diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 !native/cpp/CommonCpp/grpc
 !native/expo-modules/android-lifecycle/package.json
 !native/expo-modules/aes-crypto/package.json
+!native/expo-modules/thumbhash/package.json
 
 web/node_modules
 web/dist
diff --git a/keyserver/Dockerfile b/keyserver/Dockerfile
--- a/keyserver/Dockerfile
+++ b/keyserver/Dockerfile
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@
   native/expo-modules/android-lifecycle/
 COPY --chown=comm native/expo-modules/aes-crypto/package.json \
   native/expo-modules/aes-crypto/
+COPY --chown=comm native/expo-modules/thumbhash/package.json \
+  native/expo-modules/thumbhash/
 COPY --chown=comm services/electron-update-server/package.json \
   services/electron-update-server/
 
diff --git a/native/expo-modules/thumbhash/android/build.gradle b/native/expo-modules/thumbhash/android/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/expo-modules/thumbhash/android/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
+apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
+apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
+
+group = 'app.comm.android.thumbhash'
+version = '0.0.1'
+
+buildscript {
+  def expoModulesCorePlugin = new File(project(":expo-modules-core").projectDir.absolutePath, "ExpoModulesCorePlugin.gradle")
+  if (expoModulesCorePlugin.exists()) {
+    apply from: expoModulesCorePlugin
+    applyKotlinExpoModulesCorePlugin()
+  }
+
+  // Simple helper that allows the root project to override versions declared by this library.
+  ext.safeExtGet = { prop, fallback ->
+    rootProject.ext.has(prop) ? rootProject.ext.get(prop) : fallback
+  }
+
+  // Ensures backward compatibility
+  ext.getKotlinVersion = {
+    if (ext.has("kotlinVersion")) {
+      ext.kotlinVersion()
+    } else {
+      ext.safeExtGet("kotlinVersion", "1.6.10")
+    }
+  }
+
+  repositories {
+    mavenCentral()
+  }
+
+  dependencies {
+    classpath("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:${getKotlinVersion()}")
+  }
+}
+
+// Creating sources with comments
+task androidSourcesJar(type: Jar) {
+  classifier = 'sources'
+  from android.sourceSets.main.java.srcDirs
+}
+
+afterEvaluate {
+  publishing {
+    publications {
+      release(MavenPublication) {
+        from components.release
+        // Add additional sourcesJar to artifacts
+        artifact(androidSourcesJar)
+      }
+    }
+    repositories {
+      maven {
+        url = mavenLocal().url
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+android {
+  compileSdkVersion safeExtGet("compileSdkVersion", 33)
+
+  compileOptions {
+    sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_11
+    targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_11
+  }
+
+  kotlinOptions {
+    jvmTarget = JavaVersion.VERSION_11.majorVersion
+  }
+
+  defaultConfig {
+    minSdkVersion safeExtGet("minSdkVersion", 21)
+    targetSdkVersion safeExtGet("targetSdkVersion", 33)
+    versionCode 1
+    versionName "0.1.0"
+  }
+  lintOptions {
+    abortOnError false
+  }
+}
+
+repositories {
+  mavenCentral()
+}
+
+dependencies {
+  implementation project(':expo-modules-core')
+  implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk7:${getKotlinVersion()}"
+  implementation 'com.facebook.react:react-native:+'
+}
diff --git a/native/expo-modules/thumbhash/android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/native/expo-modules/thumbhash/android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/expo-modules/thumbhash/android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<manifest package="app.comm.android.thumbhash">
+</manifest>
diff --git a/native/expo-modules/thumbhash/android/src/main/java/app/comm/android/thumbhash/ThumbhashModule.kt b/native/expo-modules/thumbhash/android/src/main/java/app/comm/android/thumbhash/ThumbhashModule.kt
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/expo-modules/thumbhash/android/src/main/java/app/comm/android/thumbhash/ThumbhashModule.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package app.comm.android.thumbhash
+
+import expo.modules.kotlin.modules.Module
+import expo.modules.kotlin.modules.ModuleDefinition
+
+class ThumbhashModule : Module() {
+  override fun definition() = ModuleDefinition {
+    Name("Thumbhash")
+
+    AsyncFunction("generateThumbHash") {
+      "unimplemented"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/native/expo-modules/thumbhash/expo-module.config.json b/native/expo-modules/thumbhash/expo-module.config.json
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/expo-modules/thumbhash/expo-module.config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "platforms": ["ios", "android"],
+  "ios": {
+    "modules": ["ThumbhashModule"]
+  },
+  "android": {
+    "modules": ["app.comm.android.thumbhash.ThumbhashModule"]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/native/expo-modules/thumbhash/ios/Thumbhash.podspec b/native/expo-modules/thumbhash/ios/Thumbhash.podspec
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/expo-modules/thumbhash/ios/Thumbhash.podspec
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+require 'json'
+
+package = JSON.parse(File.read(File.join(__dir__, '..', 'package.json')))
+
+Pod::Spec.new do |s|
+  s.name           = 'Thumbhash'
+  s.version        = package['version']
+  s.summary        = package['description']
+  s.description    = package['description']
+  s.license        = package['license']
+  s.author         = 'Comm'
+  s.homepage       = 'https://comm.app'
+  s.platform       = :ios, '13.0'
+  s.swift_version  = '5.4'
+  s.source         = { git: 'https://github.com/CommE2E/comm' }
+  s.static_framework = true
+
+  s.dependency 'ExpoModulesCore'
+
+  # Swift/Objective-C compatibility
+  s.pod_target_xcconfig = {
+    'DEFINES_MODULE' => 'YES',
+    'SWIFT_COMPILATION_MODE' => 'wholemodule'
+  }
+  
+  s.source_files = "**/*.{h,m,swift}"
+end
diff --git a/native/expo-modules/thumbhash/ios/ThumbhashModule.swift b/native/expo-modules/thumbhash/ios/ThumbhashModule.swift
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/expo-modules/thumbhash/ios/ThumbhashModule.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import ExpoModulesCore
+
+public class ThumbhashModule: Module {
+  public func definition() -> ModuleDefinition {
+    Name("Thumbhash")
+
+    AsyncFunction("generateThumbHash") { () -> String in
+      "unimplemented"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/native/expo-modules/thumbhash/package.json b/native/expo-modules/thumbhash/package.json
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/expo-modules/thumbhash/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  "name": "@commapp/thumbhash",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "private": true,
+  "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
+  "description": "Thumbhash generator module",
+  "dependencies": {},
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "expo-module-scripts": "^3.0.3",
+    "expo-modules-core": "1.1.1"
+  },
+  "peerDependencies": {
+    "expo": "*",
+    "react": "*",
+    "react-native": "*"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/native/ios/Podfile.lock b/native/ios/Podfile.lock
--- a/native/ios/Podfile.lock
+++ b/native/ios/Podfile.lock
@@ -561,6 +561,8 @@
   - SQLCipher-Amalgamation/standard (4.4.3):
     - OpenSSL-Universal
     - SQLCipher-Amalgamation/common
+  - Thumbhash (0.0.1):
+    - ExpoModulesCore
   - Yoga (1.14.0)
 
