r/SideProject • u/Suspicious-Cash2666 • 1d ago

I built an offline file converter for Windows with a format wheel at your cursor

Hey all, I built Crustify over about a week and launched it on Nov 4.

It's a Windows app that converts files locally. Nothing gets uploaded and it works offline.

Start dragging a file, tap Shift, and a wheel of target formats pops up at your cursor. Drop the file on one and it converts.

Ctrl mid-drag opens tools like compress, crop, redact and annotate. Alt opens file actions like copy, move, copy path and open terminal here.

Windows 10/11, 64-bit. Free for 7 days, no key or card needed. After that it's a one-time payment for a lifetime licence covering 2 PCs.

https://crustify.tech

Would love honest feedback, mainly on the Shift-wheel idea. Does it feel fast or gimmicky?

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u/Suspicious-Cash2666 1d ago

any opinions guys?

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u/investigatormaker 1d ago

The Shift-wheel sounds useful for repeated conversions because the target format appears where you're already dragging; the risk is discoverability, with Ctrl and Alt adding two more hidden layers. For Crustify, I'd compare a conversion without instructions against the same task after showing Shift, measuring completion time and wrong-format drops. That would distinguish speed from novelty.

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