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Our Mission

About Convert.cool

Convert files without the hassle. Fast, private, client-side utility software designed for the modern web.

Why We Built Convert.cool

Every day, millions of people search for simple file conversion and image editing utilities online — only to encounter bloated web pages filled with invasive ads, artificial file-size limits, slow upload queues, and serious privacy risks. Uploading personal photos, contracts, or screenshots to an unknown remote server just to convert a format should not be the norm.

Convert.cool was engineered to solve this fundamentally. By leveraging modern browser capabilities like WebAssembly (WASM), WebGPU, and Web Workers, we move the heavy computational work directly onto your computer or phone.

Key Principles

⚔ Fast & Immediate

No waiting for uploads over slow connections. Computation starts immediately in your browser the moment you select your files.

šŸ”’ 100% Private

Your images and documents never leave your device. Zero server logs, zero cloud storage, zero security breaches.

šŸš€ No Artificial Limits

Convert single images or batch process hundreds of files at once. You are limited only by your own device's memory and processor.

šŸ“¶ Works Offline

Convert.cool is a fully progressive web application (PWA). Once cached, all conversion engines work without an internet connection.

Supported Formats & Engines

Convert.cool supports an extensive spectrum of modern and professional formats:

  • Web & Raster Formats: JPEG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, BMP.
  • Next-Gen Formats: JPEG XL (JXL) encode and preview via multithreaded WASM.
  • Mobile Camera Formats: Apple HEIC and HEIF photos decoded natively in the browser.
  • Professional Photography RAW Formats: Adobe DNG, Canon CR2/CR3, Nikon NEF/NRW, Sony ARW, Fujifilm RAF, Olympus ORF, Panasonic RW2, and Pentax PEF.
  • TIFF: Full multi-page and high-depth TIFF support.
  • On-Device Machine Learning: U²-Net neural network for automated background removal and Real-ESRGAN for 2x/4x AI super-resolution upscaling.

Third-Party & Open Source Acknowledgments

Convert.cool is built on the shoulders of the open-source community. We gratefully acknowledge and preserve the licensing of the core libraries powering our client-side engines:

  • @jsquash/oxipng, @jsquash/jpeg, @jsquash/webp, @jsquash/avif, @jsquash/jxl: MIT / Apache 2.0 licenses (Google Chrome Labs).
  • heic-decode & libheif-js: MIT license / LGPL 3.0.
  • libraw-wasm: CDDL-1.0 / LGPL-2.1 licenses.
  • onnxruntime-web: MIT license (Microsoft).
  • jszip: MIT / GPLv3 licenses.
  • utif2: MIT license.
  • piexifjs: MIT license.