Open source and self hostable/private file converter

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  1. VERT

    The next-generation file converter. Open source, fully local* and free forever.

    Looks like that was added in the last day from what I can tell. Glad to see it.

    https://github.com/VERT-sh/VERT/commit/8f8ea34483cab76e27204...

  2. InfluxDB

    InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

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  3. ffmpeg.wasm

    FFmpeg for browser, powered by WebAssembly

    I get to be one of the lucky few to learn today that ffmpeg was ported (well, transpiled) to WASM. This is more specifically built on that port: https://github.com/ffmpegwasm/ffmpeg.wasm

    This also means that despite being a locally hosted ffmpeg frontend, it's still slower than native ffmpeg and bound to WASM limits like file size (still a generous 2GB for images and audio, but not as viable for big video conversions).

    Still weird that this project doesn't seem to acknowledge that anywhere.

  4. ConvertX

    💾 Self-hosted online file converter. Supports 1000+ formats ⚙️

  5. pandoc

    Universal markup converter

  6. vertd

    VERT's solution to crappy video conversion services.

    That isn't what they stated in their website.

    > Video uploads to a server for processing by default, learn how to set it up locally here.

    The server code is open source too: https://github.com/VERT-sh/vertd

  7. wasm-vips

    libvips for the browser and Node.js, compiled to WebAssembly with Emscripten.

    The wasm build of libvips (the image processing library this thing uses) does not include HEIC because of the various patent issues:

    https://github.com/kleisauke/wasm-vips/issues/3

    It does support AVIF and JXL. Hopefully Apple will abandon HEIC hehe.

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