The Best 1 Bandwith Hero Alternatives
Bandwith Hero
What is Bandwidth Hero? It’s an open-source browser extension which reduces the amount of data consumed when you browse web pages by compressing all images on the page.
- Free
- Open Source
- Chrome
- Self-Hosted
- Firefox
what is bandwidth hero?
it’s an opensource browser extension which reduces the amount of data consumed when you browse web pages by compressing all images on the page. it uses data compression service to convert images to lowresolution webp or jpeg images.
how it works?
when active, bandwidth hero intercepts all images loading requestsit sends each image url to the data compression servicecompression service downloads the original imageonce image is downloaded it is then converted to lowresolution webp/jpeg image.compression service returns processed image to the browser
privacy consideration
after installing the extension you need to setup data compression service.please refer to [data compression service docs](https://github.com/ayastreb/bandwidthheroproxy ) for detailed instructions on how to run your own service.once you have your own instance running, click “configure data compression service” button under “compression settings” in the extension popup.
credits
daredevil logo by daniel pineda from the noun project
Links to official Bandwith Hero sites
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file-compression image-compression png-compression browser-data-compression bandwith-usage high-compression
