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Native macOS menu bar app: drag an image, hold a shortcut key, drop it on a format. Converts locally (HEIC, JPEG, PNG, AVIF, TIFF, PDF…).
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GITHUB · launched Oct 23, 2026 · 20 upvotes (top 60%)
- Horizontal
- Workflow automation
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Commercial product
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Yes A native macOS menu bar app that converts images is a standard SwiftUI or AppKit project. It uses system image frameworks (ImageIO, Core Graphics) and global hotkeys, all of which are well documented.
Competitors
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Attention rank: #424 of 847 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 341 days after the earliest competitor.
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