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ConvertX

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A self-hosted online file converter. Supports over a thousand different formats. Written with TypeScript, Bun and Elysia.

Features

  • Convert files to different formats
  • Process multiple files at once
  • Password protection
  • Multiple accounts

Converters supported

Converter Use case Converts from Converts to
Inkscape Vector images 7 17
libjxl JPEG XL 11 11
resvg SVG 1 1
Vips Images 45 23
libheif HEIF 2 4
XeLaTeX LaTeX 1 1
Calibre E-books 26 19
LibreOffice Documents 41 22
Dasel Data Files 5 4
Pandoc Documents 43 65
msgconvert Outlook 1 1
dvisvgm Vector images 4 2
ImageMagick Images 245 183
GraphicsMagick Images 167 130
Assimp 3D Assets 77 23
FFmpeg Video ~472 ~199
Potrace Raster to vector 4 11
VTracer Raster to vector 8 1
Markitdown Documents 6 1

Deployment

[!WARNING] If you can't login, make sure you are accessing the service over localhost or https otherwise set HTTP_ALLOWED=true

# docker-compose.yml
services:
  convertx:
    image: ghcr.io/c4illin/convertx
    container_name: convertx
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "3000:3000"
    environment:
      - JWT_SECRET=aLongAndSecretStringUsedToSignTheJSONWebToken1234 # will use randomUUID() if unset
      # - HTTP_ALLOWED=true # uncomment this if accessing it over a non-https connection
    volumes:
      - ./data:/app/data

or

docker run -p 3000:3000 -v ./data:/app/data ghcr.io/c4illin/convertx

Then visit http://localhost:3000 in your browser and create your account. Don't leave it unconfigured and open, as anyone can register the first account.

If you get unable to open database file run chown -R $USER:$USER path on the path you choose.

Environment variables

All are optional, JWT_SECRET is recommended to be set.

Name Default Description
JWT_SECRET when unset it will use the value from randomUUID() A long and secret string used to sign the JSON Web Token
ACCOUNT_REGISTRATION false Allow users to register accounts
HTTP_ALLOWED false Allow HTTP connections, only set this to true locally
ALLOW_UNAUTHENTICATED false Allow unauthenticated users to use the service, only set this to true locally
AUTO_DELETE_EVERY_N_HOURS 24 Checks every n hours for files older then n hours and deletes them, set to 0 to disable
WEBROOT The address to the root path setting this to "/convert" will serve the website on "example.com/convert/"
FFMPEG_ARGS Arguments to pass to the input file of ffmpeg, e.g. -hwaccel vaapi. See https://github.com/C4illin/ConvertX/issues/190 for more info about hw-acceleration.
FFMPEG_OUTPUT_ARGS Arguments to pass to the output of ffmpeg, e.g. -preset veryfast
HIDE_HISTORY false Hide the history page
LANGUAGE en Language to format date strings in, specified as a BCP 47 language tag
UNAUTHENTICATED_USER_SHARING false Shares conversion history between all unauthenticated users
MAX_CONVERT_PROCESS 0 Maximum number of concurrent conversion processes allowed. Set to 0 for unlimited.

Docker images

There is a :latest tag that is updated with every release and a :main tag that is updated with every push to the main branch. :latest is recommended for normal use.

The image is available on GitHub Container Registry and Docker Hub.

Image What it is
image: ghcr.io/c4illin/convertx The latest release on ghcr
image: ghcr.io/c4illin/convertx:main The latest commit on ghcr
image: c4illin/convertx The latest release on docker hub
image: c4illin/convertx:main The latest commit on docker hub

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