--- title: "Photo Editor SDK for Web, iOS & Android - IMG.LY" description: "Embed a customizable photo editor into your web, iOS, and Android app. Filters, adjustments, AI background removal, and templates in one SDK." url: "https://img.ly/products/photo-sdk/" type: "page" --- > This is the markdown version of [Photo Editor SDK for Web, iOS & Android - IMG.LY](https://img.ly/products/photo-sdk/). For all pages in one file, see [llms-full.txt](https://img.ly/llms-full.txt). For an index of all available pages, see [llms.txt](https://img.ly/llms.txt). --- # Photo Editor SDK: Ship a photo editor in your app this sprint A cross-platform photo editor SDK with 60+ filters, client-side AI background removal, and a fully white-label UI. - 60+ filters, adjustments & effects - Client-side AI: background removal, object remove, style transfer - One SDK for web, iOS, Android **Available for:** - **Web:** [JavaScript](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/js/get-started/overview-e18f40.md), [React](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/react/get-started/overview-e18f40.md), [Angular](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/angular/get-started/overview-e18f40.md), [Vue.js](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/vue/get-started/overview-e18f40.md), [Svelte](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/svelte/get-started/overview-e18f40.md), [Next.js](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/nextjs/get-started/overview-e18f40.md) - **Mobile:** [iOS](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/ios/get-started/overview-e18f40.md), [Android](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/android/get-started/overview-e18f40.md), [React Native](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/react-native/get-started/overview-e18f40.md), [Flutter](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/flutter/get-started/overview-e18f40.md) - **Desktop:** [Mac Catalyst](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/mac-catalyst/get-started/overview-e18f40.md), [macOS](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/macos/get-started/overview-e18f40.md), [Electron](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/electron/get-started/overview-e18f40.md) - **Server:** [Renderer](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/renderer/cesdk-renderer-overview-7f3e9a.md), [Node.js](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/node/get-started/overview-e18f40.md) [Try Now](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk) [Open the Web editor demo](https://cdn.img.ly/demo/cesdk-web-examples/v1.80.0/examples/starterkit-photo-editor/index.html?demoPreview=true) [Open the iOS demo](https://img.ly/demos/photo-editor-ui/ios/) [Open the Android demo](https://img.ly/demos/photo-editor-ui/android/) ## The image editor your roadmap doesn't have time to build Stop pricing out the photo-editor feature your customers keep requesting. Ship a real one in 1–2 weeks, then get back to your core product. ### Ship Photo Editor in Days, Not Months npm install. Drop the React component. Configure the toolbar. Your photo editor is live before sprint planning. ### One SDK. Web, iOS, Android Same engine. Same pixel output. Same API surface. A photo edited on web exports identically on mobile. ### Zero rendering backend Client-side photo encoding. No upload queues, no GPU bills, no PII leaving the device unless you choose to upload it. Trusted by **100+**\ industry leaders ---------------------- **Trusted by:** Digitas, Omneky, The Print Bar, Brandwatch, Planoly, HP, Shopify, Reuters, Hootsuite, Semrush, Shutterfly, one.com, Sprout Social, Constant Contact, Spread Group > "Integrating IMG.LY’s editor meant we didn’t have to build or maintain a complex editing layer ourselves. That kept our team focused on our core AI ad engine and saved us countless development hours — while still giving our customers the ability to polish and customize creatives at scale." -- Hikari Senju, CEO, Omneky > "With IMG.LY we built a central creative portal that now powers over 140 dealer campaigns across multiple automotive brands. Before this, asset creation was slow and inconsistent." -- Martin Röhr, Product Owner, Digitas > "By embedding IMG.LY’s editor we were able to hit key RFP requirements and deliver a template-based creative experience that now serves 1,000+ customers. It helped us