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The best WSL command-line tools to install on Windows: FFmpeg, ImageMagick, Ghostscript, Poppler, qpdf, ExifTool, and more — free, local, no uploads. One apt command.
Access your Windows files from WSL and your Linux files from Windows. How /mnt/c works, finding paths, the performance gotcha, and moving files both ways safely.
Run Linux command-line tools on Windows without a virtual machine using WSL. Install with apt, work on your Windows files, and use free tools locally — no uploads.
Ten practical things you can do with WSL on Windows 11: convert and compress images, edit PDFs and video, run Linux tools, and more — free, offline, and no uploads.
Trim or cut a video without re-encoding on Windows free using WSL and FFmpeg. Cut clips instantly with no quality loss using stream copy, all offline with no uploads.
Make a high-quality GIF from a video free on Windows using WSL and FFmpeg. Use a palette for clean colors, control size and frame rate, all offline with no uploads.
Extract audio as MP3 from a video free on Windows using WSL and FFmpeg. Pull the soundtrack losslessly or as MP3, batch a whole folder, all offline with no uploads.
Compress a video without losing visible quality on Windows free using WSL and FFmpeg. Use CRF encoding to shrink files, keep it offline, and never upload a thing.
Extract text from a PDF free on Windows using WSL and pdftotext. Pull clean text from one PDF or a whole folder, keep the layout, all offline with no uploads.
Remove a password from a PDF you own on Windows free using WSL and qpdf. Decrypt files you have the password for, locally and offline — nothing uploaded.
Convert PDF to JPG or PNG free on Windows using WSL and pdftoppm. Turn pages into images at any resolution, batch the whole file, all offline with no uploads.
Split a PDF into separate pages or page ranges free on Windows using WSL. Use pdfseparate or qpdf to extract pages locally — no uploads, nothing leaves your PC.
Merge PDF files on Windows free and offline using WSL. Combine PDFs with pdfunite or qpdf, control the order, merge a whole folder — all local, nothing uploaded.
Compress a PDF on Windows free using WSL and Ghostscript — no uploading to a website. Pick the right quality preset, shrink scanned PDFs, and keep the file fully local.
Convert images to PDF free on Windows using WSL. Combine JPGs or PNGs into one PDF with img2pdf (lossless) or ImageMagick — control page order, all offline, no uploads.
Batch resize images from the command line on Windows free using WSL and ImageMagick. Resize a whole folder by width, percentage, or limit, all offline with no uploads.
Convert WebP to JPG or PNG free on Windows using WSL. Use dwebp for PNG, ImageMagick for JPG, batch a whole folder, and keep every file local — no uploads.
Convert JPG to WebP free on Windows with WSL and cwebp. One command per file, a batch loop for whole folders, and no uploads — your images never leave your PC.