ConvertX
Online file converter which supports over a thousand different formats.
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Still maintained? Yes: 78 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v0.20.0 (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to Adobe Acrobat.
At a glance
ConvertX quick facts
- Health score
- 97/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 19,233
- Last commit
- 2 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v0.20.0, Oct 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
Top alternatives to ConvertX
Full rankings: Adobe Acrobat alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "A self-hosted online file converter. Supports over a thousand different formats. Written with TypeScript, Bun and Elysia."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
ConvertX scores 97/100, #5 of 77 in Miscellaneous: 78 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v0.20.0, 2 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 19,233 stars add 17.1 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 2.9 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
78 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v0.20.0 released 2 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 17.1 / 20
19k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 78
- Last 90 days
- 157
- Last 12 months
- 2 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #5 of 77 tools in Miscellaneous by health , between Infisical Community Edition (#4) and Habitica (#6) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Docker |
| Latest release | v0.20.0 · 2 days ago |
| Stars | 19,233 |
| Open issues | 87 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | C4illin/ConvertX ↗ |
ConvertX vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with ConvertX (Miscellaneous), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stirling-PDF | 100 | 95k | Apache-2.0 | today |
| BentoPDF | 97 | 16k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| ConvertX (this tool) | 97 | 19k | AGPL-3.0 | 2 days ago |
| Gotenberg | 97 | 13k | MIT | today |
| WeTTY | 95 | 5.5k | MIT | today |
| Transmute | 93 | 1.5k | MIT | 6 days ago |
ConvertX: common questions
What does ConvertX replace?
Repoly lists ConvertX as an open-source alternative to Adobe Acrobat. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where ConvertX stands against the others.
Is ConvertX still maintained?
ConvertX had 78 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 2 days ago; the latest tagged release, v0.20.0, is from 2 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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