CursorConverter

A program to convert mouse cursors between formats.

Aims:

Convert from and to:

• .ani
• .ico
• .xcg
• .cur
• .CursorFX
• .CurXPTheme
• hyprcursor
• jpg
• ani, ico, xcg, cur, png, jpg, hyprcursor, cursorfx, curxptheme

Compatibility matrix

to ↓ \ from →	ani	ico	xcg	cur	png	jpg	hyprcursor	cursorfx	curxptheme
ani	✓
ico	✓	✓
xcg
cur				✓
png		✓			✓
jpg						✓
hyprcursor
cursorfx
curxptheme

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Standalone Releases (portable)

	Windows	Linux	OSX (semi-supported)
x64	CursorConverter-win-x64-8.0.x.exe	CursorConverter-linux-x64-8.0.x	CursorConverter-osx-x64-8.0.x
x86 (32-bit)	CursorConverter-win-x86-8.0.x.exe	N/A	N/A
arm64 (aarch64)	CursorConverter-win-arm64-8.0.x.exe	CursorConverter-linux-arm64-8.0.x	CursorConverter-osx-arm64

Additional releases:

Linux Installers:

package	x64	arm64
Flatpak	CursorConverter-0.1.3-1.x86_64.flatpak	CursorConverter-0.1.3-1.aarch64.flatpak
RPM	CursorConverter_0.1.3-1.x86_64.rpm	N/A
DEB	CursorConverter_0.1.3-1_amd64.deb	CursorConverter_0.1.3-1_arm64.deb
AppImage	CursorConverter-0.1.3-1.x86_64.AppImage	CursorConverter-0.1.3-1.aarch64.AppImage

Status

Build instructions

Install dependencies: dotnet

git clone https://github.com/Neurofibromin/CursorConverter CursorConverter
cd CursorConverter
dotnet restore
dotnet publish CursorConverter.sln --configuration Release
# or to publish only the desktop app:
# dotnet publish CursorConverter.Desktop/CursorConverter.Desktop.csproj --configuration Release

On the shoulders of giants:

The following projects gave me inspiration, in many cases I reimplemented their algorithms in c#.

• ani2ico by TeoBigusGeekus

• cursor-converter by avagordon01

• Metamorphosis by SystemRage

• Iconolatry by SystemRage

• cfx2xc by coolwanglu

• CURConvertor by CactusCata

• BmpConverter by AM71113363

• xcursorgen

• xcur2png maintained by eworm-de

• hyprcursor from the Hypr project

• hyprlang from the Hypr project

• libxcursor

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• ani_file by HoangEevee