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CompressThing

Compress images and videos locally on Windows

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CompressThing is a Windows 11 app for reducing image and video file sizes before upload, delivery, or storage. Add media to a visible queue, adjust compression settings, and save compressed copies locally while keeping the originals. Free manual compression is available in the Microsoft Store.

PH · launched Sep 29, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 69%) · 0 views

Niche: file and data compression tools · 100 launches, 14 in the last 7 days ▲ +75% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags

  • Horizontal
  • Workflow automation
  • Prosumer
  • Not AI
  • Commercial product
  • Productivity

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Could you build this?

Yes A desktop GUI wrapper around standard local compression libraries or CLI tools like FFmpeg, MozJPEG, and oxipng using Tauri or Electron/WinUI.

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 480 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #370 of 481 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 243 days after the earliest competitor.

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