2026-10-02

An Image Resizer That Never Uploads Your Photos (iLoveIMG, Birme and ResizePixel Alternative)

Search "resize image" and most results work the same way: you upload your pictures, a server shrinks them, and you download the result. iLoveIMG, Birme and ResizePixel all fit that general pattern, and for a stock photo or a meme it is a fair trade. For a passport scan, a client mockup, an unreleased product shot or a folder of family photos, uploading is the part people would rather skip.

iLoveDevTools's Image Resizer does the resize inside your browser tab. Each picture is decoded locally, drawn onto a canvas at the new size and encoded again. There is no upload, no account and no waiting for a server, so it keeps working with the network switched off once the page has loaded.

What it does

• Resize by pixels or percentage, with a lock that keeps the aspect ratio while you type.
• Fit inside, Crop to fill (exact size, centred crop) or Stretch, so one tool covers a banner, a thumbnail and a straight downscale.
• Presets for common sizes: Instagram square, portrait and story, a Facebook cover, an X / Twitter header and post, a LinkedIn banner, a YouTube thumbnail, an Open Graph link preview, Full HD, 4K and a 512 px icon.
• Batch processing: drop many files, get one zip, with before and after dimensions and file sizes for each.
• Output as PNG, JPG or WebP, with a quality slider; JPG fills transparent areas with white instead of turning them black.
• EXIF rotation is applied first, so a phone photo taken sideways comes out upright.

Where the other tools are still better

• Heavier editing. Cropping by dragging a box, rotating, adjusting colour or removing a background are jobs for a real editor or for tools built around those features. This one resizes and re-encodes; it does not edit.
• Squoosh-style codec control. Google's Squoosh also runs locally and bundles its own advanced encoders (MozJPEG, WebP, AVIF) with side-by-side previews. This tool uses the encoders already built into your browser, which are good but give you fewer knobs.
• Server-side extras. Upload-based tools can offer things a canvas cannot, such as very large or unusual formats. Check each site's current limits and terms before relying on them for big batches.
• HEIC and animated GIFs. HEIC photos are not supported (export them as JPG first), and animated GIFs are resized from their first frame only.

Resizing also re-encodes the file, so EXIF metadata such as camera model and GPS location is dropped. For publishing photos that is usually what you want; if you need the metadata kept, use a tool that edits files in place.

Verdict

If the picture is private, the batch is big, or you simply want a result without an account, the browser route is faster and safer. If you need editing, or the exact output of a specialised encoder, pick the tool built for that. For everything in between - "make these 40 photos 1600 px wide" - try the Image Resizer, and use the Image Converter when the format is the problem instead of the size.

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