FileOptimizer icon
FileOptimizer icon

FileOptimizer

 59 likes

FileOptimizer is a lossless file size optimizer supporting AIR, APK, APNG APPX, BMP, CBZ, DOCX, DLL, EPUB, EXE, GIF, GZ, ICO, JAR, JPEG, MNG, MP3, MPP, PNG, PPTX, ODT, OGG, OGV, PDF, PUB, SCR, SWF, TIF, VSD, WEBP, XAP, XLSX, and ZIP file formats among others.

Main Window

License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Platforms

  • Windows  Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, 7, 8
  • Wine
4.2 / 5 Avg rating (10)
59 likes
11comments
0 news articles

Features

Suggest and vote on features
  1.  File Compression
  2.  Lossless Compression
  3.  All in one
  4.  Image Optimizer
  5.  Portable
  6.  PDF compression
  7.  Drag and Drop

FileOptimizer News & Activities

Highlights All activities

Recent activities

Show all activities

FileOptimizer information

  • Developed by

    Javier Gutiérrez Chamorro
  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.
  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.2
  • Alternatives

    50 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

Our users have written 11 comments and reviews about FileOptimizer, and it has gotten 59 likes

FileOptimizer was added to AlternativeTo by RemovedUser on Jan 9, 2013 and this page was last updated Nov 15, 2023. FileOptimizer is sometimes referred to as File Optimizer.

Comments and Reviews

   
 Post comment/review
Comment summary: FileOptimizer is praised for its comprehensive approach to file compression, using a range of third-party algorithms for various formats like PNG and PDF. Users appreciate its effectiveness and the ability to reduce file sizes significantly, which is beneficial for large-scale distribution. However, some criticize the limited GUI settings, noting the inability to select specific tools for tasks, and the presence of ads, though these can be turned off.
onenil
  
Top positive commentNov 9, 2019

I agree with the positive reviews. Seriously, this is a great, "no brainer" optimizer that works substantively much better than alternatives I've tried (mostly for PDFs).

As for the ads: they're totally unobtrusive, and I'm usually doing something else as I'm batch compressing files, anyway--and can be turned off. If you don't want to use a free software that doesn't even force you to watch ads (AGAIN: you can turn them off), then just pay for something. I'm more than happy to do whatever I can to support this developer. He's put together a bunch of freeware tools in a great "swiss army knife" and I really appreciate it!

1
carlosvgonzalez
  
Top negative commentJul 17, 2017

Yes, this app have a lot binaries from other sources that can do wonders, but you can't do much with this GUI App, you have very short control in the settings, for example when optimizing PNGs you can't even decide which tools you want to use, or the settings for those tools. In the end, you won't have a very good result and it will take forever to finish a simple one file optimization.

3
vectorspin
  
Positive commentMar 19, 2022

Outstanding program that I've run for years, especially on JPEG and PDF files where 20% less data might mean it doesn't get blocked by the recipients' email service attachment limit. Or a file you expect to get downloaded 10,000x doesn't take up near as much space.

For PNG files, I actually disable the included "Leanify" component (just delete it). It takes too long otherwise.

Still one of my two favorite compression programs (the other is 7zip).

0
Weltall
  
Positive commentJun 27, 2021

I just love this one. It helped me compress thousands of files, especially EPUBs and images. It is useful though for way too many things and definitely recommend it as an extra tool to use for that odd moment you want to compress and optimize some of your files (that it supports optimizing that is).

0
Werve
  
Positive commentDec 17, 2020

The only program that contains in one place a lot of loseless compressors for various formats.

0
flacman
  
Positive commentNov 2, 2019

Too fast and powerfull compared to other desktop softs. Compress pdf 8mb: 11sec (filteoptimizer) vs ~150sec (other free softs). Dpi and layer option like pro app.

1
Unk42 Roman M
  
Positive commentAug 19, 2019

This is one of the best file optimizers. This program, in order, applies various compression algorithms to one or more files. For example, Png is compressed by various third-party algorithms, such as pngwolf.exe, Leanify.exe and others. A wide variety of formats are supported.

1
Show more comments
7 of 11 comments

What is FileOptimizer?

FileOptimizer is a lossless file size optimizer supporting AIR, APK, APNG APPX, BMP, CBZ, DOCX, DLL, EPUB, EXE, GIF, GZ, ICO, JAR, JPEG, MNG, MP3, MPP, PNG, PPTX, ODT, OGG, OGV, PDF, PUB, SCR, SWF, TIF, VSD, WEBP, XAP, XLSX, and ZIP file formats among others.

It keeps the behaviour of the file untouched but with its size reduced thanks to several recompression and optimization techniques.

Quick facts

  • Simple program interface.
  • Easy to use.
  • Several third party tools integrated in one same tool (plugins).
  • Easy automation via commandline.

Key features

  • Suitable for home users that need to speedup file transfers no matter if they are in email attachments, P2P or shared upload servers.
  • Suitable for webmasters to increase the page load speed.
  • Suitable for web developers to reduce content weight.
  • Suitable for desktop developers in any platform (Windows, Linux, MacOS, ...) to reduce distribution sizes and reduce load times.
  • Suitable for mobile developers (Android, iOS, Windows Phone, ...) to reduce distribution sizes and reduce load times.
  • Suitable for server administrators that could integrate FileOptimizer via commandline.
  • Suitable for content creators and distributors to reduce content weights.