Guide
View unknown file formats without installing software
What to do when nothing opens your file. Filelathe invents a mini-app for unfamiliar formats like EDN, YAML, and niche exports.
The usual dead end
Most “online converters” only know a fixed list of office and media types. Niche formats — Clojure EDN, odd game exports, internal configs — get a shrug or a malware-looking download mirror.
Filelathe routes known types to dedicated tools (PDF, images, CSV, trackers, …). Everything else can get a Haiku-invented mini-app: a small UI generated for that file’s shape.
What invent is good for
Invent shines for structured text and configs you want to skim: keys, tables, sections, hex/text samples. It is not a full emulator for disk images or ROMs — those are listed as planned host players separately.
Saved mini-apps can stick around in your browser so the next file of the same kind reuses a familiar layout.