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File Converter is a very simple tool which allows you to convert and compress files using the context menu in windows explorer.

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LanguageC#
LicenseGPL-3.0
Created2015-04-06 (11y ago)
Last push1d ago
Watchers104
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README excerpt
# File Converter
## Description
**File Converter** is a very simple tool which allows you to convert and compress one or several file(s) using the context menu of windows explorer.
You can download it here: file-converter.io.
You can find more information about what's in File converter and how to use it on the wiki.
## Donate
File Converter is a personal open source project started in 2014. I have put hundreds of hours adding, refining and tuning File Converter with the goal of making the conversion and compression of files an easy task for everyone.
You can help me by contributing to the project, by making a donation or just by saying thanks :).
## Troubleshooting
If you encounter any problem with File Converter, you can:
* See the already known problems in the troubleshooting section of the documentation.
* Or report an issue on the bug tracker.
## Setup development environment
### Requirements
For File Converter and its explorer extension:
* Visual Studio 2022
For the installer:
* Wix 5 (will be installed by nuget)
 * Community Visual Studio Extension
* Windows SDK Signing Tools for Desktop Apps
## Thanks
Thanks to all the contributors of File Converter project.
### Localization
* Thanks to **Khidreal** and **hugok79** for the Portuguese localization.
* Thanks to **Marhc** for the Brazilian localization.
* Thanks to **Chachak** for the Spanish localization.
* Thanks to **Davide** for the Italian localization.
* Thanks to **nikotschierske** for the German localization.
* Thanks to **Snoopy1866** for the Simplified Chinese localization.
* Thanks to **MayaC0re** for the Turkish localization.
* Thanks to **vishveshjain** for the Hindi localization.
* Thanks to **Mahmoud0Sultan** for the Arabic localization.
* Thanks to **Sedimentary-Rock**, **NeKoOuO** and **PeterDaveHello** for the Traditional Chinese localization.
* Thanks to **CrisBalGreece** for the Greek localization.
* Thanks to **AshiVered** for the Hebrew localization.
* Thanks to **MrHero118** and **Mehrdad32** for the Persian localization.
* Thanks to **crnobog69** for the Serbian localizations.
* Thanks to **oogamiyuta** for the Japanese localization.
* Thanks to **AidyTheWeird** for the Czech localization.
* Thanks to **Alanimdeo** for the Korean localization.
* Thanks to **vrykolakas166** and **thaovd** for the Vietnamese localization.
* Thanks to **iliamak** for the Russian localization.
* Thanks to **itsmefdil** for the Indonesian localization.
* Thanks to **hamzaharoon1314** for the Urdu localization.
* Thanks to **Zyvrec7** and **stohlferenc** for the Hungarian localization.
* Thanks to **Maerek** and **MrPrince419** for the Polish localization.
* Thanks to **rkalitta** for the Swedish localization.
## Middlewares
File converter uses the following middlewares:
**ffmpeg** (v8.0.1) as file conversion software.
Thanks to ffmpeg devs for this awesome open source file conversion tool. Web site link
**ImageMagick** (v14.10) as image edition and conversion software.
Thanks to image magic