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Show HN: Imgsquash – My image compression website project

178 points by eashish93 7y ago

thisisitnownow 7y ago
Thanks for sharing this and well done!
snek 7y ago
the chrome team released a similar tool a few months ago (https://squoosh.app https://squoosh.app). I'm curious how these compare.
- Etheryte 7y ago
  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/ https://tinypng.com/
  - soneca 7y ago
    Funny, I would describe it as TinyJPG (which also handles png) :)
    - soneca 7y ago
      Not sure why the downvoting, because I do use the https://tinyjpg.com/ https://tinyjpg.com/ website and when people ask for it the name that comes to mind is "TinyJPG". The opposite of the parent. Obs: TinyJPG and TinyPNG are the same site
  - magicalhippo 7y ago
    I usually prefer http://needsmorejpeg.com/ http://needsmorejpeg.com/ it really gets the size down.
11235813213455 7y ago
It's possible to run mozjpeg, pngquant etc.. on the browser (emscripten), to offload servers from this job Example: https://caub.github.io/misc/optim https://caub.github.io/misc/optim
- deleted 7y ago
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- londons_explore 7y ago
  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 possibly go wrong?
  - Dylan16807 7y ago
    No? How about when initially uploading. Or without any uploads when it's for their own use.
    - llaks_72 7y ago
      If 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.
      - aarreedd 7y ago
        Because website are convenient
        hombre_fatal 7y ago
        Hell, I just used a .doc to .epub transcoding website today because I couldn't be bothered to look up a local tool for the job much less download it and read its docs. The website worked and I moved on with my life. I'd probably even still be using Youtube to .mp3 websites had I not happened to have experience with youtube-dl.
karim79 7y ago
Take a look at https://kraken.io https://kraken.io as well. Emphasis is on consistency of results and likeness to the original.
verisimilitudes 7y ago
I don't see the appeal. Don't you agree it would be better if the user- ran this software on their own machines?
- slig 7y ago
  Most users of a tool like this don't know (or don't care) to install command line tools.
  - salutonmundo 7y ago
    verisimilitudes didn't say that it should be a shell tool, just a local one. Personally I would prefer the option of command line or GUI.
    - slig 7y ago
      There are GUI tools for that. Maybe the author felt there's a niche for people that don't want to install random stuff from the Internet.
    - agnivade 7y ago
      Sure, but sometimes things are not that easy. Have you tried using mozjpeg ? You need to download, compile and install mozjpeg. Atleast for my platform. And sometimes you need the exact set of configure flags or build flags. Still you won't use a browser tool which does it for you ?
- penagwin 7y ago
  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 project is a good side project, regardless if it's really "necessary"
  - tomglynch 7y ago
    Exactly. I sometimes upload an image to imgur for the sole purpose of re-downloading it compressed.
samstave 7y ago
Does it do face stabilization over a range of images of, say, selfies? If not, does anyone have a recommendation for which app does this?
- fwip 7y ago
  That's not what image compression is.
- social_quotient 7y ago
  What’s your usecase? Curious
chrisweekly 7y ago
Reminds me of smush.it from back in the day.
rhardih 7y ago
For a small scale offline alternative I can heartily recommend https://imageoptim.com https://imageoptim.com. So simple, yet so effective.
- kilian 7y ago
  And for Linux users: https://trimage.org https://trimage.org (disclaimer: I made this)
throwaway5528 7y ago
You seem fun /s

178 points by eashish93 7y ago

Thanks for sharing this and well done!

snek 7y ago

the chrome team released a similar tool a few months ago (https://squoosh.app https://squoosh.app). I'm curious how these compare.

Etheryte 7y ago
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/ https://tinypng.com/
- soneca 7y ago
  Funny, I would describe it as TinyJPG (which also handles png) :)
  - soneca 7y ago
    Not sure why the downvoting, because I do use the https://tinyjpg.com/ https://tinyjpg.com/ website and when people ask for it the name that comes to mind is "TinyJPG". The opposite of the parent. Obs: TinyJPG and TinyPNG are the same site
- magicalhippo 7y ago
  I usually prefer http://needsmorejpeg.com/ http://needsmorejpeg.com/ it really gets the size down.

11235813213455 7y ago

It's possible to run mozjpeg, pngquant etc.. on the browser (emscripten), to offload servers from this job Example: https://caub.github.io/misc/optim https://caub.github.io/misc/optim

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londons_explore 7y ago
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 possibly go wrong?
- Dylan16807 7y ago
  No? How about when initially uploading. Or without any uploads when it's for their own use.
  - llaks_72 7y ago
    If 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.
    - aarreedd 7y ago
      Because website are convenient
      - hombre_fatal 7y ago
        Hell, I just used a .doc to .epub transcoding website today because I couldn't be bothered to look up a local tool for the job much less download it and read its docs. The website worked and I moved on with my life. I'd probably even still be using Youtube to .mp3 websites had I not happened to have experience with youtube-dl.

karim79 7y ago

Take a look at https://kraken.io https://kraken.io as well. Emphasis is on consistency of results and likeness to the original.

verisimilitudes 7y ago

I don't see the appeal. Don't you agree it would be better if the user- ran this software on their own machines?

slig 7y ago
Most users of a tool like this don't know (or don't care) to install command line tools.
- salutonmundo 7y ago
  verisimilitudes didn't say that it should be a shell tool, just a local one. Personally I would prefer the option of command line or GUI.
  - slig 7y ago
    There are GUI tools for that. Maybe the author felt there's a niche for people that don't want to install random stuff from the Internet.
  - agnivade 7y ago
    Sure, but sometimes things are not that easy. Have you tried using mozjpeg ? You need to download, compile and install mozjpeg. Atleast for my platform. And sometimes you need the exact set of configure flags or build flags. Still you won't use a browser tool which does it for you ?
penagwin 7y ago
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 project is a good side project, regardless if it's really "necessary"
- tomglynch 7y ago
  Exactly. I sometimes upload an image to imgur for the sole purpose of re-downloading it compressed.

samstave 7y ago

Does it do face stabilization over a range of images of, say, selfies? If not, does anyone have a recommendation for which app does this?

fwip 7y ago
That's not what image compression is.
social_quotient 7y ago
What’s your usecase? Curious

chrisweekly 7y ago

Reminds me of smush.it from back in the day.

rhardih 7y ago

For a small scale offline alternative I can heartily recommend https://imageoptim.com https://imageoptim.com. So simple, yet so effective.

kilian 7y ago
And for Linux users: https://trimage.org https://trimage.org (disclaimer: I made this)

throwaway5528 7y ago

You seem fun /s