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@YadeWira YadeWira released this 21 Mar 18:08
· 127 commits to master since this release

v2.8 (03/21/2026) (public)

  • compression: improved AC sign context using top-left diagonal neighbor
    (mod_sgn 9->27 states), ~0.04% better ratio on typical camera photos
  • new switch: [-r] recurse into subdirectories
  • new switch: [-list] display PJG file info without decompressing
  • new switch: [-dry] dry run: simulate without writing output files
  • MT mode: Ctrl+C stops workers cleanly, removes partial output files
  • summary now reports speed in MB/s
  • thread info shows detected core count
  • fixed: -list no longer creates empty .jpg output files
  • fixed: MT progress bar no longer shows stray characters after completion
  • maintainer: Yade Bravo (https://github.com/YadeWira)