Rustpix
Rustpix: an open-source Rust tool that optimizes images for the web by converting to WebP, and stripping EXIF data.
I've just published a new open-source software on Source Hut called Rustpix. As the name suggests, it's a simple program written entirely in Rust.
Essentially, Rustpix is a lightweight tool that automatically optimizes images for web use.
How it works:
- Takes one or more images in common formats (JPEG, PNG, GIF, etc.) as input.
- Strips EXIF data from the images.
- Converts them to the WebP format with up to 75% quality for lossy compression.
- Renames each file to a random UUID (Universally Unique Identifier) with a .webp extension.
- Overwrites the original files with the optimized versions in the same directory.
The program is still under development, and I plan to add more features in the future.
This isn't meant to reinvent the wheel, as there are already many image optimization tools out there. However, it's a convenient way to streamline my workflow when preparing images for my blog or other online projects.