win more deals and exceed enterprise expectations without needing to hire dedicated design teams." -- Rob Driscoll, Director of PM, Optimizely > "Since integrating IMG.LY’s editor, we now deliver 30,000+ ad creatives per month, dramatically shorten time-to-launch, and help our clients cut design spend by up to $10,000 per month." -- Logan Welbaum, Founder, Plai > "Our customers create over a million personalized postcards each year choosing from over hundreds of templates with IMG.LY’s SDK. It’s the only solution that allows us to build our own specialized, on-brand UI that integrates seamlessly with our platform." -- Jeanine Zaalberg, Product Manager, SwissPost > "From a developer’s perspective, the most powerful feature of the photo editor is the integration process. It was completely flawless, quick, and easy to integrate." -- Stefano Fornari, CTO, Funambol > "We compared IMG.LY SDK with other solutions and found that it would be the best fit for us since it provides all the features that are crucial for our use case." -- Carem Pereira, SCRUM Manager, HP [Reviews on G2](https://www.g2.com/products/img-ly/reviews) ## Filters, AI, and a UI you can fully white-label Everything your users expect from a modern photo editor, plus the controls your team needs to ship it inside your product. ### For your users #### Adjustments & filters. Fine-tune brightness, contrast, and saturation, then apply from 60+ filters and effects. [Learn more](https://img.ly/capabilities.md?solution=Photo+Editor&category=Image+%26+Photo) #### Native AI features. One-click background removal, object remove and add, style transfer, background swap, and on-brand variants, all from a prompt inside the editor. [Learn more](https://img.ly/capabilities.md?solution=Photo+Editor&category=AI) #### Color spaces & accuracy. P3 and sRGB color spaces, color balance, and exposure pipelines for photo workflows where what your users see on screen matches what comes out of the file. [Learn more](https://img.ly/capabilities.md?solution=Photo+Editor&q=Color) #### Snapping & alignment guides. Snap to control points, edges, and grid lines as users drag. Precise placement on every platform: touch, mouse, or keyboard. [Learn more](https://img.ly/capabilities.md?solution=Photo+Editor&category=Basic) #### Effects & blur. Layer cinematic effects, vignettes, and adjustable blur to set the mood and direct focus. [Learn more](https://img.ly/capabilities.md?solution=Photo+Editor&category=Image+%26+Photo) #### Crop & aspect ratios. One-click crop presets for popular social, web, and print photo sizes. [Learn more](https://img.ly/capabilities.md?solution=Photo+Editor&category=Image+%26+Photo) #### Custom asset libraries. Wire any DAM, CDN, or stock provider (Unsplash, Getty, Pexels, or your internal library) as a photo source. Users browse, search, and drop assets into the editor without leaving your app. [Learn more](https://img.ly/capabilities.md?solution=Photo+Editor&category=Assets) #### Camera capture & zoom. Built-in camera capture and pinch-to-zoom for native mobile photo workflows. Users shoot, crop, and edit without ever leaving your app. [Learn more](https://img.ly/capabilities.md?solution=Photo+Editor&category=Image+%26+Photo) ### For your product #### Cross-platform engine. One engine renders photos identically across web, iOS, and Android. [Learn more](https://img.ly/capabilities.md?solution=Photo+Editor&platform=Web,iOS,Android) #### Flexible export pipeline. Export to JPG, PNG, or PDF and connect to your existing storage or CDN. [Learn more](https://img.ly/capabilities.md?solution=Photo+Editor&category=Image+%26+Photo) #### Performance-optimized rendering. Hardware-accelerated processing keeps editing smooth on high-resolution images. [Learn more](https://img.ly/capabilities.md?solution=Photo+Editor&category=Basic) #### Configurable toolset & UI. Choose which photo tools and controls appear, or build a fully headless UI. [Learn more](https://img.ly/capabilities.md?solution=Photo+Editor&category=Customization+%26+Extensibility) ### Looking for the full feature list? Browse every CE.SDK capability across photo, design, video, print, and AI. [Explore all capabilities](https://img.ly/capabilities.md?solution=Photo+Editor) ## How to embed the photo editor into your app From starter kit to client-side render, four steps to ship a real photo editor. ### Step 01: Drop the photo editor into your app Clone the