Explore our comprehensive database of file formats. Learn about the history, use cases, and technical details for 100+ file formats.
Portable Document Format - the world's most popular document format
Microsoft Word document format
Plain text file without formatting
Rich Text Format
OpenDocument Text format
Apple Pages document
Electronic Publication format
Mobipocket eBook format
Markdown document
LaTeX document
Joint Photographic Experts Group - standard for photographs
Portable Network Graphics - with transparency support
Graphics Interchange Format - animated images
Modern image format from Google
Scalable Vector Graphics - vector graphics
High Efficiency Image Format - used by Apple
Tagged Image File Format
Bitmap image format
Icon file format
Adobe Photoshop document
Adobe Illustrator artwork
Encapsulated PostScript
PostScript document
MPEG Audio Layer III - standard audio format
Waveform Audio File Format - uncompressed
Free Lossless Audio Codec
Advanced Audio Coding
Ogg Vorbis audio format
MPEG-4 Audio format
Windows Media Audio
Musical Instrument Digital Interface
Python source code
JavaScript source code
TypeScript source code
Java source code
C++ source code
C source code
C/C++ header file
PHP source code
Ruby source code
Go source code
Rust source code
Swift source code
HyperText Markup Language
Cascading Style Sheets
JavaScript Object Notation
Extensible Markup Language
YAML Ain't Markup Language
Structured Query Language
Initialization file
Configuration file
Log file
Tom's Obvious Minimal Language
iCalendar format
vCard contact file
Complete documentation for 88 different file formats. More formats coming soon!