Download and install the latest version of Filestar.
Right click on one or more Tab file(s) on your desktop and select Convert with Filestar.
Type convert to img in the search box.
Press Convert.
Or let an AI agent do it: filestarcli -i file.tab -c "convert to img" (how).
Let your AI agent convert MapInfo TAB Dataset to img
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:
“Use Filestar to convert MapInfo TAB Dataset to img in my Downloads folder”
Or run it yourself:
filestarcli -i file.tab -c "convert to img"
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 MapInfo TAB Dataset to img?
Yes. Install the Filestar CLI with npm install -g filestar and your agent can run filestarcli -i file.tab -c "convert to img" on your computer, so your files stay on it.
A MapInfo TAB dataset describes geographic features and their attributes. Its text .tab header refers to companion .dat, .map and .id files, which must be kept together. It is not tab-separated text (TSV).
