Today we launch the Image Chest Shop.

A lot of folks have asked about donating to support the site, which is much appreciated, but we'd rather you get something too.
It isn't cheap to run a site like Image Chest, and things like this go a long way to help support the site if you appreciate it, and get some cool stuff as well.

There are various apparel items, stickers, mugs and glasses, and more with plans for more stuff in the future.

We are still working on some features and requests we've received behind the scenes as well as laying the ground work to create Android and iOS apps.

Thanks for all the support and giving Image Chest a shot to store your media uncompressed and uncensored.

If you have an idea for something you'd like to see in the shop, or a new feature you'd like added to the site, don't hesitate to reach out via the contact form or join us on Discord.

Today we crossed the milestone of one million files uploaded to Image Chest; A quarter million of which were uploaded in the last 30 days. As a side note, Image Chest has served up over 235 TB of data in the last 30 days alone.

Since I launched Image Chest in 2019, it has been a wild ride filled with challenges and growth but more importantly an awesome community that has persisted through those times of growth and challenge. I am deeply humbled, and very appreciative of everyone that has given Image Chest a chance.

The growth of files has been exponential, so I doubt it takes long to reach 2 million. Based on current estimates we will hit it by the end of the year with ease.

Thanks again for all the support and please don't hesitate to reach out with any feedback or questions via the contact form or our discord server.

It's been a wild month since Imgur first announced changes to their terms.

The biggest stat that I keep coming back to is that more files were uploaded in the 3 weeks following that announcement than had been uploaded in the entirety of Image Chest's existence.
There were a couple small bumps in the road, but overall the site and infrastructure held up well, and we've since made improvements to both the code and infrastructure.
In case you missed it, we now allow MP4 uploads, and also bumped up the size of files from 20MB to 30MB. We will be leaving the images at 30MB for now, but will be bumping up video sizes soon.

I am humbled, and greatly appreciative of everyone who has given Image Chest a shot. I am dedicated to keeping Image Chest free, and open, as the internet should be; and implementing features based on user feedback and my own roadmap for the site.

I sent out an e-mail earlier today but wanted to note here that we had to change how we handle API tokens, which means that anyone utilizing the API will need to generate a new token to access the API. This is all part of the ground work to build out Android and iOS apps in the short term and I figured it best to get this part over with sooner than later. My apologies for the inconvenience, I know that this isn't an optimal situation.

Please don't hesitate to reach out via the contact form or join us on Discord if you have any questions.

It's been a hectic week with all of the recent announcements around the web and I appreciate the patience while we ensure we're running optimally.
We've upgraded infrastructure, squashed bugs, and are rolling out new features.

Speaking of which, MP4s have been requested for some time, and most of the logic was there since we were already converting gifs when uploaded.
This has been fleshed out more and mp4 is now a supported upload type. These videos have the same constraints as images, so they can be up to 20mb for now. As we monitor the performance over the coming days we will likely bump the file size up to 30mb.

If you have any questions, feedback, or just want to chat, don't hesitate to reach out via e-mail, comment here, or join us on the Discord server.

We had to remove the option to login with Twitter due to changes at Twitter regarding their API usage and costs. To provide this functionality now would require their basic tier, and is simply not worth $100 a month to provide that functionality.

If you previously logged in via Twitter, simply use the forgot password option to reset your account, and you will be able to login in a traditional manner.

We will be looking for other providers to integrate such as Apple. Comment below if you have one you'd like to use and we will look into the feasibility of adding them.