- Download the .dmg file
- Open it and drag CanYouSmoosh to Applications
- Right-click and select "Open" the first time (Gatekeeper)
If you see "App is damaged", run:
xattr -cr /Applications/CanYouSmoosh.app
Same compression as the web app, but runs natively on your machine. Works offline.
| Feature | Web | Desktop |
|---|---|---|
| All formats (WebP, AVIF, JPEG, PNG) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Batch processing | ✓ | ✓ faster |
| Works offline | after first load | ✓ always |
| Large files (>50MB) | browser limits | ✓ no limits |
| Multi-threaded | single thread | ✓ all cores |
If you see "App is damaged", run:
xattr -cr /Applications/CanYouSmoosh.app
AppImage:
chmod +x CanYouSmoosh*.AppImage
./CanYouSmoosh*.AppImage
Debian/Ubuntu: sudo dpkg -i canyousmoosh*.deb
Fedora/RHEL: sudo rpm -i canyousmoosh*.rpm
Don't want to download anything?
Use the web app instead