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Looking for: Unit Converter (JS) (joshmadison.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Hello,

I'm looking for a unit converter written in JS / client-side only that I can self-host / add to a bunch of tools I already use.

I was looking for a suggestion to get something similar to the good old https://joshmadison.com/convert-for-windows/ but that runs a browser.

Thank you for your suggestions.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That app was the best back in the day!

I’m not aware of a JS equivalent, but it’s something that could be written solo once you get the formulas worked out.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

back in the day? This post just made me aware of it, and it's great! Less clicks than modern systems and more customizable. And it's portable (one .exe).

This is now added to my portable apps collection!

[–] leo 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cyperchef might not exactly what you are looking for, but it is selfhosted and has some conversion functions.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That looks like a really neat util, and I can't wait to find a docker container to spin that up.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://github.com/tiffany352/rink-rs is pretty cool, but it’s in rust, so you’d have to make some Wasm bindings

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

o wait, there is a wasm build in the repo! You could probably host their interface too?

https://github.com/tiffany352/rink-rs/tree/master/web

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

You can try it out on https://rinkcalc.app/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This library looks like it could be a good starting point - https://convert.js.org/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are a number of unit conversion libraries in JavaScript. Building your own is not that hard. A simple SPA shall suffice.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

mathjs doesn't provide 1/10 of the units available in convert.exe. It is cool and I use it for other things but it simply doesn't cut it for this.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All you need is wine-wasm (if only it existed) and youre sorted!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah! Let's build that :D Maybe it will render UIs better than native wine? :D