Who is behind Kobra IMG

Who makes it

Kobra IMG is built and maintained by Piero Nanni, a web developer. It started in 2026 out of irritation with the alternatives: to crop a screenshot you had to upload it to a stranger's server, wait in a queue, dismiss a newsletter modal and then download a file with a watermark burned into the corner.

There is no company behind this, no venture funding and no growth target. One person writes the code, and that person is reachable at [email protected].

How the tools actually work

Every tool is plain client-side JavaScript built on two browser APIs: the File API to read the file you choose, and the Canvas API to decode, transform and re-encode it. The result is handed back to you as a blob URL that your browser downloads locally.

The site is a static export. There is no application server, no database and no upload endpoint — there is nothing on the server side that could receive your image even if the code tried to send it. You can verify this yourself: open your browser's developer tools, switch to the Network tab, and process an image. You will see no request carrying your file.

That architecture has honest trade-offs. Processing speed depends on your own CPU, so a 60 MP photo takes noticeably longer on a phone than on a laptop. Tools that need a trained model — background removal, face detection, genuine AI upscaling — are not here, because doing them properly means either a server or a large model download. When that trade-off changes, the tools will change.

How it is paid for

Hosting a static site is cheap, which is why the tools can be free without a catch. There is no premium tier, no export limit and no account. Usage is measured with a self-hosted Plausible instance, which counts page views without cookies and without profiling visitors. Details are in the privacy policy.

What we will not do

• Upload your files anywhere, including for "processing".
• Add a watermark to your output.
• Require an email address to download your own image.
• Cap how many images you can process.

Corrections

The guides and tool pages carry a review date. If something on this site is wrong, out of date, or produces a worse result than it claims, say so on the contact page and it will be corrected, with the review date bumped when it is.