# meowtec/Imagine

🖼️ PNG/JPEG optimization app for macOS, Windows and Linux.

Repository: https://github.com/meowtec/Imagine
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/meowtec-imagine
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: image-compression, save-for-web, jpegmini, pngquant, tinypng, linux-app, webp, jpeg, desktop, cross-platform, macos
Last push: 2023-08-07T20:11:29+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3392, "days_push": 1122, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4405, forks 319 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:48.397218+00:00)

## What it is
Imagine is a cross-platform desktop GUI app for optimizing PNG, JPEG, and WebP images, built on pngquant, mozjpeg, and WebP encoders with an Electron frontend. It supports batch compression and format conversion with a friendly UI.

## Use cases
- compress png images before uploading to a website
- reduce jpeg file sizes for the web
- batch optimize a folder of images
- convert images to webp format
- shrink screenshots without losing much quality
- save images for web with a gui instead of cli tools

## When to choose
- you want a simple GUI for image compression on macOS, Windows, or Linux
- you need batch optimization of PNG/JPEG/WebP files
- you prefer desktop apps over command-line tools like pngquant or mozjpeg

## When to avoid
- you need programmatic or CI-based image compression (use pngquant/mozjpeg directly)
- you need formats beyond PNG, JPEG, and WebP
- you require actively developed features - the latest release dates to 2023

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: image-processing, gui, compression
- domain: image-processing, web-development, cross-platform, desktop-applications
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: image-compression, pngquant, mozjpeg, webp, save-for-web, electron, batch-optimization, macos, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- meowtec/Imagine (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:48.397218+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:21:05.902466+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/meowtec/Imagine (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:48.397218+00:00, sha 1581b246c316)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.