@codext/project-image-compression v1.0.2

project-image-compression

A powerful and flexible CLI tool for bulk image compression and optimization. This tool helps you automatically compress and resize images in a directory while maintaining quality and optionally converting them to WebP format.

Features

• 🖼️ Bulk image compression with customizable quality settings
• ↔️ Automatic image resizing while maintaining aspect ratio
• 🔄 Optional WebP conversion
• 📁 Custom output directory support
• 💾 Automatic backup creation
• 📊 Detailed compression statistics
• 🎯 Configurable via JSON file
• 🚀 Support for JPG, JPEG, PNG, and WebP formats

Installation

npm install @codext/project-image-compression

Quick Start

1. Add the script to your package.json:

{
  "scripts": {
    "compress-images": "npx @codext/project-image-compression"
  }
}

2. Create an img.config.json file in your project root:

{
  "quality": 80,
  "maxWidth": 1920,
  "maxHeight": 1080,
  "convertToWebp": false,
  "folder": "./images",
  "skipExisting": true,
  "createBackup": true,
  "outputFolder": null
}

3. Run the compression:

npm run compress-images

Configuration

Create an img.config.json file in your project root with the following options:

Example Usage

Basic Compression

For basic image compression with default settings:

{
  "folder": "./images",
  "quality": 80
}

Convert to WebP

To compress and convert all images to WebP format:

{
  "folder": "./images",
  "quality": 85,
  "convertToWebp": true,
  "outputFolder": "./compressed"
}

High-Quality Resize

For resizing large images while maintaining high quality:

{
  "folder": "./images",
  "quality": 90,
  "maxWidth": 1920,
  "maxHeight": 1080,
  "createBackup": true
}

CLI Output

The tool provides detailed statistics after processing:

• Number of images processed
• Total size reduced (in MB)
• Average compression percentage
• Processing status for each image

Example output:

✔ Image compression completed!

Stats:
- Images processed: 24
- Total size reduced: 15.7 MB
- Average compression: 65.3%

Error Handling

• The tool creates backups by default (can be disabled)
• Failed image processing is reported but doesn't stop the batch
• Invalid configuration files trigger helpful error messages
• Missing source directory prompts for creation

Requirements

• Node.js 12.0 or higher
• NPM or Yarn package manager

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Credits

Built with:

• Sharp - High-performance image processing
• Glob - File pattern matching
• Chalk - Terminal string styling
• Ora - Terminal spinner