# Curtail (open-source desktop utility)

> 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.

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.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/Huluti/Curtail |
| Platforms | Linux |
| Interface | desktop GUI |
| GitHub stars | 507 |
| License | GPL-3.0 (open source) |
| Replaces | n/a |
| Language | Python |
| Website | none listed |
| Official | no |
| Category | Archivers, cleaners & system utilities |
| Latest release | 1.17.0 (Oct 4, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 23, 2026 |

## Install

### Flathub (Linux)

```sh
flatpak install flathub com.github.huluti.Curtail
```

Package page: https://flathub.org/apps/com.github.huluti.Curtail

### Snap (Linux)

```sh
snap install curtail
```

Package page: https://snapcraft.io/curtail

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