Curtail
Curtail is a free, open-source desktop utility for Linux. Simple & useful image compressor. It has 507 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0 license. Its source code is on GitHub at Huluti/Curtail.
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About Curtail
Curtail (previously ImCompressor) is an useful image compressor, supporting PNG, JPEG, WebP and SVG file types. It support both lossless and lossy compression modes with an option to whether keep or not metadata of images. It is inspired by Trimage and Image-Optimizer.
Install Curtail
Package names found in the project's README. Each links to its package page so you can check the publisher first.
flatpak install flathub com.github.huluti.Curtailsnap install curtailSimilar apps
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Is Curtail free and open source?
Yes. Curtail's source code is public on GitHub under the GPL-3.0 license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free, so you can use, copy and change it for free.
How do I install Curtail?
Flathub: flatpak install flathub com.github.huluti.Curtail and Snap: snap install curtail. The commands are on this page. Installers are also on its GitHub Releases page (latest: 1.17.0).
Is Curtail still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 23, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.