 DEPENDENCIES:
@@ -648,6 +650,7 @@
   - RNScreens (from `../node_modules/react-native-screens`)
   - RNSVG (from `../node_modules/react-native-svg`)
   - "SQLCipher-Amalgamation (from `../../node_modules/@commapp/sqlcipher-amalgamation`)"
+  - Thumbhash (from `../expo-modules/thumbhash/ios`)
   - Yoga (from `../../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga`)
 
 SPEC REPOS:
@@ -833,6 +836,8 @@
     :path: "../node_modules/react-native-svg"
   SQLCipher-Amalgamation:
     :path: "../../node_modules/@commapp/sqlcipher-amalgamation"
+  Thumbhash:
+    :path: "../expo-modules/thumbhash/ios"
   Yoga:
     :path: "../../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga"
 
@@ -934,6 +939,7 @@
   SDWebImageWebPCoder: 18503de6621dd2c420d680e33d46bf8e1d5169b0
   SPTPersistentCache: df36ea46762d7cf026502bbb86a8b79d0080dff4
   SQLCipher-Amalgamation: cbd36045fe7b458b8a442958a01aefdbc44c20f8
+  Thumbhash: 38f05b358a74ff8946820dc5f8330071e931925a
   Yoga: d6133108734e69e8c0becc6ba587294b94829687
 
 PODFILE CHECKSUM: 60ed9de6b14a66c6022cd82cafcb04594edd7eaf
diff --git a/native/package.json b/native/package.json
--- a/native/package.json
+++ b/native/package.json
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
     "@commapp/android-lifecycle": "0.0.1",
     "@commapp/aes-crypto": "0.0.1",
     "@commapp/sqlcipher-amalgamation": "^4.4.3-a",
+    "@commapp/thumbhash": "0.0.1",
     "@ethersproject/shims": "^5.7.0",
     "@expo/react-native-action-sheet": "^3.14.0",
     "@expo/vector-icons": "^13.0.0",
diff --git a/native/utils/thumbhash-module.js b/native/utils/thumbhash-module.js
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/utils/thumbhash-module.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// @flow
+
+import { requireNativeModule } from 'expo-modules-core';
+import invariant from 'invariant';
+
+const platformUtilsModule: {
+  +generateThumbHash: (photoURI: string) => Promise<string>,
+} = requireNativeModule('Thumbhash');
+
+async function generateThumbHash(photoURI: string): Promise<string> {
+  invariant(
+    platformUtilsModule.generateThumbHash,
+    'generateThumbHash() unavailable. Check if Thumbhash expo-module is autolinked',
+  );
+  return await platformUtilsModule.generateThumbHash(photoURI);
+}
+
+export { generateThumbHash };
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     "keyserver/addons/rust-node-addon",
     "native/expo-modules/android-lifecycle",
     "native/expo-modules/aes-crypto",
+    "native/expo-modules/thumbhash",
     "services/electron-update-server",
     "web/opaque-ke-wasm"
   ],