 2

Allow sellers on an e-commerce site to crop product photos to a consistent size.

USE CASE 3

Build a simple in-browser photo editor with drag, zoom, and crop controls.

USE CASE 4

Prepare and crop images before inserting them into a design tool's layout.

What is it built with?

TypeScript

How does it compare?

woss/fork-cropperjs0xradioac7iv/tempfs7vignesh/pgpulse
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Last pushed2026-04-11——
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Setup difficultyeasymoderatemoderate
Complexity2/53/54/5
Audiencedeveloperdeveloperdeveloper

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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 30min

Standalone by default, community wrappers exist for React, Vue, and Angular.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Show me how to add this cropper library to a web page and extract the cropped image as a data URL.
Prompt 2
Help me integrate this image cropper into a React component for uploading profile pictures.
Prompt 3
Explain how to configure the crop box's aspect ratio and rotation controls in this library.
Prompt 4
Write code that lets a user zoom and drag an image inside the crop overlay before saving the result.

Frequently asked questions

What is fork-cropperjs?

A JavaScript library that adds an interactive image cropper to your web app, letting users drag, zoom, rotate, and crop images before you extract the result.

What language is fork-cropperjs written in?

Mainly TypeScript. The stack also includes TypeScript.

Is fork-cropperjs actively maintained?

Maintained — commit in last 6 months (last push 2026-04-11).

How hard is fork-cropperjs to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.

Who is fork-cropperjs for?

Mainly developer.

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