About PixSquish

PixSquish is a set of free image tools that run entirely in your web browser. Converting, compressing, resizing, cropping, cleaning metadata and generating web assets happen on your device, using browser capabilities already installed there.

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Why we built it

Many image sites ask you to upload a file before they can help. That can be an uncomfortable trade for a scanned passport, signed contract or family photo. Modern browsers can handle common image jobs locally, so PixSquish is built without an upload endpoint or server-side file processor.

How local processing works

When you choose a file, the browser makes it available to the open tab. PixSquish uses browser image and file APIs, including Canvas where needed, to create a result for download. Your selected files and results are not sent to a PixSquish processing server or saved to a PixSquish file library.

How to verify it

Load a tool, then open your browser’s network inspector while you process a file: there is no file upload request. You can also let the page load, disconnect from the internet and continue using the tools that your browser supports.

The eight tools

Image Converter — make PNG, JPG or WebP files.
Image Compressor — compare a smaller photo before downloading.
Image Resizer — resize by pixels or percentage.
Image Cropper — frame an image with common aspect ratios.
EXIF Viewer & Remover — inspect and remove photo metadata.
Favicon Generator — create a website icon set.
SVG to PNG — rasterize SVG files or markup.
Image to Base64 — create data URIs and code snippets.

Operational limits

Local processing trades server queues for browser resources. Very large images, many files at once, or memory-constrained devices can be slow, fail to decode or cause the tab to run out of memory. Format support and output quality also depend on the browser. Keep originals and work in smaller batches when a file is unusually large.

No accounts, no lock-in

There are no PixSquish accounts, upload history or cloud library to manage. You keep your original files and downloaded results, and the tools do not provide a way to restore a past local file or download. That also means there is no profile required to try a tool.

Guides

Use the guides for format choices, compression, EXIF privacy, image dimensions and the crop → resize → compress workflow.

Sister project

If you work with color, our sibling site ScanHue extracts palettes from images and checks WCAG contrast. It is a related project, not an account or upload service for PixSquish.

Contact

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