Why I Built a Privacy-First Image Converter (No Uploads, No Backend)

Every image converter I tried wanted me to upload my files to some random server. Screenshots with sensitive data, personal photos, client mockups — all shipped off to who-knows-where so a server could do what my browser is perfectly capable of doing locally. So I built PixConvert — a free, open-source image converter that runs entirely in your browser . No uploads. No backend. No tracking. The Problem With Online Converters Most image conversion tools follow the same pattern: Upload your file to their server Server converts it You download the result Your original image now lives on someone else's infrastructure Even if they promise to delete it, you're trusting a stranger with your data. And for what? Converting a PNG to JPG is not a hard computation. Your browser can do it natively. How PixConvert Works (It's Embarrassingly Simple) The entire conversion pipeline uses the Canvas API — a built-in browser feature that's been supported everywhere for over a decade. Here's the core idea