I hate downloading .webp images, so I made a free converter site with no ads using pyscript

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I get it, .webp is efficient but I absolutely hate when I download an image and some software I use does not recognize it properly, so I made this tool for personal use, but made it available in case anyone wants to use it:

https://morpha.app/

It runs on the client so speed may vary. I will work to polish it and support more formats and other tools later. Let me know your feedback!

Edit: To be clear, the converter supports converting into webp as well, including other image formats btw (more to come soon). I just wanted to share my motivation behind it but the project is supposed to cover different scenarios! :slight_smile:

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Just an idea: Add option to paste link and convert that. So instead of user downloading .webp and choosing that file, they’d just right click picture, copy link, paste link into your website, and that gets converted to jpg that user downloads.

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@Parker
How did I not think of that? Thanks a lot, will put that as a priority. I believe that won’t be too hard to implement.

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Taylor said:
@Parker
How did I not think of that? Thanks a lot, will put that as a priority. I believe that won’t be too hard to implement.

Cause you came up with one good idea and implemented it cleanly.

Improvements like this are what reiteration is for!

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@Emerson
Wow thanks for the motivation mate! :slight_smile:

In the following days I expect to have a much more polished version of the site (without bloating)

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Taylor said:
@Emerson
Wow thanks for the motivation mate! :slight_smile:

In the following days I expect to have a much more polished version of the site (without bloating)

Getting your initial idea out cleanly without feature bloat is an underrated skill.

Especially in this day and age!

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@Emerson
I strive for this level of self control lmao. But for the time being, 15 half-assed features at a time! Woohoo!

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Taylor said:
@Parker
How did I not think of that? Thanks a lot, will put that as a priority. I believe that won’t be too hard to implement.

also, you could add a button that instead of choosing files, it lets us choose a whole directory.

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@Arden
Already added link support. Now that’s next on the priority list! :slight_smile:

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@Parker
Yes this is probably the only format where I’d regularly use this tool.

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@Parker
If this is done client side it would only work for websites that allow cors though

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Addison said:
@Parker
If this is done client side it would only work for websites that allow cors though

That’s the challenge I’m facing right now when trying to code it haha. But I think it’s possible with allorigins.win

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@Parker
Update: I added the first version with link support, it needs further testing, and I need to add support for bulk downloading, but it seems to be mostly working for now!

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We need more AVIF images on the web :slight_smile: Like it’s not new image format and applications behave like they were made in 2010.

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Haim said:
We need more AVIF images on the web :slight_smile: Like it’s not new image format and applications behave like they were made in 2010.

That is true! I focused on adding support for the more popular formats first, but will attempt to add the AVIF and HEIF formats too! :slight_smile:

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I love webp. I don’t understand the hate. well, I do understand it but I don’t experience it.
I can always open them. They work for my uses. They are super compact. Never had an issue literally.

But a free conversion app is a great addition to the creative saas commons. Thanks brother

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@Ellison
Thanks! It’s more about the freedom of choice, for what is worth, you can also use the tool to convert other formats into webp :slight_smile:

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Taylor said:
@Ellison
Thanks! It’s more about the freedom of choice, for what is worth, you can also use the tool to convert other formats into webp :slight_smile:

Freedom of choice? That’s just moronic. Do you complain about “freedom of choice” when only jpeg or png is available? It’s just an image format, not a religion…

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@Sonny
I never said it’s a serious matter, nor am I treating it as a religion lmao. It’s just a converter, you want a png, go for it, you want a webp go for it. It’s good to have a tool available and be able to use whatever you want :slight_smile:

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@Sonny
Thou shalt format thy photographs according to the A1 section B-27 written by the disciples of Silicon Valley avenue 13, or thou shalt be banished to use Bing for eternity.