How to open any file
289 formats, each with the exact free apps that open it on Windows, Mac, Linux and, where one exists, mobile.
Pick the extension you are stuck on. You land straight on that format's opening instructions: the real apps per operating system, a numbered walkthrough, whether the file is safe to open, and where useful a conversion route.
Image
Open a .apng fileAPNGOpen a .avif fileAVIFOpen a .bmp fileBMPOpen a .cur fileCUROpen a .dds fileDDSOpen a .dng fileDNGOpen a .emf fileEMFOpen a .eps fileEPSOpen a .exr fileEXROpen a .gif fileGIFOpen a .hdr fileRadiance HDROpen a .heic fileHEICOpen a .icns fileICNSOpen a .ico fileICOOpen a .jfif fileJFIFOpen a .jp2 fileJP2Open a .jpg fileJPGOpen a .jxl fileJPEG XLOpen a .pcx filePCXOpen a .png filePNGOpen a .ppm fileNetpbm (PPM/PGM/PBM)Open a .raw fileRAWOpen a .svg fileSVGOpen a .tga fileTGAOpen a .tiff fileTIFFOpen a .webp fileWebPOpen a .wmf fileWMF
Video
Open a .3gp file3GPOpen a .asf fileASFOpen a .avi fileAVIOpen a .f4v fileF4VOpen a .m2ts fileM2TSOpen a .m3u8 fileM3U8Open a .m4v fileM4VOpen a .mkv fileMKVOpen a .mov fileMOVOpen a .mp4 fileMP4Open a .mpg fileMPEGOpen a .mts fileMTSOpen a .mxf fileMXFOpen a .ogv fileOGVOpen a .rm fileRealMediaOpen a .srt fileSRTOpen a .sub fileSUBOpen a .vob fileVOBOpen a .vtt fileVTTOpen a .webm fileWebMOpen a .wmv fileWMV
Audio
Open a .aac fileAACOpen a .ac3 fileAC-3Open a .aiff fileAIFFOpen a .amr fileAMROpen a .ape fileMonkey's AudioOpen a .au fileAUOpen a .caf fileCAFOpen a .dsf fileDSFOpen a .dts fileDTSOpen a .flac fileFLACOpen a .m3u fileM3UOpen a .m4b fileM4BOpen a .m4r fileM4ROpen a .mid fileMIDIOpen a .mka fileMKAOpen a .mp3 fileMP3Open a .ogg fileOGGOpen a .opus fileOpusOpen a .pls filePLSOpen a .tta fileTTAOpen a .wav fileWAVOpen a .wma fileWMAOpen a .wv fileWavPackOpen a .xspf fileXSPF
Document
Open a .abw fileAbiWordOpen a .djvu fileDjVuOpen a .doc fileDOCOpen a .docx fileDOCXOpen a .hwp fileHWPOpen a .key fileKeynoteOpen a .numbers fileNumbersOpen a .odp fileODPOpen a .ods fileODSOpen a .odt fileODTOpen a .one fileOneNoteOpen a .pages filePagesOpen a .pdf filePDFOpen a .ppt filePPTOpen a .pptx filePPTXOpen a .pub filePublisherOpen a .rtf fileRTFOpen a .tex fileTeXOpen a .txt fileTXTOpen a .wpd fileWordPerfectOpen a .wps fileWPSOpen a .xls fileXLSOpen a .xlsx fileXLSX
Archive
Code and data
Open a .asm fileAssemblyOpen a .bat fileBATOpen a .c fileCOpen a .cfg fileCFGOpen a .clj fileClojureOpen a .cmake fileCMakeOpen a .conf fileCONFOpen a .cpp fileC++Open a .cs fileC#Open a .css fileCSSOpen a .d fileDOpen a .dart fileDartOpen a .editorconfig fileEditorConfigOpen a .elm fileElmOpen a .env fileENVOpen a .erl fileErlangOpen a .ex fileElixirOpen a .f90 fileFortranOpen a .gitignore filegitignoreOpen a .go fileGoOpen a .gradle fileGradleOpen a .groovy fileGroovyOpen a .hcl fileHCLOpen a .hs fileHaskellOpen a .html fileHTMLOpen a .ini fileINIOpen a .java fileJavaOpen a .jl