Is Permute the same kind of app as Dinky?

Permute is a general-purpose media converter with a polished Mac UI. Dinky is built around compression: smaller stills via WebP/AVIF/HEIC, smaller MP4 exports, and PDF flatten or preserve paths—with open source code and no purchase.

Does Dinky replace Permute for every conversion?

No. If you need Permute’s breadth of format targets and conversion presets, keep it. Dinky is for when the goal is reliably smaller files across images, video, and PDFs in one lightweight tool.

What does Dinky cost?

Dinky is free under the MIT license. Permute is paid software; see the developer’s site for current pricing.

Dinky vs Permute

Permute converts with polish. Dinky chases smaller bytes and real PDF workflows—in a free MIT app.

Choose Permute for broad format conversion

When you routinely convert between many container and codec combinations and want a dedicated converter app for that breadth.

Choose Dinky for shrink-first images, video, and PDFs

When the priority is smaller files, open source, watch folders, and PDF flatten/preserve—not every possible conversion matrix.

	Dinky	Permute
Focus	Compression (images, MP4, PDF)	General media conversion
PDF	Flatten, preserve, target size, optional OCR	Not Dinky’s comparison axis
License / price	Free (MIT)	Paid (see developer)
Source code	Open on GitHub	Proprietary
Watch folders	Yes	Varies by version; check Permute
Processing	Local on your Mac	Local on your Mac

Dinky sidebar with presets, type tabs, and format picker

Shrink-first workflow

Less catalog, more smaller files

When you are optimizing size instead of exploring every conversion format, Dinky keeps PDF flatten or preserve paths beside open-source still and video presets.

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