/alchemy

:crystal_ball: File conversion, all from the menu bar

Primary LanguageJavaScriptMIT LicenseMIT

Introduction

Alchemy is an open-source file converter (built on Electron and React). It also supports operations like merging files together into a pdf. We hope to support more operations and file types soon!

Visit dawnlabs.io/alchemy/ or read our post to learn more.

Features

  • Beautifully simple. Super easy, drag-and-drop interface for converting/merging files
  • Merge files. Merge multiple images into one pdf, you can even change the file order
  • Convert files. Batch-convert multiple files to a variety of file types

Usage

demo

  1. Simply open the app by clicking on the menubar icon, or by hitting ⌘-⇧-8.
  2. Then just drag your image files into the application and select any options.
  3. Finally, click the convert/merge to seamlessly convert them into a variety of formats, or merge them into a pdf or gif. You can also hold while dropping to merge the files into a pdf immediately.

Installation

macOS/Windows

Download the latest release from the Alchemy Releases Page

Linux

We haven't tested Alchemy on Linux yet, but if you're feeling adventurous go right ahead and create a build for your platform of choice.

Contribute

If you have discovered a bug or have a feature suggestion, feel free to create an issue on Github.

If you'd like to make some changes yourself, see the following:

  1. Fork this repository to your own GitHub account and then clone it to your local device
  2. Build the webpack bundle and start the application: yarn build && yarn start
  3. Run the tests with: yarn test
  4. Finally, submit a pull request with your changes!

Authors

Alchemy is a project by