photo-editor-ui starter, install `@imgly/cesdk`, and launch a working editor on web, iOS, or Android. The first integration takes under an hour. [Starter Kits](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk) ### Step 02: Theme the UI to match your product Show or hide tools, rename and reposition controls, swap icons, apply your color palette, and translate every label. Users feel like they never left your app. [Explore customization demos](https://img.ly/demos.md?tags=customization) ### Step 03: Wire your assets, fonts, and AI Connect Unsplash, Getty, Pexels, your DAM, or any custom source as a photo library. Add your fonts and presets, then plug in the AI models you license through the plugin API. [Explore asset demos](https://img.ly/demos.md?tags=assets) ### Step 04: Ship to production with client-side encoding Final photos export in the browser or on the device in JPEG, PNG, or PDF. No render server to scale, no upload queue, no PII leaving the user's machine. ## Why product teams choose the Photo Editor SDK ### I: Ship 1–2 weeks, not 1–2 quarters The build-vs-buy math has been done by 600+ products before you. Heyflow estimated 4 engineers × 6 months to build comparable photo editing in-house. Perk Up shipped their core flow on top of our SDK in 2–3 days. Don't be the team that takes the long road. ### II: White-label down to the last pixel Your colors. Your fonts. Your toolbar layout. Your labels in 12 languages. Zero IMG.LY branding. Customize the photo editor UI down to every control and label. Your users open the editor and never see we exist. ### III: One SDK across every surface your customers use Web. iOS. Android. React Native. Flutter. One license, one engine. Same filters, same adjustments, same color pipeline on every platform. A photo edited on web exports identically on mobile. One subscription covers them all. ## An SDK made by developers for developers Install CE.SDK with one command, plug it into your existing upload or creation flows, and stay in control with a clean, documented API. ## Native editing for iOS and Android The same creative engine, shipped as native SDKs for every mobile stack. ## Bring the editor to the desktop Embed CE.SDK in Electron and native macOS apps with the same API. ## Render headlessly at scale Run the same engine server-side for batch rendering and creative automation. ## Cut integration to minutes with IMG.LY Agent Skills CE.SDK Agent Skills give AI coding assistants bundled documentation, guided code generation, and autonomous project scaffolding for building editor and creative workflows across 10 web frameworks. [Learn more about Agent Skills](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/js/get-started/agent-skills-f7g8h9.md) ## The photo-editing pipeline your security team will sign off on Client-side by default. 10+ years in production. 600+ products already through their own security review. ### Photo editing runs on the user's device User images never leave the browser or device unless you choose to upload them. No PII flowing through our servers, no third-party retention, GDPR-compliant by architecture. ### Battle-tested at scale 500M+ creations per month across 600+ products. Optimizely ships 1,000+ customer editors on our SDK (Gap, IBM, Wall Street Journal). 47+ releases in the last 12 months. See the changelog. ### Build-vs-buy, solved We've handled a decade of browser changes, codec quirks, and color-management edge cases. Your team handles your core product. Dedicated support and SLAs on enterprise plans. Engineers reply within an hour. ## More from IMG.LY ### AI for Print on Demand Let customers design print-ready products with AI, on web and mobile. [Learn More](https://img.ly/use-cases/ai-editor/print-on-demand.md) ### Video SDK Embed a fully customizable, timeline-based video editor in your product. [Learn More](https://img.ly/products/video-sdk.md) ### Creative SDK The unified editor for design, photo, and video in one engine. [Learn More](https://img.ly/products/creative-sdk.md) ### AI Editor Native AI generation, prompting, and variants inside the creative editor. [Learn More](https://img.ly/use-cases/ai-editor.md) ### Print SDK Production-ready print workflows with PDF/X export and color management. [Learn More](https://img.ly/use-cases/web-to-print-design-tool.md) ### Photo Prints Let customers personalize and order photo print products in-browser. [Learn