Free image tools available on PyPI. Full bundle (PDF/audio/video/OCR) unlocked with purchase. Lathe gives your AI tools the ability to resize images, convert formats, optimize for web, extract text from PDFs, run OCR on scanned documents, and inspect audio/video metadata — all through natural language. Named after the workshop tool that shapes raw material into precision parts.
What's included
- Image processing — resize, convert, optimize, crop, thumbnail
- PDF operations — merge, extract text, convert to images
- OCR — extract text from scanned documents and images
- Audio conversion and metadata inspection
- Video thumbnail extraction and metadata
- Web optimization — compress images, strip metadata, target file sizes
- Cross-platform — macOS and Linux
Requirements
- Python 3.12+
- Any MCP-compatible AI client (Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.)
- Optional: ffmpeg (audio/video), Tesseract (OCR), Ghostscript (PDF)