{
  "id": 18009407,
  "title": "I built Yagua after hitting daily limits in online image tools",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/i-built-yagua-after-hitting-daily-limits-in-online-image-tools",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-03T19:33:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/guillebouix/i-built-yagua-after-hitting-daily-limits-in-online-image-tools-5542"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The author, Guille Bouix, describes the motivations behind creating Yagua, a free, open-source desktop application for batch image processing. He mentions running into daily limits or having to pay for paid plans while processing numerous images for various projects. This led him to develop Yagua to simplify the task.\n\nYagua 2.0, the latest version of the app, boasts several features such as compressing, converting, and resizing images; removing backgrounds; renaming files in bulk; managing EXIF metadata; extracting text using OCR; creating color palettes, and more. The author acknowledges that many of the features in this version were influenced by feedback received after the initial release. He further elaborates that he polished existing features and added new ones based on the suggestions provided by users.\n\nThe author expresses his gratitude towards everyone who tested Yagua and provided valuable feedback. He goes on to explain that image processing occurs on the user's computer, and OCR or background removal models download automatically the first time they are needed.\n\nThe application is available for download on both Windows and Linux platforms. The direct download links are provided in the source material. The source also includes a link to the GitHub repository where users can find additional information and contribute to the project.\n\nThe author invites readers to share their thoughts on how Yagua can be utilized in their image workflows or any aspect of the app that could be made more clear. He provides the URLs for the screenshots, which can be accessed for a visual overview of the application's interface and features.",
  "summary": "Whenever I needed to process many images for a project, I kept running into daily limits or paid plans. So I built Yagua: a free, open-source desktop app for batch image processing. Yagua 2.0 is now available. It includes tools to compress, convert and resize images, remove backgrounds, rename files in bulk, manage EXIF metadata, extract text with OCR, create color palettes and more. A lot of…",
  "key_points": [
    "Guille Bouix created Yagua to bypass daily limits on image processing tools.",
    "Yagua 2.0 includes compression, conversion, resizing, background removal, and OCR features.",
    "Application available for Windows and Linux download."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}