I said times and times again that I absolutely love minimalist apps that get the job done with the least amount of effort. Give me an app that also looks the part, and I’ll like it even more by default.
Morphosis is one such application, a super sleek and tiny, GTK4 and Libadwaita document converter fully written in Python. Built by a young designer/developer who’s also a member of the GNOME Foundation, this is an app that can be perfectly described by words such as satisfying and efficient.
When it comes to features, one shouldn’t expect all that much since this is an app build for speed and simplicity. The supported export formats are as follows: PDF, Markdown, reStructuredText, LaTeX, HTML, Docx (Microsoft Word-specific), Odt (OpenOffice/LibreOffice-specific), RTF (Rich Text Format), and EPUB.
You’re also provided with two options when it comes to the export document font in the form of either Serif or Sans.
The most convenient way to install the app is directly from Flathub. Don’t worry about privacy concerns because the app is fully offline and uses a limited set of permissions by default. To be more precise, the app doesn’t access the network, nor does it install additional (unwanted) media. It just works out of the box.
If, by any chance, you want to give your app access to your home directory (and enable access to the network), you’ll have to run the following command: “flatpak override –user garden.jamie.Morphosis –share=network –filesystem=home”
Last but not least, the app follows the GNOME Code of Conduct, and to be fair, it looks and feels right at home on any GNOME desktop environment.
Morphosis is not the most versatile document converter out there (mainly because of the limited number of supported formats and lack of features), hence, it might not be for everybody. However, if you simply want a stylish GNOME desktop app capable of performing near-instant document conversions, then it’s 100% worth checking out.
