GetCompress is a lightweight desktop app that quickly compresses videos, images, GIFs, PDFs in batches: get up to 90% smaller files with minimal quality loss. Save your time & keep files safe with offline compression. Drag files in and out, no extra clicks. Available for Mac, Windows and Linux.
Hey hunters and makers! 👋 I'm Petr, the solo founder of @GetCompress, a desktop app I made to improve media compression 🎥🖼️📄↘️🤏⚡🔐
Who is it for? You're covered if you ever upload and share media: Optimize assets for your blog or bug reports & PRs. Finally fit file size limits & upload that PDF. Free up to 90% of disk space by shrinking media with minimal quality loss.
Why making another compressor? Because no other apps pass my quality bar and cover my needs: You know, there are native macOS apps that struggle to scroll a list of just ten previews 😵💫 I also wanted to just drop files, get them compressed, and drag back without alt-tabbing and context switching.
Compress or convert 107+ supported formats, automate your workflows, and even connect to the MCP server!
Your feedback would help a lot, even based just on the demos and the landing page:
can you remember last time you needed to upload a file with size limit?
is anything missing in the intro or demo videos that is important for you to know?
do you usually read testimonials and find them helpful?
I'm here to answer every question, and I'll be the happiest if you share your thoughts!
Does it let you tweak things like target size in relation to target quality for video?
Congrats on the launch! 🚀
Offline compression is a big plus. I often avoid random online compressors when files include client screenshots, documents, or internal product videos.
The drag-in, compress, drag-out workflow also feels exactly right for daily use. Curious how GetCompress decides the best compression preset automatically across different file types like PDFs, GIFs, screenshots, and product demo videos.
Not totally sure I understood the main workflow, but the practical question for me is onboarding: can a small team get value before they clean up all their existing tools/data?
This really looks promising. MCP - This is the way!
I admire idea to have a “board” I can just drop whatever to compress I want in and go back to work.
Does it keep original file? In case I am not happy with minor loss of quality?
Congrats on the launch! Love the focus on reducing context switching. I'm curious what's been the hardest media format to support? I imagine PDFs, animated GIFs, and videos all come with very different tradeoffs between compression ratio and visual quality.
serious Pied Piper vibes (Sillicon valley TV show) here 😂
please tell me getcompress uses middle-out compression... and if not, how long until richard hendricks joins the team?😂😂😂
On a serious note, how do you balance maximum file-size reduction with preserving visual quality across so many different formats?
Once I almost missed deadline for hackathon just because my video submission was slightly bigger than allowed in form, lost so much time with ffmpeg, seems like must-have so such stuff wont happen lol, congrats on the launch dude!
the "without context switching" part is the real selling point here imo, most compression tools make you leave your workflow to do it. is this running locally or hitting some cloud service under the hood.
Can you create a team license? where you can purchase multiple seats under one key?
Looks super polished! Love the offline mode and drag and drop feature.
A small question on the interface - is there a way to preview or compare before and after compression? Or is it trial and error?
Congrats on the launch ! how is the compression technique is different from the existing ones? is it a different compression algorithm?
The "no extra clicks + offline" combo is the part that would actually get me to switch. Most compression tools either require cloud upload (privacy concern for client files) or have friction-heavy UIs. The 90% reduction claim is bold though - curious how it holds on video specifically, since most desktop compressors struggle past ~70% without visible artifacts at anything beyond 1080p. What codec are you using under the hood for video?
Hey Petr! This is awesome cause compressing media files can be a headache sometimes and you're helping a lot on it. Wish you all the best!
Congrats with a launch!
I’ve been using GetCompress mostly with an MCP server and honestly I glad I don’t need to think about ffmpeg / other custom scripts I had before.
Congrats on the launch, man!
Could you tell me a little bit more about the compression algorithms you use for GIFs?
About GetCompress on Product Hunt
“Lossless media compression without context switching”
GetCompress launched on Product Hunt on June 28th, 2026 and earned 322 upvotes and 73 comments, earning #2 Product of the Day. GetCompress is a lightweight desktop app that quickly compresses videos, images, GIFs, PDFs in batches: get up to 90% smaller files with minimal quality loss. Save your time & keep files safe with offline compression. Drag files in and out, no extra clicks. Available for Mac, Windows and Linux.
GetCompress was featured in Mac (103.6k followers), Productivity (655.6k followers) and Photo & Video (2k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 155.4k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted GetCompress?
GetCompress was hunted by Petr Samokhin. 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.
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Petr Samokhin
Hey hunters and makers! 👋
I'm Petr, the solo founder of @GetCompress, a desktop app I made to improve media compression 🎥🖼️📄↘️🤏⚡🔐
Who is it for?
You're covered if you ever upload and share media:
Optimize assets for your blog or bug reports & PRs. Finally fit file size limits & upload that PDF.
Free up to 90% of disk space by shrinking media with minimal quality loss.
Why making another compressor?
Because no other apps pass my quality bar and cover my needs:
You know, there are native macOS apps that struggle to scroll a list of just ten previews 😵💫
I also wanted to just drop files, get them compressed, and drag back without alt-tabbing and context switching.
Compress or convert 107+ supported formats, automate your workflows, and even connect to the MCP server!
Your feedback would help a lot, even based just on the demos and the landing page:
can you remember last time you needed to upload a file with size limit?
is anything missing in the intro or demo videos that is important for you to know?
do you usually read testimonials and find them helpful?
I'm here to answer every question, and I'll be the happiest if you share your thoughts!
Thanks everyone 🥳