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+![cube blurr](https://codeberg.org/gigirassy/cuber/raw/branch/main/images/cubeblurr.png/cubeblurr.png)
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 # cuber
 
-simple, minimal image compression cli (can also liberate webp files!)
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+simple, minimal image compression cli (can also liberate webp files!)
+
+## usage:
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+* ``cuber -q=55 -workers=5 blurr.jpg`` to compress a file with a quality factor of 55 (too high of a quality factor may actually increase size) and 5 cpu workers
+* ``cuber --out=jpg highbrow.webp`` to liberate a webp file into a jpg.
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+## build
+
+cuber is written in go. compile it by cloning this repo, going into it, and building with
+``go build -ldflags "-s -w" -o cuber .`` ~
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