Curtail

Curtail is a free and open source, simple and useful software for compressing images in Linux

Review

• Supported image formats: PNG, JPEG and WEBP;
• The Curtail program supports both lossless and lossy compression modes: it is possible to set the percentage of losses for each format in the settings;
• It is possible to compress images with or without saving metadata;
• For compression, you can drag images or a folder with images into the program window (the start/main window of the program), or select images using the file manager;
• You can choose whether to save the compressed image to a new file or overwrite the current file;
• It is possible to add a custom suffix for the name of the new file;
• It is possible to set the compression level for PNG and WEBP, as well as to use or not a progressive JPG encoder;
• Support for two design themes: light and dark.

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Installation

Install Software via PPA repository

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:apandada1/curtail
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install curtail

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Install Software via Flatpak package

flatpak install flathub com.github.huluti.Curtail

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Install Software via Snap package

sudo snap install curtail

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