optimo
effortless media optimizer for the web
98 followers
effortless media optimizer for the web
98 followers
Images and videos are bigger than they should be. They eat disk, bandwidth, and slow everything down. We tried the usual mix of tools, flags, and formats. It worked… sometimes. We just wanted something consistent. So we built Optimo: a CLI that makes media smaller, every time. Built on ImageMagick + FFmpeg. Free and open source.
microlink.io
Does optimo preserve metadata like EXIF data after compression, or does it strip everything by default? Nice open source tool, congrats on the launch!
microlink.io
@borrellr_ Thanks for your comment
The library strip EXIF by default, however I added `--preserve-exif` flag in case you want to keep it
https://github.com/microlinkhq/optimo/releases/tag/v0.0.26
🙂
Landon
Finally, a media optimization tool that just works, consistently, across both images and video. Building on ImageMagick and FFmpeg is a smart foundation, and wrapping them in a way that saves time and bandwidth for anyone managing media heavy projects is exactly the right call.
It feels like a natural fit for developers, content teams, and SaaS builders who deal with bloated assets every day but don't want to spend hours configuring pipelines to fix it. The tool gets out of the way and does the job.
One messaging thought: leading with the pain rather than the solution could grab a wider audience faster. How much disk space and bandwidth people are quietly losing is a number that lands hard, especially for nontechnical stakeholders who approve the tools their teams use.
Curious whether you've considered adding a workflow example or a short case study showing Optimo inside a real integration, a website, a CMS, or something concrete. That kind of proof tends to close the gap between "interesting" and I'm installing this today.
I work with SaaS teams on launch messaging and positioning, so I'm naturally drawn to the communication layer around tools like this. Would love to hear more about where you see Optimo going beyond the CLI.