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ImageThings
63 image tools that never upload your image
Every other image tool makes you upload a private photo to a stranger's server, wait, then download it back. ImageThings does the work in your browser tab — the file never leaves your device. 63 tools, no account, no queue, no file size limit from us.
Hey Product Hunt 👋
I built ImageThings because I kept hitting the same annoying loop: I need to shrink one screenshot, so I search "compress image", land on a site plastered with ads, upload my file to someone's server, wait in a queue, and download it back. For a 200 KB screenshot. And I've just handed a private image to a company I know nothing about.
Browsers have been able to do all of this locally for years. So ImageThings does exactly that.
How it actually works
Your image is decoded onto a canvas in your own tab and processed there. There is no upload endpoint — there's no server in the path at all, it's a static site. You can open DevTools, filter the Network tab by Fetch/XHR, and compress a photo: you'll see the analytics ping and no image data. Your file isn't in any request, because no code ever puts it in one.
That single decision is why it also feels instant. There's no round trip to be slow.
What's in it
63 tools across five jobs — compress, convert, resize/crop/rotate, adjust, and strip metadata. That includes the stuff that's weirdly hard to find for free: compress to an exact target size (50 KB, 100 KB, 500 KB…), HEIC → JPG for iPhone photos, EXIF viewing and removal, and background removal.
No account. No watermark. No "free tier, 3 files per day".
Two things I want to be upfront about
The site loads Vercel Web Analytics, which counts page views. So I say "your images are never uploaded" — which is true and is the point — rather than "no tracking", which would not be. The analytics never sees your images because they never leave your device.
Because everything runs on your own hardware, a very large image on a very old phone can be slow or run out of memory. I moved the heavy pixel work (sharpen, background removal, upscale) onto a Web Worker so the page stays responsive while it runs — on my test image that took the longest main thread block from 202 ms down to 17 ms. But I'd rather tell you the limitation than pretend it doesn't exist.
Free, no signup: https://www.imagethings.shop
I'd genuinely like to know which tool you reach for first, and what's missing. The gaps are what I'll build next.
About ImageThings on Product Hunt
“63 image tools that never upload your image”
ImageThings was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 2 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #149 on the daily leaderboard. Every other image tool makes you upload a private photo to a stranger's server, wait, then download it back. ImageThings does the work in your browser tab — the file never leaves your device. 63 tools, no account, no queue, no file size limit from us.
On the analytics side, ImageThings competes within Design Tools and Photography — topics that collectively have 406.4k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how ImageThings performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted ImageThings?
ImageThings was hunted by Sangamesh Kalbemullge. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of ImageThings including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Sangamesh Kalbemullge