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Analysis updated 2026-08-13

2,206JavaScriptAudience · generalComplexity · 2/5LicenseSetup · easy

TL;DR

A free, offline Windows and macOS app that converts images, documents, PDFs, audio, video, and e-books, and can also decrypt music files from a few streaming apps.

Mindmap

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  root((FlyingMouse Format))
    What it does
      Local file converter
      Mouse themed UI
      Works offline
    Tech stack
      Electron
      FFmpeg
      LibreOffice
      Tesseract OCR
    Use cases
      Convert documents and PDFs
      Decrypt streaming music files
      Extract tables from PDFs
      Convert e-books
    Audience
      Windows users
      macOS users
      Non-technical users

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Why would anyone build with this?

REASON 1

Convert a batch of scanned documents or images into text and searchable PDFs.

REASON 2

Turn downloaded music files from certain streaming apps into playable audio.

REASON 3

Extract tables from a PDF report directly into an Excel spreadsheet.

REASON 4

Convert an EPUB or MOBI e-book into plain text or Markdown for editing.

What's in the stack?

JavaScriptElectronFFmpegLibreOfficePopplerTesseract

How it stacks up

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Stars2,2062,1802,252
LanguageJavaScriptJavaScriptJavaScript
Last pushed2026-05-162026-07-03
MaintenanceMaintainedMaintained
Setup difficultyeasymoderateeasy
Complexity2/53/52/5
Audiencegeneraldeveloperdeveloper

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How do you spin it up?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

Windows and macOS installers are unsigned, so the OS may show a security warning during install.

Use freely for any purpose, including commercial use, as long as you keep the copyright notice.

Wtf does this do

FlyingMouse Format is a desktop application for Windows and macOS that converts files between many different formats, entirely on your own computer with no internet connection required. It has a mouse themed interface that shows animations while you upload a file, while it detects the format, and while conversion runs, so you always know what stage the process is in. The app can convert images, text files, Word and WPS documents, Excel and WPS spreadsheets, PowerPoint and WPS presentations, PDF files, audio, video, and ZIP archives. It bundles the underlying conversion engines, including FFmpeg for audio and video, LibreOffice for office documents, Poppler for PDF handling, and Tesseract for optical character recognition, so nothing extra needs to be installed separately. Beyond general format conversion, it can decrypt music files that were downloaded through certain streaming apps and turn them into playable audio, including formats from NetEase Cloud Music, QQ Music, and Kugou Music. It can also pull tables out of PDF files and rebuild them as Excel spreadsheets, even from scanned pages, and it can convert PDFs into Word documents while trying to preserve the original layout, fonts, and images. E-book conversion is supported too, turning plain text, Markdown, or HTML into EPUB files, and converting EPUB or MOBI files back into text or Markdown. The program remembers your preferences, including which output format you last chose for each type of source file and which folder you last saved to, so repeat conversions require fewer clicks. It supports both Chinese and English interfaces and switches automatically based on your system language the first time you open it. There are separate installers for modern Windows 10 and 11 machines and for older Windows 7 systems, plus separate downloads for Apple Silicon and Intel Mac hardware. The Windows 7 build relies on older versions of its underlying components since those are the versions still compatible with that operating system. Windows and macOS installers are not code signed, so security warnings may appear during installation. The project is released under the MIT license.

Yoink these prompts

Prompt 1
Walk me through installing FlyingMouse Format on Windows 10 and converting my first PDF to Word.
Prompt 2
I have a folder of scanned receipts. How do I use FlyingMouse Format to turn them into an Excel spreadsheet?
Prompt 3
Explain the difference between the Windows 10/11 build and the Windows 7 build of FlyingMouse Format.
Prompt 4
How do I convert an EPUB book into Markdown using FlyingMouse Format?
Prompt 5
What file formats can FlyingMouse Format convert between, based on its README?

Frequently asked questions

wtf is flyingmouse-format?

A free, offline Windows and macOS app that converts images, documents, PDFs, audio, video, and e-books, and can also decrypt music files from a few streaming apps.

What language is flyingmouse-format written in?

Mainly JavaScript. The stack also includes JavaScript, Electron, FFmpeg.

What license does flyingmouse-format use?

Use freely for any purpose, including commercial use, as long as you keep the copyright notice.

How hard is flyingmouse-format to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is flyingmouse-format for?

Mainly general.

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