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Show HN: Toolbox: Run FFmpeg, Imagemagick, 7Zip and Friends in the Browser
I got sick of sketchy online converter sites that phone home and may keep your files and walking non-technical friends through brew/apt/choco installs every time they need ffmpeg or imagemagick and telling them what command to run.
So I built Toolbox, a 100% open source site that compiles my most-used command-line tools to WebAssembly and runs them fully client-side:
- FFmpeg (video + audio)
- ExifTool (metadata)
- 7-Zip (archive/zip/rar/7z)
- ImageMagick
- Pandoc
Roadmap:
- Batch mode
- Shareable presets. Complex commands can be saved as URLs so you can send a one-click recipe to a friend, inspired by cyberchef
- GPU acceleration via WebGPU someday? (mostly looking at ffmpeg, maybe with WebCodec)
Source: https://github.com/akshetpandey/toolbox https://github.com/akshetpandey/toolbox (MIT licensed)
I’d love feedback, bug reports, and requests for other tools. If it helps you ditch shady sites or long install docs, mission accomplished.