jpegoptim
The facts below are what the maker publishes about jpegoptim, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From jpegoptim's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | GPL-3.0 licensed JPEG optimization utility |
The facts
Each one read from jpegoptim's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Batch processing
- It can read filenames from a file or standard input and can process files in parallel using a configurable worker limit.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Compression modes
- bothchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Dependencies
- It requires libjpeg version 6b or later and may also work with libjpeg-turbo or mozjpeg.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Distribution
- The maker provides source archives and identifies the Git repository as a source distribution.checked 11 Oct 2026
- File handling
- By default it overwrites input files when they are optimized, and it can save output to an alternate destination directory.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Input limitations
- Only normal files are optimized; symbolic links and special files are skipped.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The maker lists jpegoptim among software projects for Linux and Unix.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License
- The repository identifies the software license as GPL-3.0.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Metadata
- It keeps EXIF, IPTC, ICC, XMP and JPEG comment markers by default, while options allow stripping markers.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Metadata controls
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Optimization modes
- It supports lossless optimization by optimizing Huffman tables and lossy optimization with a maximum image quality setting.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- jpegoptim is a utility to optimize and compress JPEG files.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security maintenance
- The v1.5.7 release notes report a fix for a potential security issue involving symlink following during file creation.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The maker's project page links to a man page and the Git repository for jpegoptim.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Supported formats
- JPEG,JFIFchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Target size
- It can try to optimize an image to a target size specified in kilobytes or as a percentage of the original file size.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Platforms
- The maker lists Linux, macOS and Windows as tested platforms.checked 11 Oct 2026
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