File formats: X
Every format whose extension starts with X.
Formats
| Format | Name | About | Main software | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
.X | DirectX model | Microsoft’s Direct3D model format: an xof header, then nested template objects. | DirectX Viewer | DocumentedViewerEditorOpen |
.X3D | Extensible 3D | The ISO standard for interactive 3D scenes, the successor to VRML. | Castle Model Viewer | DocumentedViewerEditorOpen |
.X3G | MakerBot binary print file | Binary s3g commands for MakerBot Replicator-era printers, converted from G-code. | GPX | DocumentedViewerEditorOpen |
.XAR | Extensible archive | An archive with an XML table of contents, used inside macOS .pkg files. | xar | DocumentedViewerEditorOpen |
.XBM | X BitMap | Black and white X Window System images, written as C source code. | GIMP | DocumentedViewerEditorOpen |
.XCF | GIMP image | GIMP’s working file, with layers, channels and paths in tiles. | GIMP | DocumentedViewerEditorOpen |
.XCODEPROJ | Xcode project | Xcode projects: a folder whose project.pbxproj lists files, targets and settings. | Xcode | DocumentedViewerEditorOpen |
.XLS | Excel 5.0 and 95 workbook (BIFF5) | Excel 5.0 and 95 workbooks: BIFF records in a compound file’s Book stream. | Microsoft Excel | DocumentedViewerEditorOpen |
.XLS | Excel 97–2003 workbook (BIFF8) | Excel 97–2003 workbooks: BIFF records and a shared string table in a compound file. | Microsoft Excel | DocumentedViewerEditorOpen |
.XLS | Excel binary workbook | Excel’s binary workbook before XLSX: BIFF records, in BIFF5 and BIFF8 versions. | Microsoft Excel | DocumentedViewerEditorOpen |
.XLSB | Excel binary workbook | Excel’s binary workbook since 2007: the XLSX package with binary records instead of XML. | Microsoft Excel | DocumentedViewerEditorOpen |
.XLSX | Excel workbook | Microsoft Excel’s ZIP package of sheets, shared strings and styles. | Microsoft Excel | DocumentedViewerEditorOpen |
.XM | FastTracker 2 Extended Module | PC tracker song: packed patterns and multi-sample instruments with envelopes. | OpenMPT | DocumentedViewerEditorOpen |
.XML | Extensible Markup Language | Nested elements with tags and attributes, written as text. | Visual Studio Code | DocumentedViewerEditorOpen |
.XPM | X PixMap | Colour X Window System icons written as C strings, one character per pixel. | GIMP | DocumentedViewerEditorOpen |
.XPS | XML Paper Specification | Microsoft’s fixed pages: XML page descriptions, fonts and images in a ZIP package. | XPS Viewer | DocumentedViewerEditorOpen |
.XSPF | XML Shareable Playlist Format | Xiph’s open XML playlist: a trackList of locations, titles and durations. | VLC media player | DocumentedViewerEditorOpen |
.XYZ | Text point cloud | The plainest point cloud: one line of X, Y and Z per point, often with extra columns. | CloudCompare | DocumentedViewerEditorOpen |
.XZ | XZ compressed file | One file compressed with LZMA2, in indexed, checked blocks. | 7-Zip | DocumentedViewerEditorOpen |
.X_T | Parasolid model | Exact solids saved by the Parasolid kernel, shared between SolidWorks, NX and others. | SolidWorks | DocumentedViewerEditorOpen |