Download and install the latest version of Filestar.
Right click on one or more Emd file(s) on your desktop and select Convert with Filestar.
Type convert to sqlite in the search box.
Press Convert.
Or let an AI agent do it: filestarcli -i file.emd -c "convert to sqlite" (how).
Let your AI agent convert Electron Microscopy Data (HDF5) to SQLITE
Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents can do this on your computer with Filestar. Your files stay on your machine.
Install Filestar and add it to your agents:
npm install -g filestar
filestarcli agent install
Then ask your agent:
“Convert the Electron Microscopy Data (HDF5) files in my Downloads folder to SQLITE”
Or run it yourself:
filestarcli -i file.emd -c "convert to sqlite"
Runs on your computer, so your files stay on it. Works on Windows, macOS and Linux. 50 free conversions with the npm install, no account needed.
Can my AI agent convert Electron Microscopy Data (HDF5) to SQLITE?
Yes. Install the Filestar CLI with npm install -g filestar and your agent can run filestarcli -i file.emd -c "convert to sqlite" on your computer, so your files stay on it.
An .emd file from an electron microscope (Thermo Fisher Velox, Berkeley NCEM) whose bytes are an HDF5 container holding the acquired images, metadata and thumbnails.
A SQLite database is a whole relational database in one file: tables, indexes and views, read and written by the SQLite library that apps, browsers and phones embed.
