Emu

A privacy-focused, eco-friendly image optimization application that processes everything locally in your browser.

Key Features

• Smart image compression with quality control
• Dithering and color reduction algorithms
• Automatic face blurring for privacy protection
• Image cropping and rotation tools
• EXIF metadata viewing and automatic removal
• Available in multiple languages.

All image processing happens locally in your browser - no server uploads required! Your images stay on your device, ensuring complete privacy and data protection.

💻 Technical Stack

Core Technologies

• React 19 with TypeScript
• Vite for blazing fast builds
• Material-UI v6 for modern UI components

Image Processing Libraries

• browser-image-compression - Client-side image compression
• face-api.js - Face detection and blurring
• exifr - EXIF metadata handling
• react-image-crop - Image cropping interface
• rgbquant - Dithering and color reduction algorithms

Internationalization

• i18next with browser language detection
• Modular translation system
• RTL support ready

🏄 Getting Started

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/Alice-Po/emu.git
cd emu

2. Install dependencies:

npm install

3. Start the development server:

npm run dev

4. Build for production:

npm run build

Contributing

We welcome contributions from everyone around the world!

License

This project is licensed under the WTFPL License.