Command-line tool

mozjpeg

brew/mozjpeg

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Improved JPEG encoder

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install mozjpeg

Linux

brew install mozjpeg

Compress a JPEG file with default settings

cjpeg -outfile path/to/output.jpg path/to/image_file

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