Snugfile · for Windows & Mac
Make any video fit Discord or email. In one click.
Drop in a video or photo, pick where it’s going, and Snugfile makes it small enough to send — looking as good as that size allows. Right on your computer, with nothing uploaded.
- Under 10 MB for Discord
- Under 25 MB for email
- Nothing uploaded
- $15 once, no subscription
A 266 MB 4K video, a 43 MB clip, a GIF and three photos, all made to fit Discord. Sample footage: Sintel © Blender Foundation, CC BY 3.0.
“File too large.” Again.
Phones film in 4K now. A one-minute clip is a few hundred megabytes, and almost everywhere you’d send it has a much smaller limit.
A free account can’t send a clip longer than a few seconds straight off your phone or capture card.
Outlook.com stops at 20 MB. Your video gets swapped for a cloud link, or bounced.
Upload a private video to a stranger’s server, wait, hit their file cap, then get a watermark unless you subscribe.
And the free desktop tools ask you to choose bitrates, codecs and presets, then guess. Snugfile asks one question: how big can it be?
How to compress a video for Discord with Snugfile
Three steps, about a minute for most clips. The same goes for email, Outlook or any size you type.
Drop it in
Drag videos, photos or a whole folder onto the window. Each one shows its length, picture size and file size.
Pick where it’s going
Discord, Email, Outlook, Discord Nitro, or type your own size in MB.
Shrink and share
Click Shrink, then drag the finished file straight from Snugfile into Discord, Mail or Slack.
It fits the first time. Every time.
Most tools make you guess a quality setting and hope. Snugfile works backwards from the size you need.
- Exact sizes. It works out the right bitrate from the video’s length, encodes in two passes, checks the result, and goes again a little smaller if it’s over.
- Counted the way Discord counts. Megabytes are measured like Discord and Gmail measure them, and email presets leave room for the message around the attachment.
- Sharp, not smeared. When a long video won’t look clean at full size, Snugfile gives it a smaller picture instead of a blocky one.
- Never bigger. Short clips aren’t padded up to the limit, and files that already fit are left alone.
- Honest when it can’t. If a video is too long to look good at that size, it tells you to trim it or pick a bigger size.
Everything you need to send big files
One window, no settings you need a manual for.
One-click size targets
Discord 10 MB, Email 25 MB, Outlook 20 MB, Discord Nitro 50 MB, or any size you type, even 3.5 MB for a forum.
Trim with a preview
Send just the good part. Drag the start and end handles while you watch, or type the times. A shorter clip looks sharper at the same size.
Photos too
iPhone HEIC to JPG, giant PNGs and TIFF scans made small, turned the right way up, with location data stripped out.
Best-quality mode
No size limit in mind? One Smaller–Better slider, with your graphics card doing the work on Apple, NVIDIA, Intel and AMD.
MP4, WebM or GIF
MP4 plays everywhere. GIFs get a colour palette made for each clip and shrink until they fit.
Drag it straight out
Finished files drag right out of the list into Discord, Mail, Slack or any folder. No hunting through Downloads.
Whole folders at once
Drop a folder of holiday clips and it picks out every video and photo inside, then works through them in order.
Private by design
Nothing is uploaded and there’s no account. Snugfile works with your internet switched off.
Your originals stay put
The small copy is saved beside the original as “Name (small)”, or in a folder you choose. Nothing is ever overwritten.
Looks right at home on your computer
Light and dark mode follow your system. Calm, clear and quick, on Windows and Mac.
- Before and after sizes for every file
- Stop one file or the whole batch at any time
- Show in folder or open with one click
- A running total of the space it’s saved you
Send just the part that matters
The fastest way to a sharp small video is a shorter one. Trim right inside Snugfile, then it sizes the clip to fit.
- Watch while you drag the start and end handles
- Or type exact times like 1:05
- Playback stays inside your selection so you can check it
- The original video is never touched
File size limits, and the Snugfile preset for each
Where your file is going decides how big it can be. These are the common limits as of October 2026.
| Where you’re sending it | Limit | In Snugfile |
|---|---|---|
| Discord (free account) | 10 MB | Discord |
| Discord Nitro Basic | 50 MB | Discord Nitro Basic |
| Discord Nitro | 500 MB | Custom size |
| Gmail attachments | 25 MB | |
| Yahoo Mail attachments | 25 MB | |
| Outlook.com attachments | 20 MB | Outlook |
| A forum, a form, a work system | Whatever it says | Custom size |
Limits are set by each service and can change. Check theirs if a file is refused, then type that number into Custom size.
Snugfile vs HandBrake vs online compressors
The usual ways people try to shrink a video, side by side.
| Feature | Snugfile | HandBrake | Online compressors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pick a size, get that size | Yes | No you guess a bitrate | Some |
| Checks the result and redoes it if over | Yes | No | Rarely |
| Your video stays on your computer | Yes | Yes | No uploaded |
| Photos and HEIC to JPG | Yes | No | Separate sites |
| Drag the result into Discord | Yes | No | No download first |
| File size cap or watermark | None | None | Often, unless you pay |
| Windows and Mac | Yes | Yes | In a browser |
| Price | $15 once | Free | Free with limits, or monthly |
Based on HandBrake’s standard version and popular free online compressors, October 2026. HandBrake is a trademark of its owners; Snugfile isn’t affiliated with it.
