Web Ready: A Free WebP Image Tool Built for Designers & Developers

If you build websites for a living, you already know this pain.

You’ve got a folder full of JPEGs and PNGs.
They look great.
They’re also way too big.

You open your usual image optimisation tool. There’s a limit. Or a watermark. Or a file size cap. Or a paywall.

After running into this one too many times, I decided to build something better.... for myself first, and then for anyone else who needs it.

That tool is Web Ready.

Why I built Web Ready

Web Ready started as a personal utility.

I needed a fast way to:

• Convert images to WebP
• Keep the same visual quality
• Process images at scale
• Without uploading files to a server
• And without paying monthly fees just to do basic optimisation

Every WebP tool I tried was either:

• Limited
• Paid
• Slow
• Or unnecessarily complicated

So instead of working around those constraints, I built my own.

Then I realised:
If this saves me time every week, it’ll probably help other designers and developers too.

What Web Ready does

Web Ready is a free, no-limits image optimisation tool for the web.

You can:

• Drag and drop JPEG or PNG images
• Convert them instantly to WebP
• Reduce file sizes to under 200kb
• Keep the same perceived image quality
• Process everything locally in your browser

No sign-up.
No uploads.
No tracking.
No usage caps.

Just drop in your images and go.

Why WebP matters (and why this tool helps)

WebP isn’t new — but it’s still underused.

When implemented properly, it:

• Dramatically reduces file sizes
• Improves page speed
• Helps Core Web Vitals
• Makes sites feel faster without visual compromise

The problem isn’t WebP itself.
The problem is how annoying it can be to generate properly at scale.

Web Ready removes that friction.

Privacy-first by design

One thing that mattered to me from day one was privacy.

Web Ready:

• Processes images locally
• Doesn’t upload files to a server
• Doesn’t store anything
• Doesn’t log your images

If you’re working with client assets, sensitive imagery, or just value privacy... this matters.

Who Web Ready is for

This tool is built for:

• Web designers
• Developers
• Agencies
• Freelancers
• Anyone shipping websites regularly

If you care about performance, speed, and clean delivery, Web Ready should already be in your workflow.

Why it’s free (and staying that way)

Web Ready is free because it should be.

It solves a common problem.
It doesn’t need artificial limits.
And it shouldn’t require a subscription just to do the basics well.

There’s no plan to lock features behind a paywall.

If it helps people build better, faster websites — that’s the goal.

A small note on sponsorship

To help keep Web Ready running, there’s a single sponsorship placement on the page.

There’s no ad network.
No Google Ads.

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Just one relevant sponsor at a time — always tools or services genuinely useful to designers and developers.

If you’re a brand in that space and want to support the tool, there’s more information on the sponsorship page.

Try it

If you want faster websites without the usual image optimisation hassle, give Web Ready a try.

Visit Web Ready >

Drop in your images.
Download them.
Move on with your day.

That’s exactly how it was designed to work.