Launching today
GetCompress
Lossless media compression without context switching
252 followers
Lossless media compression without context switching
252 followers
GetCompress is a lightweight desktop app that quickly compresses videos, images, GIFs, PDFs in batches: get up to 90% smaller files with minimal quality loss. Save your time & keep files safe with offline compression. Drag files in and out, no extra clicks. Available for Mac, Windows and Linux.
GetCompress
Hey hunters and makers! 👋
I'm Petr, the solo founder of @GetCompress, a desktop app I made to improve media compression 🎥🖼️📄↘️🤏⚡🔐
Who is it for?
You're covered if you ever upload and share media:
Optimize assets for your blog or bug reports & PRs. Finally fit file size limits & upload that PDF.
Free up to 90% of disk space by shrinking media with minimal quality loss.
Why making another compressor?
Because no other apps pass my quality bar and cover my needs:
You know, there are native macOS apps that struggle to scroll a list of just ten previews 😵💫
I also wanted to just drop files, get them compressed, and drag back without alt-tabbing and context switching.
Compress or convert 107+ supported formats, automate your workflows, and even connect to the MCP server!
Your feedback would help a lot, even based just on the demos and the landing page:
can you remember last time you needed to upload a file with size limit?
is anything missing in the intro or demo videos that is important for you to know?
do you usually read testimonials and find them helpful?
I'm here to answer every question, and I'll be the happiest if you share your thoughts!
Thanks everyone 🥳
@petersamokhin congrats on the launch !
I definitely relate to the "just let me drop a file, compress it, and move on" workflow. It's one of those tasks that should take seconds but somehow ends up breaking your flow.
One thing I'm curious about: among your early users, what file type surprised you the most in terms of compression results? Was there a format where people consistently said, "I didn't expect it to shrink that much without noticeable quality loss"?
Also, the MCP integration is a nice touch. Feels like a natural fit as more AI workflows start handling media.
Wishing you a fantastic launch!
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@md_khayruzzaman thank you!
The PDF compression results still surprise me, I'm excited myself to see how it outperforms many if not all other compressors, both online and offline 👀
Happy you noticed the MCP integration, AI ftw!
This is one of those utilities I’d probably only think about when I urgently need it... and then be very happy it exists.
File size limits are still weirdly annoying. I’ve had this with PDFs, screenshots, product videos, bug reports, and even launch assets where something is just slightly too large and suddenly you’re searching for a random online compressor.
The offline desktop angle makes sense here. For files that may include product screenshots, internal docs, or customer-related stuff, I’d rather not upload them somewhere just to make them smaller.
The drag in, compress, drag out flow sounds exactly right too.
Curious how much control users have over quality vs. file size. can I set different compression presets for things like PH assets, bug report videos, PDFs, or web images?
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@andrasczeizel hi Andras, thanks a lot for your comment!
You can control the quality by choosing the predefined presets, or set up e.g. target file size, or if you prefer you can even select some advanced settings (such as media codec, frame rate and almost anything else!)
After you apply your desired settings, you can save that preset and reuse it later:
The MCP integration caught my eye! What kind of automations does it unlock, you got a favorite workflow you'd recommend trying first?
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@timur_masalimov hey, thanks a lot for sharing your feedback 👋
The main benefits of connecting to GetCompress MCP (vs just telling your agent to "compress it somehow"):
reliability: Claude won't hallucinate and install some outdated CLI every time you ask for media compression, and you don't even need to write a detailed prompt that covers any possible edge cases
better compression: the curated advanced logic already knows how's best to reduce the file size while keeping visual quality as best as possible, because just with some default params you could receive a pixelated result that is not really small in size
speed: magic optimizations such as Apple native frameworks (VideoToolbox) sometimes can do magic!
So, you after connecting the MCP, could ask your AI assistant to prepare you a demo and ensure it's compressed nicely (just with natural words), fit some upload limits to Notion, and anything else!
One of the interesting ones today! The MCP angle is the smart bet and the "Claude won't hallucinate an outdated CLI" is a great pitch. Question on the compression side - when you lean on VideoToolbox for speed, do you ever fall back to a software encoder like x265 when someone wants quality over size? Anyways, congrats on the launch
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@artstavenka1 I see a pro here, thanks for asking!
You can control Apple native handling in settings, and switching to x265 is just one click (see screenshot), but also I added a lot of smart logic, that depends on the file format, and might try different fallback settings in order to get the smallest file possible ✨
Wow, looks very cool! Curious, how do you handle already compressed formats like H.264/H.265 videos or modern image codecs (WebP/AVIF)? Is the gain mostly from re-encoding presets or do you use some additional optimization layer?
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@alex_gorodnitskiy thanks for an advanced question! To be honest, in many cases already optimized formats much less benefit from additional compression, but re-encoding with advanced params or Apple native codecs sometimes helps even further 👀
However, the main use-case for GetCompress is compressing any kind of media that is produced by any tool in your work, before uploading it or using elsewhere, so you can get WebP and AVIF or compressed MP4 safely & quickly in batches!
The context-switching pain is real - I'm always mid-workflow when I need to compress something and end up in some janky browser tool or hunting for a half-remembered app. Having this as a lightweight desktop app that stays offline makes a lot of sense to me. Quick question: does it handle RAW photo files? That's usually where most compression tools fall apart for me.
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@omri_ben_shoham1 hey, thank you for your question! Yes, GetCompress supports RAW format, and also some Apple native optimizations to handle it faster & with better quality ⚡
The "no extra clicks + offline" combo is the part that would actually get me to switch. Most compression tools either require cloud upload (privacy concern for client files) or have friction-heavy UIs. The 90% reduction claim is bold though - curious how it holds on video specifically, since most desktop compressors struggle past ~70% without visible artifacts at anything beyond 1080p. What codec are you using under the hood for video?
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@galdayan thanks for a detailed question!
The less optimized video is initially, the more it gets compressed, and 70% are passed regularly 🗜️
Not only codecs matter, but the additional compression params too (they might affect both speed and result file size), and you can choose codecs in 1 click, if you wish: it's H.264 by default (or Apple native VideoToolbox is used if you turn it on)
You can also quickly switch to WebM and OFTEN go past 90% compression without visible artifacts: WebM + AV1 is now widely supported and is a GOAT free format ⚡