pixozip API
Image optimization as a service. POST raw image bytes, get a smaller image back.
- Base URL:
https://api.pixozip.pretzl.dev - Auth: API key (
Authorization: Bearer img_live_...) - Formats: JPEG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, GIF, TIFF in. JPEG, PNG, WebP, AVIF out.
- Free tier: 500 optimizations per calendar month.
Why pixozip
Same sharp + oxipng + guetzli pipeline that won our internal benchmark
against TinyPNG: −77% bytes on a 100-image mixed sample, compared with
−66% from TinyPNG on the same set. PNGs benefit the most.
| Tier | PNG strategy | JPEG strategy | Throughput |
|---|---|---|---|
fast | sharp + libimagequant | sharp + mozjpeg q80 | < 0.5 s/img |
balanced | sharp + libimagequant + oxipng -o2 | sharp + mozjpeg q80 | < 1 s/img |
max | sharp + libimagequant + oxipng -o4 | guetzli q84 (perceptual) | 10–30 s/img |
Quickstart
See /quickstart. The minimum is two HTTP calls: one to create an API key from the dashboard, one to POST an image.