File converter privacy ratings
Converters that run locally.
9 file converters are rated against 4 public criteria, and 9 have enough evidence for a letter grade. Of the 2 with a known jurisdiction, 1 is based in a Five Eyes country, and 2 in the wider Fourteen Eyes.
Open-source file converters only · Criteria for this category · Suggest an addition · Markdown
| Name | Grade | Score | Data | Jurisdiction | Open source | No trackers or telemetry | No ads or data sales | Independent audit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A self-hosted web app for converting files between over a thousand formats, using converters such as FFmpeg, LibreOffice, Pandoc and ImageMagick, with password-protected accounts. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Cross-platform command-line tools and libraries to record, convert and stream audio and video, supporting a wide range of codecs and formats. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
A Windows tool that converts and compresses audio, video, image and document files from the File Explorer context menu, using customizable presets. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
A video transcoder that converts video from nearly any format to modern codecs such as H.264, H.265 and AV1, with presets for common devices. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
A command-line tool and Haskell library that converts documents between markup formats such as Markdown, HTML, LaTeX, DOCX, EPUB and PDF. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
A GNOME app for converting and manipulating images, such as changing format, resizing and compressing, built on ImageMagick. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Web-based file converter for images, audio and documents that runs locally in the browser using WebAssembly. Video conversions are processed on the VERT server, and the app can be self-hosted. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
An online file conversion service and API that converts audio, video, documents, ebooks, archives, images and spreadsheets on its servers, with files deleted after processing. |
Grade D | 45 | 100% | Germany Fourteen Eyes | No | Partial | Yes | Partial |
A command-line suite and set of libraries for creating, editing, converting and composing raster and vector images in over 200 formats. |
Grade F | 30 | 100% | United States Five Eyes | Yes | No | No | No |
Questions
What is the most private option among file converters?
No pick has been made yet. The table above is sorted by score, based on public evidence.
How are file converters rated?
Each entry answers 4 questions: open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales and independent audit. Answers need links to evidence. See the full criteria.
Does jurisdiction matter?
Jurisdiction decides which laws can compel a provider to hand over data. Each entry shows its country and whether it is in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes. The data a provider can hand over depends mostly on what it stores and who holds the keys. Read about jurisdictions and the CLOUD Act.