Extract text from BibTeX style files (BST)
To convert BST styles to another format, you need LaTeX or other Settings software.
To convert other file formats to the "Configuration File" file type, you need software like LaTeX or a similar tool.
The .BST file extension primarily represents a BibTeX Bibliography Style document. Used almost exclusively within the LaTeX typesetting system, these plain text files contain macros and formatting instructions that dictate how references and citations appear in academic papers. Other specialized software also use the .BST extension, including Allplan for CAD batch printing sets (stored as XML), Basler Electric for relay settings databases (JetDB), and Thea Render for 3D render scene files.
The main disadvantage of a .BST file is its extremely specialized nature. Writing or editing BibTeX style files requires learning a complex, stack-based programming language that is difficult to master. These files are not meant to be read directly by non-technical users or standard word processors like Microsoft Word. Furthermore, the proprietary nature of the CAD, relay settings, and render scene variants means you must often have an expensive, specialized software license just to open them.
Users frequently want to convert text-based .BST files into more accessible formats like TXT or XML to review the styling logic without setting up a full LaTeX environment. However, converting proprietary 3D or database .BST files directly into common formats is notoriously difficult. Because these are often closed formats, standard online converters fail to process them, and typically only the original software can correctly parse or export the embedded data. Even if the file belongs to a proprietary software ecosystem, our analysis engine can inspect the raw data to see if there is supported underlying text or XML content, making viewing or partial conversion possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your BST file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted BST4, CLS, ZIP, TEX, BIB, JPG, PDF, ACSM, BBL, BIBTEX, IST, EST and PST files.
If you want to convert BST file to IST, EST, PST, GMT, CST, TMP, TEMP, CACHE, LOG, BAK, OLD or NEW, you can use LaTeX or similar software from the "Bibliography Style Formatting" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DEVICE, CACHE, SOCK, SYMLINK, PID, MOUNT, FIFO, LOG, PIPE, TMP, JUNCTION or TEMP files to BST, try LaTeX or another comparable tool in the "Bibliography Style Formatting" category.
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 BST converter.