Your files stay on your Mac.
Typst files mix markup, layout commands, and metadata with your actual written content. Converting to Plain Text strips all of that and outputs the readable text as a clean .txt file. The conversion runs entirely on your Mac — files never leave your machine.
Drag one .typ file or an entire folder onto Convertessa. Batch mode processes every Typst file in the folder in one pass.
Pick Plain Text from the output format list. Convertessa extracts the document's text content and writes a matching .txt file for each source.
Click Convert. Output files appear alongside the originals instantly, with no upload and no internet connection required.
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.
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New formats, new features, and fixes — every release, on the record.
No. Convertessa strips Typst markup, layout directives, and function calls, leaving only the readable text content in the output .txt file.
No. Document metadata — such as author, title, and date fields defined in the Typst source — is stripped during conversion.
Yes. Pass the folder path with convertessa ./folder --to txt and every .typ file inside is converted in one command.