ilovecli 1.0.3

CLI tool to compress images, PDFs, and videos

🚀 ilovecli

The ultimate, high-performance media optimization suite for your terminal.

Version 1.0.3

Features • Installation • Quick Start • Advanced Usage • License

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ilovecli is an impossibly fast, cross-platform command-line utility built to seamlessly compress, resize, and optimize Images, PDFs, and Videos.

Designed for both beginners and power-users, it maps complex formatting engines (like FFmpeg and Ghostscript) into an elegant, interactive interface. Whether you are batch-shrinking gigabytes of vacation photos or stripping megabytes out of a corporate PDF, ilovecli handles it instantly.

✨ Core Features

• 🧙‍♂️ Interactive UI: A gorgeous, keyboard-driven wizard for users who prefer menus over typing commands.
• 🖼️ Precision Resizer: Scale images with mathematical accuracy using pixels (px), centimeters (cm), or millimeters (mm). Perfect for digital design and print media.
• 🗜️ Smart Compression Engine: Multi-threaded optimization for Images (JPG, PNG, WEBP), PDFs, and Videos (HEVC/libx265).
• 🎯 Target-Size Isolation: Specify an exact file size (e.g., "Max 5MB"), and our binary-search algorithm will calculate the perfect compression ratio automatically.
• 🌐 Anti-Bot Web Fetcher: Download media directly from highly protected sites (like Freepik) utilizing built-in Cloudflare bypass protocols.
• 📁 Mass Batching: Process entire directory trees recursively, utilizing 100% of available CPU cores.

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📦 Installation

This project requires Python 3.8+. It is highly recommended to install it globally using pipx to avoid environment conflicts.

pipx install ilovecli
# Fallback standard installation:
# pip install ilovecli

Auto-Install Dependencies (Highly Recommended)

ilovecli heavily benefits from native system engines (FFmpeg & Ghostscript). Let the CLI provision these for your specific operating system automatically:

ilovecli install

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🚀 Quick Start Guide

1. The Interactive Wizard (Easiest Method)

If you do not want to memorize manual arguments, simply launch the step-by-step terminal UI:

ilovecli wizard

2. Standard Compression (compress / c)

The engine automatically detects the MIME type and routes the file safely to the correct compressor.

ilovecli c photo.jpg          # Optimize an image
ilovecli c document.pdf       # Shrink a PDF
ilovecli c video.mp4          # Compress a video (HEVC)

3. Image Precision Resizing (resize)

Safely scale images while automatically maintaining their aspect ratio.

# Standard pixel resizing
ilovecli resize header.png --width 1920

# Professional print resizing (20cm width at 300 DPI)
ilovecli resize poster.jpg --width 20 --unit cm --dpi 300

# Built-in dimensional presets
ilovecli resize post.jpg --preset instagram

4. Target-Size Algorithms (target / t)

Strict email attachment limits? Force a file below a specific KB threshold.

ilovecli t presentation.pdf 2000    # Compresses until strictly under 2MB
ilovecli t large_photo.jpg 500      # Compresses until strictly under 500KB

5. Fetch & Optimize (url / u)

Download a remote file, bypass bot-protection, and immediately push it through the compression/resize pipeline.

ilovecli url https://example.com/source.png --width 1000

6. Parallel Folder Processing (folder / f)

Execute multi-threaded compression across an entire directory.

ilovecli f ./assets --smart

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⚙️ Advanced Settings & Tuning

PDF Export Profiles

Control exact DPI outputs for your PDFs using the -p (profile) flag.

• screen: Extreme compression for emails and speedy web viewing (72 DPI).
• ebook: Balanced file size and crisp vector rendering (150 DPI). (Default)
• printer: High-fidelity resolution for home/office printing (300 DPI).
• prepress: Lossless, commercial-grade print quality (300 DPI+).

Example: ilovecli c report.pdf -p printer

Video Adjustments (HEVC)

ilovecli utilizes libx265 (HEVC) for video, cutting file sizes in half compared to older h264 standards. You can manually adjust the Constant Rate Factor (-c).

• Lower CRF (18): Visually lossless quality, larger file sizes.
• Higher CRF (35): Maximum compression, noticeable quality reduction.

Example: ilovecli c raw_footage.mp4 -c 28

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🛠 System Diagnostics

Verify the integrity of your installed dependencies (FFmpeg/Ghostscript) at any time:

ilovecli doctor

🐳 Docker Deployment

For CI/CD pipelines or users who wish to avoid local dependency installations:

docker build -t ilovecli .
docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/data ilovecli c /data/huge_file.pdf

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📄 License & Contributing

Distributed under the MIT License. We welcome pull requests, bug reports, and ideas! If this tool has accelerated your workflow or saved your server space, please consider leaving a ⭐ on the repository.