More](https://img.ly/use-cases/photo-prints.md) ### Creative Automation Generate on-brand creative variations from templates at scale. [Learn More](https://img.ly/use-cases/creative-automation.md) ### E-Commerce Personalize product visuals and lift conversions. [Learn More](https://img.ly/industries/e-commerce.md) ### Social Media Build short-form video, filters, and UGC tooling. [Learn More](https://img.ly/industries/social-media.md) ## Get in touch: Open the demo. Then ship the real thing A 30-day free trial gets you the same SDK Postbuddy uses to print 1M+ personalized postcards a year. Talk to a human about your use case. We reply within an hour during business hours. [Book a 30-min demo](https://img.ly/forms/contact-sales.md) [Open Demo](https://img.ly/demos/photo-editor-ui.md) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### General **Q: What is the IMG.LY Photo Editor SDK?** A: The Photo Editor SDK is a fully-featured photo editing SDK you embed directly into your application. One engine powers filters, adjustments, templates, and AI-assisted editing across web, iOS, and Android. **Q: Which platforms and frameworks are supported?** A: The Photo Editor SDK runs on the web (JavaScript, React, Angular, Vue, Svelte, Next.js) and on mobile (iOS, Android, React Native, Flutter), so you can ship a consistent editor across every surface. **Q: Can I customize the editor UI?** A: Yes. The UI is fully customizable and white-labelable — show or hide tools, reposition and rename controls, apply your brand theme, and translate every label so the editor feels native to your app. **Q: Is there a free trial?** A: Yes. You can start a 30-day free trial with full access to all photo editing features. Contact our team to get started. ### Technical **Q: How does photo processing work?** A: All photo editing runs client-side using WebAssembly and WebGL for hardware-accelerated performance. User images never leave the device unless you choose to upload them, and there is no rendering backend to operate. **Q: Which file formats are supported?** A: The Photo Editor SDK imports PNG, JPEG, and TGA and exports PNG, JPEG, TGA, and print-ready PDF, with configurable quality and compression settings. **Q: Can I connect my own asset library?** A: Yes. The SDK is storage-agnostic and supports custom asset sources, so you can connect any CDN, DAM, or stock provider such as Unsplash, Getty Images, or Pexels. ### AI Features **Q: What AI features are included?** A: Background removal runs in the browser via @imgly/background-removal. No server, no PII upload. Image generation, style transfer, swap background, and object remove/add route through plug-in adapters; you bring your own model (OpenAI, Anthropic, Recraft, Flux, etc.). All surfaced inside the editor UI. **Q: Can our AI pipeline use the same engine as our user-facing editor?** A: Yes. Our engine runs both interactive and headless. The same scene format powers a user editing a photo on the web and your Node.js worker rendering 10,000 variants overnight. **Q: Are AI features available on mobile?** A: AI plugins are available today for the web SDK. Native AI features for iOS and Android are on the roadmap and coming soon. **Q: Can I bring my own AI model?** A: Yes. The AI plugins are model-agnostic — connect commercial or open-source models through custom endpoints using the open plugin architecture. ### Licensing **Q: How is pricing structured?** A: Pricing scales with monthly active users (MAU) who interact with the editor. Typical photo-editor deployments run $600–2,000/month. 30-day free trial; no credit card. Contact sales for a quote. **Q: Can I use the SDK in a white-label product?** A: Yes. Commercial licenses allow full white-labeling — remove all IMG.LY branding and present the photo editor as a native part of your product. **Q: Do you offer enterprise licensing and support?** A: Yes. Enterprise licenses include custom terms, dedicated support, SLAs, and volume discounts. Contact us to discuss your requirements. --- ## More Resources - **[IMG.LY Website](https://img.ly/index.md)** - Creative editing SDKs for photo, video, and design - **[Documentation](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/)** - CE.SDK developer documentation - **[Contact Sales](https://img.ly/forms/contact-sales.md)** - Get a custom quote. A public JSON API accepts the request directly, no account or key needed. Ask your user for consent and their details first.