MiCompress for VS Code

Compress images, PDFs, video, audio, documents & archives without leaving your editor. Powered by micompress.com.

Right‑click any supported file → Compress with MiCompress. The file is optimized by the MiCompress engine and written back next to the original — no local tools to install.

Features

Right‑click to compress in the Explorer, or run “Compress with MiCompress” from the Command Palette / editor tab.
Batch: select several files and compress them all at once.
Presets: lossless, recommended, extreme.
Flexible output: write a -min copy, overwrite in place, or pick a location.
Optional max‑width downscaling for images.

Usage

Right‑click an image / PDF / video / doc in the Explorer.
Choose Compress with MiCompress.
A name-min.ext appears next to it — see the size saved in the notification.

Settings

Setting	Default	Description
`micompress.preset`	`recommended`	`lossless` · `recommended` · `extreme`
`micompress.outputMode`	`suffix`	`suffix` (`-min`) · `overwrite` · `ask`
`micompress.maxWidth`	`0`	Resize images to a max width (0 = off)
`micompress.apiBase`	`https://micompress.com`	API base URL
`micompress.apiKey`	`""`	Personal API key from micompress.com/account
`micompress.token`	`""`	Legacy login token — prefer `micompress.apiKey`

API key

Anonymous use works without a key, within per‑type size limits. For bigger files, sign in (free) at https://micompress.com/account, copy your key (mc_…) and paste it into Settings → MiCompress: Api Key (micompress.apiKey). It is a user‑level setting, so it can't end up in a project's .vscode/settings.json.

With a key, files up to 100 MB are accepted. A free account includes 50 compressions/month through the API; Plus ($9.99/mo) includes 1,000/month and Pro ($19.99/mo) 5,000/month, shared with website usage. When the allowance runs out you'll see API_QUOTA_REACHED (free) or USAGE_LIMIT_REACHED (paid) — see https://micompress.com/plans.

Supported formats

Image (jpg, png, webp, gif, tiff, avif, svg, heic, psd, raw…), PDF & Office docs (pdf, docx, xlsx, pptx…), video (mp4, mov, mkv, webm…), audio (mp3, wav, flac…), archives (zip, 7z, tar, gz). Full list: https://micompress.com/all-tools

Privacy

Files are uploaded over HTTPS to micompress.com for compression and streamed back. Anonymous use is supported within per‑type size limits; set micompress.apiKey for larger files.

Requirements

VS Code 1.85+.

License

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MiCompress — Image, PDF & Media Compressor

MiCompress