Imgsquash
Creative
image compression
SHOW HN2019
178points
44comments
#229of 2,195 in 2019
Top 11%of 2019 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
12 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 22 comments about the project. Thread score +0.23.
Idea: 8 for, 3 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Convenient for compressing a handful of images without installing tools
From 2 comments
Actually there aren't. There are 5 that do it well - MOZJpeg, PNGQuant, TinyPNG, svgo, and jpegtran. Additionally there are tools for compressing to WebP, guzelti and other new…
onion2k on HNAt least for me there's been plenty of times where I just want to m I nify a single image, and potentially on a machine I don't have all my dev tools on. Also I think this is…
penagwin on HN
Good side project
From 1 comment
At least for me there's been plenty of times where I just want to m I nify a single image, and potentially on a machine I don't have all my dev tools on. Also I think this is…
penagwin on HN
Objections
Should run locally rather than in a browser
From 2 comments
I don't see the appeal. Don't you agree it would be better if the user- ran this software on their own machines?
verisimilitudes on HNIf they don't need to upload it why are they using a web browser at all? There are literally hundreds of programs that integrate tools to compress images.
llaks_72 on HN
Uploading images to a server is a privacy concern
From 1 comment
Hmmm... So you're proposing to get a client to download a big jpeg, to resample to the right resolution, then re-upload to the server for other clients to use? What could…
londons_explore on HN
Questions
Is it maintained, and are there out-of-the-box alternatives for server-side optimization
From 1 comment
I really like this. Is it maintained? I am guessing the main repo is this one? https://github.com/caub/im-optim If not, can people point me to another out of the box solution? My…
zawerf on HN
Alternatives named
Squoosh
From 2 comments
the chrome team released a similar tool a few months ago (https://squoosh.app). I'm curious how these compare.
snek on HNHttps://squoosh.app does this (note our team built this). Also. Neat project op, love seeing all new projects that help with image compression.
kinlan on HN
TinyPNG
From 1 comment
There's also TinyPNG[1] (which also handles jpeg), which offers both an on-site tool as well as an API as a service. [1] https://tinypng.com/
Etheryte on HN
ImageOptim
From 1 comment
For a small scale offline alternative I can heartily recommend https://imageoptim.com. So simple, yet so effective.
rhardih on HN
Kraken.io
From 1 comment
Take a look at https://kraken.io as well. Emphasis is on consistency of results and likeness to the original.
karim79 on HN