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FormatLab

Convert Video, Audio and Images.

  • Limited free plan
  • Windows and Linux
  • No account
  • No watermark

Overview

Features described in its Flathub listing, in its GitHub repository and on its official website: hardware acceleration and batch processing.

File formats mentioned: MP3, FLAC, MP4, MKV, MOV, WAV, WEBM, AVI, PNG and WEBP.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Convert MP4, MKV, MOV, MP3, FLAC and 40+ formats with GPU acceleration & batch mode.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “FormatLab is a fast desktop video converter and audio converter for Linux and Windows. Convert MP4, MKV, MOV, AVI, WebM, MP3, FLAC, WAV and 40+ other formats with GPU-accelerated encoding, batch conversion and…” — GitHub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

FormatLab offers a limited free plan; advanced features or heavier use are paid.

It is distributed under a proprietary licence: free to use under its terms, which may change; that licence is not an open source licence.

Plans and conditions

  • Paid subscriptions offered by the publisher.

Strengths

  • No account needed
  • No watermark on exports
  • No credit card asked

Weaknesses

  • Limited free plan
  • Closed source

About

ABOUT APPLICATION : FormatLab is a powerful video, audio and image converter that supports 4K resolution and a wide range of formats and codecs. FEATURES : Convert all popular video and audio formats with lossless compression. Extract HD audio from any video files. Convert images between JPG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, GIF, TIFF, BMP and ICO, including HEIC photos from iPhones. Resize images, set a target file size and remove location and camera details. Adjust video quality and frame rate (FPS). Supports surround sound (5.1 and 7.1 channels). Hardware acceleration with GPU for faster conversions. Batch convert multiple files at once. Drag and drop files for quick use. Built-in CPU usage monitor during conversion. Wide format support: H.264, HEVC, VP9, AAC, MP3, FLAC and more. WHAT SETS FORMATLAB APART? Easy-to-use interface for hassle-free conversions. Faster conversions with hardware-accelerated GPU support. Supports upto 8K videos with all popular formats. SUPPORTED VIDEO FORMATS: 'mp4', 'mkv', 'mov', 'avi', 'webm', 'wmv', 'flv', 'mpeg', 'mpg', 'm2ts', '3gp', 'vob', 'ts', 'ogv', 'f4v', 'mxf', 'asf', 'hevc', 'm2v', 'mts', 'wtv' SUPPORTED AUDIO FORMATS: 'aac', 'mp3', 'wav', 'flac', 'm4a', 'ogg', 'wma', 'opus', 'aiff', 'dts', 'ac3', 'mp2', 'voc', 'ra', 'tta', 'wv', 'caf', 'm4r' SUPPORTED IMAGE FORMATS: 'jpg', 'png', 'webp', 'avif', 'gif', 'tiff', 'bmp', 'ico' - and 'heic', 'heif', 'tga', 'psd', 'jp2' as input High-quality media conversions made easy with FormatLab

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

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  • Facts collected from GitHub (credit card, account, source code, publisher, free status, platforms, commercial use) —
  • Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (watermark, limits) —
  • Facts collected from Automatic reading of the official pages (free status) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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