Show HN: Convkit – A command line tool for converting images/video/docs offline

Category: cli-tool

Tags: file-conversion, cli-tool, ffmpeg, image-processing, video-processing

Score: 6.5/10 (Innovation: 5, Technical: 6, Documentation: 8, Utility: 7)

Convkit is a Rust-based command-line tool that unifies file conversion across 34 formats and 158 pairs by orchestrating expert-tuned calls to backends like ffmpeg, ImageMagick, LibreOffice, pandoc, and Typst. It stands out for its intelligent remuxing (avoiding unnecessary re-encoding), size-target compression, and clear error handling with fix suggestions.

Target audience: end users, developers, content creators, and anyone needing offline file conversion

Repository: https://github.com/shdwfruit/convkit · Rust · Apache-2.0 · 24 stars

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