THERE WHEN YOU NEED IT
Your cursor’s new plus-one.
Hold Left Ctrl. Zest fades in beside your cursor. Release to hide. Hold Left Ctrl, then press Windows to keep it open; repeat to hide. No file dragging needed.
CtrlHold Left Ctrl.
Right by your cursor.
Right by your cursor.
ALL LOCAL. ALL YOURS.
Your files.
A little Zest.
Meet Zest. Your little offline home for file conversions and photo edits.
Right by your cursor. Right on your PC.
MEET YOUR NEW FILE HABIT
Less clicking. More doing.
Pick a sample. Explore the widget.
See how a small gesture changes things.
YOUR OFFLINE DESKTOP COMPANION
Try a sample
Choose a format on the widget to try it.
Hold Left Ctrl to bring Zest to your cursor
Right-click the app icon for options. Or use the three-dot button in the app.
Hold Left Ctrl over this preview to show Zest. Release to hide. On touch, tap a format.
Offline by nature
Your files stay on your PC.
Eight ways to be you
A palette for every kind of desk.
Keep the good stuff
Saved results, without a count cap.
SMALL ON YOUR DESKTOP. BIG ON USEFUL.A helping hand.
A helping hand.
Always within reach.
All the little file jobs. One beautifully small place.
A FEW LESS APPS TO OPEN
More than a new extension.
Resize images, trim audio, pull a still from a video, or merge PDFs. Useful tools, right where your files are.
ROOM FOR WHAT’S NEXT
Make it. Save it. Keep going.
Quick conversions save to your local Results folder. No total result-count cap. Your available disk space sets the ceiling.
SETTLE INTO YOUR SPACE
A little home on your screen.
Move the widget with its dotted grip. Zest remembers its position, with rounded corners, a soft shadow, and quick options in the three-dot menu.
A LITTLE MORE YOUFind your
Find your
kind of Zest.
Eight thoughtfully chosen palettes.
Light or dark. Even the app icon
gets into the mood.
The app also follows your system theme.
Tangerine#ED7537
A SMALL STUDIO. ALL YOURS.
Make a little masterpiece.
Crop, annotate, redact, or bring photos together.
A live preview before you save a new copy.
a good little day ↗Meet Zest Studio.
- A better frame.Solid colors, gradients or another image. Set the ratio, spacing and rounded corners.
- Say it your way.Draw, add text, arrows and shapes. Crop with guides. Adjust light and color.
- Choose what stays visible.Flatten solid covers or blur into a saved copy. Original files stay unchanged.
- Bring photos together.30 layouts with live previews: mixed grids, center spotlights, scattered prints, photo booth strips, contact sheets and shapes.
- Give credit.Edit titles, authors, captions, copyright and keywords in PNG or JPEG.
YOUR EVERYDAY FILES, COVERED
Good with all sorts.
From a photo to a podcast. A spreadsheet to a PDF.
Find the formats and tools that fit your day.
Try “MP3” or “merge”
No matches yet. Try a file extension such as PNG, DOCX, or WAV.
Support depends on the file and conversion direction. Open a category for details. Zest leaves your original files untouched.
OFFLINE IS A FEATUREYour files.
Your files.
Your business.
Personal photos. Private documents. The audio you’re still working on. Conversion shouldn’t mean sending them somewhere else.
Zest processes files locally on your PC. No uploads for conversion. No internet connection needed to get the job done.
No online updater. No connected dashboard.
Just your files and your PC.
Just your files and your PC.
FIND YOUR FLOW IN A FEW SECONDSA small learning curve.
A small learning curve.
A lovely daily habit.
- 01
Open. Prepare. Zest.
Open the ZIP and run Zest-Start.exe. It prepares the local app files automatically. You don’t need to use Extract All.
- 02
Bring it to your file.
Hold Left Ctrl to reveal Zest by your cursor. Release to hide. Ctrl + Windows toggles it open until you repeat the shortcut.
- 03
Give it a fresh format.
Drop onto a compatible format tile to convert automatically, or open Zest Studio. Pin Zest to your taskbar for easy access. Close or Exit leaves it in the tray; Force quit stops it.
THE LITTLE DETAILS
Good questions.
A few things to know
before your first spin.
Does Zest work completely offline?+
Yes. The desktop app converts and processes files locally on your PC. It doesn’t need an account or internet connection for conversion or photo editing. There are no online update checks or connected dashboard.
Can it convert absolutely any file?+
Zest supports the formats listed above, with specific input and output directions. It isn’t a universal converter. Protected or damaged files, legacy DOC/PPT and PPTX input, Apple iWork files, RAW/PSD editing, OCR, and RAR/TAR/GZIP are not included. Complex document formatting can change during conversion.
Is there a limit on saved results?+
There’s no total count or size cap on your saved Results library; it uses available disk space. The active workspace accepts up to 12 files, 100 MB per input, and 300 MB of inputs in total. An individual output, or a combined results ZIP, is limited to 120 MB.
How do I move it or open the options?+
Drag the dotted grip at the top of the block to move it. Its position is saved. Use the three-dot button or right-click the Zest icon for options, themes, saved results, and settings. The top drop box adds files; its × button removes the selected input without deleting the original. Drop directly onto a compatible format tile to convert automatically. Drag a loaded file from the top box onto a format to convert it again.
Does it keep running when I hide it?+
Yes. Zest stays available in the Windows tray when hidden. Hold Left Ctrl to summon it, use Ctrl + Windows to toggle it, or use the tray menu. Close and Exit keep it running. Choose Force quit Zest to fully stop it. It doesn’t register itself to start with Windows.
Which Windows version can I download?+
The current build is Zest v2.1.1, an offline Windows x64 preview. The automatic launcher and new modifier-key behavior still need validation on a real Windows PC. The web demo is a simulation of the interface; it does not convert files.
What can I do in Zest Studio?+
Adjust, rotate, crop, annotate, cover or blur an area, add a background, or build a collage from 30 previewable layouts. Choose mixed grids, center spotlights, photo piles, instant prints, contact sheets, photo booth strips, hearts, circles, diamonds or honeycomb frames. Edit photo credits in PNG/JPEG exports. This is a focused local editor; advanced Pixlr features such as layers, AI tools and RAW/PSD editing are not included. The studio holds 12 photos, scales any photo above 16 megapixels, uses a 40-megapixel project budget, and exports up to 24 megapixels.
A FRESH SPIN ON EVERYDAY FILESMake room
Make room
for a little Zest.
For the files you have.
And the things you want to do with them.
Zest for Windows
A portable app. A beautifully small block.
A useful new part of your day.
- ✓Offline conversion & Zest Studio
- ✓Eight themes, light & dark
- ✓Saved results on your PC