presse

Spec sheet

Product

presse is a Rust command-line tool for compressing and merging PDFs and converting images to PDF.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Platforms

Release downloads are listed for Windows, macOS and Linux, including Apple Silicon and Intel macOS binaries.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

License

The software is distributed under the GPL-3.0 license.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Batch processing

It can process multiple files in one command using shell wildcards.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Compression options

The README lists optional passes including deduplication, Zopfli, font subsetting, JBIG2, JPEG2000 and mixed raster content behind the optimize Cargo feature.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

GPU support

Experimental opt-in CUDA and ROCm acceleration is available by building with the corresponding Cargo feature; the release binaries do not include either backend.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Image compression

It recompresses PDF images at a chosen quality and skips CMYK images.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Image conversion

It converts images such as PNG and JPEG files into PDFs and can merge images with PDF documents.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Installation

The maker documents shell and PowerShell installers, a Windows MSI, Homebrew and Cargo installation.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Limit

CMYK images are not compressed.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Merging

It merges multiple PDFs and can optionally compress images during the merge.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Performance claim

The README reports a median per-document speed around seven times Ghostscript on its 100-PDF benchmark corpus.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

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Where Specifiction places it

• PDF Compression Software#30 of 397.2