Use the imgcompress web interface for drag-and-drop image compression, WebP and AVIF conversion, target file-size control, and local AI background removal. All processing stays on your self-hosted server — no cloud uploads.
Make sure you've installed it first.
Drag your photos into the upload area. Adjust quality, format, and other settings before converting.
Upload and configure your images
Hit convert and watch the progress. Everything runs on your own server. Nothing leaves your infrastructure.
Images being processed
Save images individually or grab them all as a ZIP.
Download your results
Crop any image before it goes through the conversion pipeline. Aspect ratio presets, manual width and height, zoom, save, and discard are all included. Saved crops are applied before resize, format conversion, target-size compression, and AI background removal so what you crop is what gets compressed.
Watch the short demo (click play to start):
Some formats (e.g. PSD, EPS) are rendered server-side into a crop-friendly bitmap so you can still crop them in the browser.
imgcompress includes a local AI model that removes image backgrounds entirely on your server's hardware. No cloud, no external API.
To preserve transparency, choose AVIF or PNG as your output format. JPEG does not support transparency.
Toggle background removal
Here is what the AI background removal looks like on a landscape photo:
| Original | Background removed |
|---|---|
 Original landscape with sunset |  Landscape with background removed |
Need your image under 1 MB for a website upload? imgcompress can hit a target size.
Choose a format. JPG or AVIF gives the best compression-to-quality ratio.
Select format
Add your images to the queue.
Add files
Open "Set by File Size", enter your limit (e.g. 1 MB), and convert.
Set max file size
imgcompress stores processed files on the server for easy re-download. You can manage them from the Storage panel.
Storage management panel
If you don't want users to see processed files, add DISABLE_STORAGE_MANAGEMENT=true to the environment: section of your docker-compose.yml. → See the docker-compose setup
imgcompress is self-hosted. Your files never leave your own server and nothing is sent to any external service. Only you (and anyone you give access to your server) can see your uploaded files. See Privacy & Safety for details.