Turbo Recompress

The open-source jpeg-recompress utility can minimize the file size of images without a noticeable effect on visual quality. However, since it is a command-line utility, it is not suitable for less experienced users.

Turbo Recompress is a small application that provides you with an intuitive GUI for the jpeg-recompress command-line tool. It enables you to process one or more JPEG images in no time at all, reducing their file size as much as possible.

The compression tool is available separately as a command-line program, and it was designed to re-encode images to the lowest quality without having a noticeable effect on perceived image quality.

The results will depend based on the source image, but you can get anywhere from a 30 to 70% reduction when processing images captured by DSLRs. However, while the difference might not be very noticeable, this is still lossy compression, so it should be avoided if you plan to edit the image later.

The application is very easy to use, and it is a great alternative for those who prefer not to use the command console. You can import the files one by one or load the entire contents of a folder, with or without its subdirectories.

While you don’t have all the customization options available in the command-line utility, you can select one of the quality presets and specify where the output files should be saved.

When processing all the files from a certain folder, you can also rename them, but it would be nice if some more advanced renaming options were available.

Turbo Recompress can prove very helpful if you want to reduce the size of JPEG files without noticeably affecting image quality. It is an intuitive wrapper for the jpeg-recompress command-line utility, making it a great alternative for less experienced users.