About Image Tools
Image Tools is a small collection of free image tools that run entirely in your web browser. There are no uploads, no accounts and no watermarks — just fast, private utilities for everyday image tasks.
Our mission
Most people only need to do simple things with images: change a format, shrink a file so it fits an upload limit, turn an iPhone HEIC photo into a JPG, or resize a picture to the right dimensions. Yet the typical online tool makes you upload private photos to a server, wait in a queue, dodge paywalls and sign-up walls, and accept a watermark on the result. We think that is backwards. Image Tools exists to make these common tasks fast, free and genuinely private.
Privacy first by design
Every tool on this site processes your images locally using your browser's built-in Canvas API and, for HEIC files, an on-demand decoder that also runs in the browser. Your pictures are never transmitted to us or to any third party. That is not a policy we promise to follow — it is how the tools are built. The site is also a Progressive Web App, so after the first visit it is cached and the convert, compress and resize tools keep working with no internet connection. The HEIC converter is the one exception, as it downloads its decoder the first time you use it. For the full details, see our privacy policy.
Local vs cloud image tools
The difference between Image Tools and a typical cloud converter comes down to where your image is processed. Cloud tools send the file to a server; these tools do the work on your own device. That single choice is what makes them private, free of upload waits and usable offline — at the cost of leaning on your device's memory for very large files.
| Local (this site) | Typical cloud tool | |
|---|---|---|
| Upload required | No | Usually |
| File-size caps | None (device memory) | Common |
| Works offline | Yes, after first load | No |
| Images stay private | Yes — never sent | Sent to a server |
How it stays free
Image Tools is supported by advertising. We display ads from Google AdSense on our pages, and that revenue covers hosting and ongoing development so the tools can remain free for everyone. Ads never get access to your images, because your images never leave your device in the first place. If you would like to understand how ad cookies work and how to control them, our privacy policy explains your options.
Who is behind this
Image Tools is built and maintained by a small independent developer who kept hitting the same wall: needing to convert a HEIC photo or squeeze an image under a form's size limit, and finding only bloated sites that wanted an upload, an account or a subscription first. The fix was to write the tools properly, run them client-side, and put them online for anyone to use. If a tool here saves you a few minutes, that is the whole point.
Get in touch
Found a bug, have a feature request, or want to suggest a new tool? We would love to hear from you on the contact page. Image Tools is built to be useful, and feedback from real users shapes what we add next.