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XL Converter

XL Converter is an image conversion program, available on Linux: batch processing, themes and dark mode.

  • Completely free
  • Linux
  • Open source

Overview

XL Converter is an image conversion program, available on Linux.

Features described on its official website and in its Flathub listing: batch processing, themes and dark mode.

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
  • “Batch convert and compress your images.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “XL Converter - easy-to-use image converter for modern formats” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “QoL features available: drag 'n drop, dark theme, keep directory structure, copy smaller sources, and more.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

XL Converter is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (GPL-3.0) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • Commercial use allowed

About

XL Converter is an easy-to-use image converter for modern formats. Batch transcode images to JPEG XL, AVIF, WebP, JPEG and PNG. Preserve high quality at a modest size with JPEG XL and AVIF. Encode better quality JPEG images with JPEGLI. Losslessly recompress your JPEG images. Convert faster with parallel encoding. Preserve metadata with ExifTool. Scale down images. QoL features available: drag 'n drop, dark theme, keep directory structure, copy smaller sources, and more.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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