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Bandwith Hero

Bandwidth Hero - an open-source browser extension which reduces the amount of data consumed when you browse web pages by compressing all images on the page. It uses data compression service to convert images to low-resolution WebP or JPEG images.

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Cost / License

  • Free
  • Open Source (MIT)

Platforms

  • Self-Hosted  configured on your own server
  • Google Chrome
  • Firefox
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Features

  1.  File Compression
  2.  Image Optimizer
  3.  PNG Compression
  4.  WEBP Support
  5.  Data Compression

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File Management, Photos & Graphics, OS & Utilities

GitHub repository

  •  288 Stars
  •  63 Forks
  •  56 Open Issues
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Our users have written 1 comments and reviews about Bandwith Hero, and it has gotten 3 likes

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TBayAreaPat
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"Public data compression service shutdown Due to increased load and complains from ISP we are shutting down public data compression service under [https://compressor.bandwidth-hero.com](https://compressor.bandwidth-hero.com) You can continue using extension and save data by installing your own service." You may see old posts recommending using free Hukuru with this, but Hurkuru stopped the free service. I don't see another good service to use, which to me, makes this unusable. Puffin browser is similar in concept in that it does cloud-processing compression and more. Puffin is a paid subscriber service.

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What is Bandwith Hero?

Bandwidth Hero - an open-source browser extension which reduces the amount of data consumed when you browse web pages by compressing all images on the page. It uses data compression service to convert images to low-resolution WebP or JPEG images.

How It Works?

When active, Bandwidth Hero intercepts all images loading requests It sends each image URL to the data compression service Compression service downloads the original image Once image is downloaded it is then converted to low-resolution WebP/JPEG image. Compression service returns processed image to the browser

Privacy Consideration

After installing the extension you need to setup data compression service on you'r own server. Please refer to data compression service docs for detailed instructions on how to run your own service. Once you have your own instance running, click “Configure data compression service” button under “Compression settings” in the extension popup.

Credits

daredevil logo by Daniel Pineda from the Noun Project