Imgcompress Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Imgcompress hosting on xCloud gives you a self-hosted image converter for compressing, converting and resizing images in your browser, on your own server and domain. Deploy Imgcompress from the OneClick catalog and xCloud starts the pinned 0.9.0 image as one container with no database and no volume, hides the file-list and cleanup endpoints and publishes it over HTTPS. There is no login, so anyone with the address can upload; add Basic Authentication if that matters.

Deploy your Imgcompress

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No lock-in, cancel anytime

What is Imgcompress?

Imgcompress is, in its README's words, a self-hosted image processing server that runs entirely inside a single Docker container. It handles compression, format conversion and AI-powered background removal locally, with no cloud services, and lists more than 70 image formats such as HEIC, HEIF, PSD, AVIF and PDF, bulk compression, per-file cropping and a web UI plus a command line. Self-hosted Imgcompress is an image toolbox you run yourself instead of uploading photos to hosted tools. It is licensed under GPL-3.0.

On xCloud this template deploys Imgcompress 0.9.0, pinned by digest, as one container with no database and no volume. Uploads and results sit in temporary container storage and are deleted after about an hour, so there is nothing to back up. It has no login, and background removal runs a model per CPU worker that can use significant memory.

From Sign-Up to a Live Image Toolbox In Just 3 Easy Steps

Self-hosting an image toolbox normally means wiring up HTTPS and deciding what to lock down before a single file can be converted safely. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account, pick Imgcompress from the OneClick catalog, and choose a domain. There are no credentials to generate.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the pinned Imgcompress 0.9.0 image with the file-list, force-cleanup and log endpoints disabled for visitors, and publish it over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Start Converting
Open the HTTPS Imgcompress URL, choose an output format, add your images and start converting. If the tool should not be public, add Basic Auth in front of the site first.

Everything Imgcompress Does, On Your Own Server

Imgcompress runs in full here — compression, conversion, resizing, cropping and background removal, on infrastructure you control.

Compress, Convert And Resize
Handle images in 70+ formats, including HEIC and PSD, without sending them to a third-party service.
Background Removal Included
Remove backgrounds from images directly on your own server.
No External Calls
Everything runs offline on your server — no image data leaves it.
No Accounts To Manage
Open the URL and start converting — QA verified an AVIF conversion and download with no sign-in step.
Storage Endpoints Locked Down
The file-list, force-cleanup and log endpoints return 403 to visitors by default.
Large Uploads Supported
Uploads through the site are accepted up to 1 GB per request.

Everything You Need To Run Your Private Image Tools

Managed hosting for Imgcompress, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.

Imgcompress 0.9.0 deployed instantly
Storage-management endpoints disabled
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Imgcompress

Shrink photos before publishing
You drop a batch of images into the page, compress them in parallel, and download smaller files for a website or an email.
Convert phone and design formats
You turn HEIC photos into WebP, PSD files into JPG, or a batch of images into a paginated PDF without installing converters.
Remove backgrounds without uploading anywhere
You cut the background from a personal or client photo with a model that runs on your own server, so the file never leaves it.
Give a small team a shared converter
Colleagues open the same address to convert files, with access restricted by Basic Authentication if the tool should not be public.

Imgcompress vs Alternatives

TinyPNG: Imgcompress compresses images in bulk on a server you rent, handles 70+ formats and keeps files off third-party servers. This page makes no compression-ratio claim against TinyPNG.
remove.bg: Imgcompress bundles a background-removal model that runs on your own CPU, with no API key and no upload. This page makes no quality comparison with remove.bg.
ConvertX: ConvertX has its own OneClick page. Imgcompress focuses on images: compression, format conversion, per-file cropping and background removal.
Desktop image editors: A desktop editor needs no server, but each machine needs the software and codecs. Imgcompress puts the conversions behind one web address.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for Imgcompress hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

Larger batches and heavier background-removal jobs.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Cloud VPS 24 GB

Imgcompress alongside a whole self-hosted stack.

$84.99per month

24 GB RAM
8 vCPU cores
300 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account. Imgcompress itself is free and GPLv3 licensed.

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Connect any VPS — DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS, Hetzner or bare metal — and deploy Imgcompress on it through the same panel, for a per-server management fee instead of a Cloud VPS rental.

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Priced per connected server, so your rate adjusts automatically as you add or remove servers. You pay your own provider for the server itself.

Self-managed hosting

Ready To Own Your Image Toolbox?

Imgcompress on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own the server. Stay in control.

Fast Provisioning
Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
Enterprise-grade security
Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
Intuitive Control Panel
From Server creation to application deployment, everything can be managed from our intuitive control panel.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

Is Imgcompress free?

Yes. Imgcompress is open source under GPL-3.0, with the licence file for the pinned release_0.9.0 tag linked above, so keep the notices and share source for modified versions. xCloud bills for the Cloud VPS under it, not for Imgcompress, and there is no per-image fee.

Can you self-host Imgcompress with Docker?

Yes, and this Imgcompress Docker hosting template does it for you: the karimz1/imgcompress image, pinned by digest, runs as one container with every codec bundled on your own server, with HTTPS in front of port 5000. It is not an Imgcompress cloud account, so images stay on your server.

How much RAM does Imgcompress need?

Imgcompress asks for no less than 2048 MB of RAM, 1 CPU core and 5 GB of disk. Background removal runs a model per CPU worker and can use significant memory on large images. This page sells the 6 GB tier, which leaves headroom for bulk jobs.

Does Imgcompress need an account?

No. There is no login and no admin account by design, so anyone who can open the URL can upload images and use the server's CPU and disk. Add Basic Authentication in front of the site if it should not be public. Uploads are deleted after about an hour.

Does Imgcompress send my images anywhere?

No. Upstream describes it as running entirely offline in one container with no cloud calls, and background removal uses a bundled model on your own CPU. Images are processed on your server and kept only in temporary storage until the hourly cleanup removes them.

Does Imgcompress remove backgrounds?

Yes. Upstream lists local AI background removal with a bundled model that needs no API key or subscription. It runs a model per CPU worker, which can use significant memory on large images, so test your photo sizes first and expect slower results on small servers.

What is the Imgcompress upload limit?

The app itself accepts very large uploads, but the site's web proxy limits request bodies to 1 GB, and very long uploads can also hit proxy timeouts. Split huge batches into smaller ones. Uploads and results are kept in temporary storage for about an hour.

Are there any known quirks with Imgcompress?

The template sets DISABLE_STORAGE_MANAGEMENT=true, so file-list, cleanup and log endpoints return 403 to visitors. A malformed upload can return a 500 with a Python traceback, and a file dropped before the format list loads can be rejected. Both are upstream behaviour.

What should I back up for Imgcompress?

Nothing: there is no database and no volume, so there is no data volume to back up. Uploads and results live in temporary container storage and are deleted after about an hour. Keep your own copies of the converted files you want to keep.

How do I upgrade Imgcompress?

The pinned 0.9.0 image on your running install is untouched by catalog updates; you opt in to a newer template version. Read the upstream release notes first, then upload and convert a test image after the move. There is no stored data to migrate.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.