images2webp

Convert all kinds of images (JPG, PNG, BMP, HEIC, etc.) to WebP format via command-line.

📦 Features

• 🔁 Supports JPG, PNG, BMP, TIFF, GIF, and HEIC formats
• 📁 Converts a single directory or recursively scans subdirectories
• 🗑️ Option to delete original files after conversion
• 🪵 Logging with optional file output
• ❌ Robust error handling and skipping invalid files

🚀 Usage

Install Dependencies

First, set up a virtual environment and install dependencies:

python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

For Linux systems with HEIC support:

sudo apt install libheif-dev libde265-dev

Run Script

python images2webp.py <input_dir> <output_dir> [options]

Options

Option	Description
-r, --recursive	Recursively scan input directories
-d, --delete	Delete original files after convert
-l, --logfile	Write logs to a specified file

Example

python images2webp.py ./images ./webp --recursive --delete --logfile convert.log

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.

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