NOTE: This version of sharp only for Windows 32-bit system, for Windows 64-bit version or another OS - please see https://github.com/lovell/sharp
original sharp module author decided to stop supporting Windows 32bit version automatic installation but i think windows 32bit version could still be useful specially in case you are building desktop application using web technology such as Node Webkit or Electron
This version also using libvips version 8.4 that fixed the windows unicode file paths issue: https://github.com/jcupitt/libvips/issues/294
this is a fork from https://github.com/lovell/sharp so for documentation please visit the original module github page
npm install git+https://git@github.com/digital-flowers/sharp-win32.git --save
if you are using this module with node webkit it is better to compile it with nw-gyp module as follow:
1- installing nw-gyp
npm install nw-gyp -g
2- install this module without compiling
npm install git+https://git@github.com/digital-flowers/sharp-win32.git --save --ignore-scripts
3- compile the module
nw-gyp --runtime=node-webkit --target_arch=ia32 --target=0.17.4 configure rebuild
0.17.4 is the node webkit version that you are using