File Tools

A simple Qt6 desktop app that provides a graphical interface for common file conversion and processing tasks, wrapping CLI tools like ocrmypdf, ffmpeg, tesseract, and others.

Features

Mode	Tool
PDF OCR	ocrmypdf
Image → Text	tesseract
Image → Image/PDF	imagemagick
PDF → Image	pdftoppm
Text → Text	pandoc
Audio → Audio	ffmpeg
Video → Video	ffmpeg
Compress PDF	ghostscript

Dependencies

Install on Ubuntu/Debian:

sudo apt install qt6-base-dev ocrmypdf tesseract-ocr imagemagick poppler-utils pandoc ffmpeg ghostscript

Note: Windows support is in development.

Build

qmake6
make

Run

./file_tools

Usage

1. Select a mode from the sidebar
2. Drag and drop files onto the drop area, or click it to browse
3. If the mode has output format options, select one from the dropdown
4. Click Run
5. Output is saved in the same folder as the original