BKS Converter

Extract text from BKS files


Drop or upload your .BKS file
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How to extract text from your BKS file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your BKS file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert BKS to another file type

To convert your BKS file to another format, you need KeyStore Explorer or other Developer software.

  • BKS to INI
  • BKS to CFG
  • BKS to CONF
  • BKS to CONFIG
  • BKS to JSON
  • BKS to XML
  • BKS to YAML
  • BKS to YML
  • BKS to TOML
  • BKS to ENV
  • BKS to PROPERTIES
  • BKS to RC

Convert a file to BKS

To convert other file formats to the "Security Certificate Keystore" file type, you need software like KeyStore Explorer or a similar tool.

  • ZSHRC to BKS
  • CONF to BKS
  • RCFILE to BKS
  • GITCONFIG to BKS
  • RC to BKS
  • PLIST to BKS
  • BASHRC to BKS
  • CONFIG to BKS
  • PROFILE to BKS
  • INI to BKS
  • PREFS to BKS
  • CFG to BKS

About BKS files

The .BKS file extension primarily represents a Bouncy Castle Keystore, a repository used to store cryptographic keys and certificates. Unlike the standard JKS (Java KeyStore) or the industry-agnostic P12 (PKCS#12), .BKS files are generated using the Bouncy Castle cryptography provider. This format is heavily utilized in Android development and legacy Java applications that require specific encryption algorithms not supported by the default Java runtime.

Working with .BKS files is often a source of frustration for developers and system administrators because standard tools like the default Java keytool cannot read them without manually appending the Bouncy Castle provider .jar to the classpath. This proprietary lock-in makes the files inaccessible to standard web servers (like Nginx or Apache) and many third-party SSL tools. To fix compatibility issues, users typically need to convert .BKS to P12 (PKCS#12) for broad software support or JKS for standard Java environments. For retrieving individual certificates, conversion to PEM or CRT is often required.

Note on File Collisions: A .BKS file may also be a legacy spreadsheet backup created by Microsoft Works or a financial data backup from Wolters Kluwer Bokslut. These distinct formats are incompatible with cryptographic tools and typically require conversion to XLSX (Excel) or PDF for modern archiving.

Convert.Guru analyzes your BKS file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted BKF, SCD, PL1 and RPD files.



The BKS Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our BKS converter.