PPM converter
Convert PPM files to 13 other formats, or turn 16 other formats into PPM. Everything runs in your browser — drop a file in and pick where it should end up.
Drop your PPM files here
or browse your device · paste with Ctrl+V
Accepts .ppm, .pgm, .pbm, .pnm. Choose any output format from the menu on each row.
Your files never leave this device — there is no upload and no server to delete them from.
PPM
Portable PixmapDeliberately the dumbest possible image format — a short text header followed by raw pixel values. Beloved in academic and Unix pipelines precisely because anything can parse it in ten lines.
- Developed by
- Jef Poskanzer
- Released
- 1988
- Extension
- .ppm, .pgm, .pbm, .pnm
- MIME type
- image/x-portable-pixmap
- Compression
- Uncompressed
- Specification
- Open
- Readable directly in your browser.
- Can be written directly in your browser.
- 13 outgoing and 16 incoming conversions available.
- 01
Add PPM files
Drop them on the box above. Batches are fine — each file gets its own row and its own settings.
- 02
Pick an output format
The menu on each row lists every format this file can become, grouped by category and searchable.
- 03
Convert and save
Everything happens locally. Download the files individually, or grab the whole batch as a ZIP.