TPic is an textbased file format for Pictures such as PNG, but it's got rid of the Metadata noone cares about. It's readable in plaintext, you don't need the tpic suffix and it's an fun little Project
The Design is questionable but in my tests it's up to 700 bytes smaller than JPEG and 20 bytes smaler than PNG... I know, whats insanly less space XD
You can simply upload a Picture and the Program will find out if its an Picture or an TPic File you uploaded and will display it anyways. The whole tpic-script will be printed as soon as the Picture is converted.
It's very easy to use and I would recommend that you use that to transport pictures without giving out your metadatas or something like that.
I have to be honest about that:
- I'm just starting to learn how to Code in Python
- I'm not very good at it
- I'm not an Vibe-Coder (I do stuff myself exept for complicated Physics or Math thing)
But I wanted anyone to be able to run tpics on a toaster so I asked Gimini and now there is an Working Python script that shows you the tpics.
For that you need to install tkinter
- on Linux Mint:
sudo apt install -y python3-tkinter - on Window:
python -c "import tkinter;" - on MacOS:
brew install python3 && brew install python-tk - on General Linux Based Platforms with Bash Terminals:
sudo apt install python3-tk
If you want to know how to run the Program via Python look it upin your browser