An image compression fixing tool for Twitter users.

Note: Starting on Feb 11th 2019 this tool will no longer function due to changes in how twitter handle PNG conversion.

By default Twitter compresses PNG images to save space. This can be circumvented by making 1 pixel slightly transparent, in which case the server just stores it uncompressed. This tool automates this process making it easy to upload images without losing quality.

compromise 1.0
videah <[email protected]>

twitter image compression fixing tool

USAGE:
    compromise [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] --input <INPUT>

FLAGS:
    -h, --help       Prints help information
    -s, --silent     run (and fail) silently
    -V, --version    Prints version information

OPTIONS:
    -i, --input <INPUT>      path to image to be fixed
    -o, --output <OUTPUT>    path to save resulting fixed file

At the time of writing (10th November, 2017) the tool gives the following boost to image quality. These are from the same picture uploaded twice, one before using compromise, and one after using it.

compromise is licensed under the MIT license. Please read the LICENSE file in this repository for more information.

Go check out ravenworks's tool which is similar to compromise but in web app form

• GUI Version
• MacOS Version
• Improve silence handling
• Allow multiple images to be fixed at once