fileJuliaOpen a .js fileJSOpen a .json fileJSONOpen a .jsx fileJSXOpen a .kt fileKotlinOpen a .less fileLessOpen a .lock fileLockfileOpen a .lua fileLuaOpen a .md fileMDOpen a .ml fileOCamlOpen a .nim fileNimOpen a .nix fileNixOpen a .npmrc filenpmrcOpen a .pas filePascalOpen a .php filePHPOpen a .pl filePerlOpen a .plist fileProperty ListOpen a .properties filePropertiesOpen a .ps1 filePS1Open a .py filePythonOpen a .r fileROpen a .rb fileRubyOpen a .reg fileREGOpen a .rs fileRustOpen a .sass fileSassOpen a .scala fileScalaOpen a .scss fileSCSSOpen a .sh fileSHOpen a .sol fileSolidityOpen a .sql fileSQLOpen a .swift fileSwiftOpen a .tf fileTerraformOpen a .toml fileTOMLOpen a .ts fileTypeScriptOpen a .tsx fileTSXOpen a .vb fileVB.NETOpen a .vue fileVueOpen a .xml fileXMLOpen a .yaml fileYAMLOpen a .zig fileZig
Data
Open a .arrow fileArrowOpen a .avro fileAvroOpen a .bak fileBAKOpen a .bin fileBINOpen a .bson fileBSONOpen a .cache fileCACHEOpen a .crdownload fileCRDOWNLOADOpen a .csv fileCSVOpen a .dat fileDATOpen a .db fileDBOpen a .dbf fileDBFOpen a .dta fileStataOpen a .eml fileEMLOpen a .fits fileFITSOpen a .geojson fileGeoJSONOpen a .gguf fileGGUFOpen a .gpx fileGPXOpen a .hdf5 fileHDF5Open a .ics fileICSOpen a .kml fileKMLOpen a .log fileLOGOpen a .mat fileMATOpen a .mbtiles fileMBTilesOpen a .msg fileMSGOpen a .msgpack fileMessagePackOpen a .nc fileNetCDFOpen a .ndjson fileNDJSONOpen a .npy fileNPYOpen a .onnx fileONNXOpen a .parquet fileParquetOpen a .part filePARTOpen a .pb fileProtobufOpen a .pcap filePCAPOpen a .pkl filePickleOpen a .rds fileRDSOpen a .safetensors fileSafetensorsOpen a .sas7bdat fileSAS DatasetOpen a .sav fileSAVOpen a .shp fileShapefileOpen a .sqlite fileSQLiteOpen a .tmp fileTMPOpen a .torrent fileTorrentOpen a .tsv fileTSVOpen a .vcf fileVCF
3D model
Open a .3ds file3DSOpen a .3mf file3MFOpen a .blend fileBLENDOpen a .dae fileCOLLADAOpen a .dwg fileDWGOpen a .dxf fileDXFOpen a .fbx fileFBXOpen a .gcode fileG-codeOpen a .gltf fileglTFOpen a .iges fileIGESOpen a .obj fileOBJOpen a .ply filePLYOpen a .skp fileSketchUpOpen a .step fileSTEPOpen a .stl fileSTLOpen a .usdz fileUSDZOpen a .wrl fileVRML
Font
eBook
Disk image
Open a .apk fileAPKOpen a .cue fileCUEOpen a .deb fileDEBOpen a .dll fileDLLOpen a .dmg fileDMGOpen a .esd fileESDOpen a .exe fileEXEOpen a .img fileIMGOpen a .iso fileISOOpen a .msi fileMSIOpen a .ova fileOVAOpen a .pkg filePKGOpen a .qcow2 fileQCOW2Open a .rpm fileRPMOpen a .vhd fileVHDOpen a .vhdx fileVHDXOpen a .vmdk fileVMDKOpen a .wim fileWIM
Design
Open a .afdesign fileAffinity DesignerOpen a .afphoto fileAffinity PhotoOpen a .ai fileAIOpen a .cdr fileCorelDRAWOpen a .clip fileClip StudioOpen a .fig fileFigmaOpen a .indd fileInDesignOpen a .kra fileKritaOpen a .odg fileODGOpen a .ora fileOpenRasterOpen a .pdn filePaint.NETOpen a .procreate fileProcreateOpen a .psd filePSDOpen a .sketch fileSketchOpen a .xcf fileXCFOpen a .xd fileAdobe XD