Your files stay on your Mac.
reStructuredText is the markup format at the heart of Python projects and Sphinx documentation pipelines. Converting it to Man Page (roff) produces the troff-formatted output the Unix man system reads, so your CLI tool's documentation appears in the terminal when users run man
Drag one .rst file or an entire folder of docs into Convertessa. Batch mode processes every file in one pass, preserving your folder structure.
Pick Man Page (roff) from the output list. Convertessa maps RST sections, field lists, bullet lists, and literal blocks to their corresponding roff macros.
Click Convert. Convertessa writes .man files alongside your originals. Install them with man -l
Images, audio, video, documents, archives and eBooks — all converted natively, right on your Mac.
Pick a format you have — see everything Convertessa can turn it into.
Convert hundreds of files at once with per-type group defaults and individual overrides.
First-class support for HEIC, AVIF and WebP — encode and decode, both ways. Read JPEG XL and a dozen more modern formats too.
Drop files anywhere on the window. Native, instant, and exactly what you’d expect on a Mac.
Dial in compression, resolution and bitrate. Keep originals pristine or shrink for sharing.
Never overwrite a file by accident. Convertessa appends safe suffixes automatically.
Every job is logged locally. Re-run a previous conversion or revisit recent outputs in a click.
Bundle your converted files straight into a single ZIP, TAR or 7z — packaged and ready to share the moment a job finishes.
Right-click any file in Finder and choose Convert. A Quick Action handles it on the spot — no need to open the app first.
Shrink Convertessa to a tidy mini window that tucks into a corner — just a drop zone and a format picker for quick, one-off conversions.
No cloud. No account. No upload. Every conversion happens entirely on-device, using the power already in your Mac. What you convert is nobody’s business but yours.
Script conversions, wire them into your build, or batch a folder from the terminal. The same engine, no GUI required.
Read the full CLI documentation →Shrink Convertessa down to a small, focused window — drop, convert, done, with your recent conversions one click away.
macOS 14+ · Apple Silicon & Intel
New formats, new features, and fixes — every release, on the record.
Convertessa maps standard RST elements—sections, bullet and definition lists, field lists, literal blocks, and inline emphasis—to their roff equivalents. Custom Sphinx directives with no roff counterpart are dropped, so review the output if your source relies on Sphinx extensions.
No. All conversion runs locally on your Mac. Your source files and the generated man pages never leave the machine.
Yes. Drop a folder onto Convertessa or use the CLI: convertessa ./docs/ --to man. Every .rst file in the folder is converted in a single batch.