pngifier

Quickly & easily convert any file into a PNG and back!

Google Photos == Unlimited Online File Storage :D

Features

• Supports Linux, MacOS, Windows
• Supports streaming output
• Built-in PNG CRC verification
• Supports 4 color modes:
  • Greyscale
  • Greyscale + Alpha
  • RGB
  • RGB + Alpha
• Supports 8-bit & 16-bit depths
• Customizability
  • Adjust buffer sizes
  • Adjust width of image
  • Adjust height of image
• Displays progress bars

Installation

Getting in on the action!

[Easiest Method]

Download a pre-built binary from releases: Pngifier Releases

Note: default backend is located within /bin

Compiling source code:

1. Clone this repo

2. Enter the repository via cd pngifier

3. Compile source code cargo build or cargo build --releases

   Note: /configs contains different *.toml files that change the DEFLATE/INFLATE backend

Examples

The easy way to get started!

To quickly convert a file into a png: file.txt -> file.txt.png
pngifier encode file.txt

To quickly convert a png back into a file: file.txt.png -> file.txt
pngifier decode file.txt.png

Encode to a different file: file.txt -> file2.png
pngifier encode file.txt file2.png

Decode to a different file: file2.png -> file.txt
pngifier decode file2.png file.txt

Encoding as a 16-bit, RGBA PNG:
pngifier encode -t=rgba -b=16 file.txt

Stream data
pngifier encode file.txt --stream

Example streaming
pngifier encode file.txt --stream > 2>&1

CLI Usage

Everything!

Encoding:

pngifier-encode

USAGE:
    pngifier encode [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] <INPUT> [OUTPUT]

FLAGS:
    -y, --yes         Override all values with yes
    -p, --progress    Displays the progress
    -s, --silent      Prevents all outputs
        --stream      Streams the output to stdout
        --trim        Trims the output (removes trailing null bytes)
    -v, --verbose     Verbose output
        --verify      Verifies the file as a png before attempting to read it
        --help        Prints help information

OPTIONS:
    -b, --buffer <BYTES>       Sets the limiting buffer size (ie: 100, 1kb, 10mb, 1gb)
    -t, --type <COLOR_TYPE>    Sets the color type (0, 2, 4, 6, g, ga, rgb, rgba)
    -d, --depth <DEPTH>        Sets color depth. Bit depths of 8-bit and 16-bit are supported
    -h, --height <HEIGHT>      Sets the height of the image in pixels
    -w, --width <WIDTH>        Sets the width of the image in pixels

ARGS:
    <INPUT>     Sets the input file to use
    <OUTPUT>    Sets the output file

Decoding:

pngifier-decode

USAGE:
    pngifier decode [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] <INPUT> [OUTPUT]

FLAGS:
    -y, --yes         Override all values with yes
    -p, --progress    Displays the progress
    -s, --silent      Prevents all outputs
        --stream      Streams the output to stdout
        --trim        Trims the output (removes trailing null bytes)
    -v, --verbose     Verbose output
        --verify      Verifies the file as a png before attempting to read it
    -h, --help        Prints help information

OPTIONS:
    -b, --buffer <BYTES>    Sets the limiting buffer size (ie: 100, 1kb, 10mb, 1gb)

ARGS:
    <INPUT>     Sets the input file to use
    <OUTPUT>    Sets the output file

Benchmarks

How fast is fast?

CPU: i7 - 7700 HQ @ 2.8 GHz

RAM: 16 GB 2400 MHz

SSD: 2.8 GB/s read, 1.4 GB/s write

OS: Windows 10 Home

Encoding:

File size	miniz.c [default]	flate2 (miniz_oxide)	cloudflare-zlib	zlib
1,084,735,488 bytes (~1 GB)	9.1882012s	10.9290874s	25.98657s	31.5629587s
100,667,392 bytes (~100 MB)	0.3018865s	0.4424806s	0.3912431s	0.6884911s
11,223,040 bytes (~10 MB)	0.1293564s	0.1475764s	0.2994075s	0.3356308s

Decoding:

File size	miniz.c [default]	flate2 (miniz_oxide)	cloudflare-zlib	zlib
1,084,735,488 bytes (~1 GB)	4.2408762s	4.571307s	4.7803391s	4.702615s
100,667,392 bytes (~100 MB)	0.220.8307s	0.2700087s	0.2546378s	0.2389715s
11,223,040 bytes (~10 MB)	0.0573943s	0.0626758s	0.0597192s	0.0597747s