Download and install the latest version of Filestar.
Right click on one or more Img file(s) on your desktop and select Convert with Filestar.
Type convert to gz in the search box.
Press Convert.
Or let an AI agent do it: filestarcli -i photo.img -c "convert to gz" (how).
Let your AI agent convert Android Vbmeta Image to GZ
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 Android Vbmeta Image files in my Downloads folder to GZ”
Or run it yourself:
filestarcli -i photo.img -c "convert to gz"
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 Android Vbmeta Image to GZ?
Yes. Install the Filestar CLI with npm install -g filestar and your agent can run filestarcli -i photo.img -c "convert to gz" on your computer, so your files stay on it.
An Android vbmeta image (vbmeta.img) holds the Android Verified Boot metadata - hashes, signatures and descriptors of the boot partition images - written by avbtool; flashing tools take it wrapped in a .tar.
This is a compressed archive file that contains one or more files compressed by standard GNU zip (gzip) compression algorithm. It is mainly used by Unix OS.
