The FBI has warned about free file converters that are up to no good and can lead to ransomware and identity theft.
  • 9point6@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    10 months ago

    What are you trying to convert? Generally shoving “open source software” on the end of the search query will get you something legit

    • ssillyssadass@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      I figured it would just be good to get a list of safe options going, since the post is about unsafe options

      • 9point6@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        10 months ago

        Fair play!

        If you need to convert audio or video, ffmpeg is your man

        If you need to convert a document pandoc is what you need

        If you need to convert an image, imagemagick

        If you need to “convert” some online media into local media, yt-dlp

        Can’t think of another use case that people would regularly be converting off the top of my head, but happy to fill in any gaps if there are any