Every feature, included for $15
No premium tier, no add-ons, no subscription. This is everything in Snugfile.
Fit a size
- Discord, Email, Outlook, Nitro presets
- Any custom size in MB
- Two-pass encoding
- Automatic size check and redo
- Smaller picture for long videos
- Files that fit are left alone
Videos
- MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM, AVI and more in
- MP4, WebM or GIF out
- Trim with a preview
- Cap the picture at 4K, 1080p, 720p or 480p
- Remove the sound
- Graphics-card speed in Best quality
Photos
- HEIC, TIFF, PNG, JPEG, WebP, AVIF in
- JPEG, WebP or PNG out
- Best quality that fits the size
- Turned the right way up
- Location and camera details removed
Comfort
- Drop files or whole folders
- Drag results straight out
- Stop any time, no half files
- Originals never changed
- Light and dark mode
- Works offline, no account
Get Snugfile
One price, both computers, yours to keep.
- Fits Discord and email the first time — pick the size, Snugfile does the rest
- Windows and Mac — the Windows installer and the Mac app for Apple chip and Intel
- Instant download — right after payment, and emailed to you
- New versions included — your download link always gives you the latest
- No account, no uploads, no watermark
- Help from the person who built it if you get stuck
Snugfile system requirements
Snugfile runs on most computers from the last several years. Bigger, longer videos take longer on older ones.
Windows
- Windows 10 or Windows 11, 64-bit
- About 500 MB of disk space
- No internet needed after installing
Mac
- macOS 12 Monterey or later
- Apple chip (M1 and newer) or Intel
- No internet needed after installing
Snugfile questions
What people ask before they buy a video compressor.
How do I make a video small enough for Discord?
Drop the video on Snugfile, pick Discord (under 10 MB) and click Shrink. Snugfile works out the right quality from the video’s length, makes it, checks the size, and makes it again a little smaller if it’s over. Then drag the new file straight from Snugfile into your Discord chat.
What is the Discord file size limit?
Free Discord accounts can upload files up to 10 MB. Nitro Basic raises it to 50 MB and full Nitro to 500 MB. Snugfile has one-click targets for 10 MB and 50 MB, and you can type any other size.
How do I send a video that’s too big for email?
Gmail and Yahoo let you attach up to 25 MB, and Outlook.com 20 MB. Pick Email or Outlook in Snugfile and your video is made to fit, with a little room left for the message itself. If the video is long, trim it to the part you want first so it stays sharp.
Will the video still look good?
As good as the size allows, and usually better than other tools manage. Snugfile encodes in two passes so every byte goes where it’s needed, and when a long video wouldn’t look clean at full resolution, it uses a smaller picture instead of a blocky one. Short clips are never padded up to the limit, so they don’t get bigger than they need to be.
What if my video is too long to fit?
Snugfile tells you plainly, instead of handing you a smeared mess, and suggests trimming it or choosing a bigger size. A 10 MB file holds roughly a minute of good-looking 720p, or several minutes at a smaller picture.
Are my videos uploaded anywhere?
No. Everything happens on your own computer. Nothing is uploaded, there’s no account, and Snugfile works with no internet connection at all. Online compressors need you to upload your video to their server first; Snugfile never does.
Does Snugfile change my original file?
Never. The smaller copy is saved next to the original as “Name (small).mp4”, or in a folder you choose. Existing files are never overwritten.
Can it convert iPhone HEIC photos to JPG?
Yes. Drop HEIC photos in and Snugfile saves them as JPEG (or WebP or PNG) that open anywhere, turned the right way up. Location and camera details are removed on the way, which is good for sharing.
Can it make a GIF from a video?
Yes. Choose GIF and Snugfile builds a colour palette for each clip and makes the GIF smaller and smoother until it fits the size you picked. It can also turn a GIF into an MP4, which is usually far smaller.
Which video formats does it work with?
MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM, AVI, WMV, FLV, MTS/M2TS, 3GP, MPEG and animated GIFs go in. MP4 (plays everywhere), WebM or GIF come out. Photos: JPEG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, BMP, HEIC and TIFF in; JPEG, WebP or PNG out.
Is it free? Is there a subscription?
Snugfile is $15 USD, once. No subscription, no watermark, no file-size cap and no ads. One purchase includes the Windows and Mac versions and new versions through your download link.
Is Snugfile better than HandBrake?
HandBrake is a great free tool, but it asks you about bitrates, presets and containers, and none of its options say “make this fit in 10 MB”, so you end up guessing and re-exporting. Snugfile does one job: you pick the size, and it lands under it the first time.
Why does Windows or my Mac show a warning the first time I open it?
Snugfile is made by an independent developer and isn’t sold through the Microsoft Store or the Mac App Store, so the first time you open it your computer asks you to confirm. On Windows click “More info” then “Run anyway”. On a Mac open System Settings → Privacy & Security and click “Open Anyway”. You only do this once.
Does it use my graphics card?
In Best quality mode, yes, if your computer has a supported chip: Apple, NVIDIA, Intel or AMD. Fit a size always uses the careful two-pass encoder so the size comes out exact.
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