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Fralculator vs imgproxy
Imgproxy processes images on-self, while Fralculator focuses on math calculations and security tools.
FralculatorThe voice and type calculator that shows every step - with a security toolkit inside
imgproxySelf-hosted solution for image processing needsWhich to pick
Pick Fralculator if you want…
- Step-by-step offline calculator with built-in security tools
- A free, open-source tool
Pick imgproxy if you want…
- On-premise, high-performance image processing
- Self-hosted image processing
Side by side
- What it is
- Fralculator:Fralculator is an offline-first desktop calculator for Windows and Linux that shows step-by-step solutions, supports natural-language input, voice, live graphing and includes a security toolkit.
- imgproxy:imgproxy is a self-hosted image processing server that resizes, optimizes and transforms images on the fly.
- Best for
- Fralculator:Step-by-step offline calculator with built-in security tools
- imgproxy:On-premise, high-performance image processing
- Who it’s for
- Fralculator:Students, engineers, security enthusiasts and anyone needing a privacy-focused calculator on desktop
- imgproxy:Web developers and DevOps teams needing fast, secure image handling on their own infrastructure.
- Pricing
- Fralculator:Open source
- imgproxy:Freemium
- Open source
- Fralculator:Yes, 0 GitHub stars
- imgproxy:Yes, 11,098 GitHub stars
- Works with
- Fralculator:—
- imgproxy:Docker, Linux packages, Amazon S3, MinIO, Cloudflare R2, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob Storage, Prometheus
Fralculator features
- Step-by-step solutions. Displays every intermediate PEMDAS step using KaTeX rendering.
- Natural-language input. Accepts plain English queries like “what is 15% of 240” without internet.
- Live graphing. Plots functions in real time with Plotly as you type them.
- Voice input. Offline Whisper-tiny model processes spoken math queries locally.
- Unit & currency conversion. Converts across 11 categories and fetches live ECB rates via a free API.
- EHCalc toolkit. Provides subnet calculator, hash generators, encoders, password strength/generator and port lookup.
- History & tags. Persisted local history searchable and taggable, with click-to-reload.
- Explain This. Rule-based plain-English explanations with a future LLM backend slot.
imgproxy features
- On-the-fly resizing & cropping. Resize, crop, fill and rotate images via URL parameters without pre-generating variants.
- Advanced optimization. Strip metadata, apply PNG quantization, advanced JPEG/WebP compression and SVG minification.
- Smart AI features. Smart crop, object detection, auto-quality by file size or SSIM, and best-format selection.
- Watermarking & filters. Add image or text watermarks, shadows, blurs, sharpening, color adjustments and gradients.
- Security controls. URL signing, request authorization, image-bomb protection and SVG sanitization.
- Extensive source support. Fetch images from HTTP(S), local files, S3, GCS, Azure Blob, MinIO, Cloudflare R2 and OpenStack Swift.
Fralculator vs imgproxy FAQ
Is Fralculator or imgproxy free?+
Fralculator is free and open source. imgproxy has a free plan and paid plans.
Is Fralculator or imgproxy open source?+
Yes, both are open source: Fralculator (fralsare/fralculator on GitHub, MIT license) and imgproxy (imgproxy/imgproxy on GitHub, Apache-2.0 license).
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