BUILD Converter

Extract text from BUILD files


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

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

Convert BUILD to another file type

To convert your BUILD file to another format, you need NAnt or other Developer software.

Convert a file to BUILD

To convert other file formats to the "Build Configuration" file type, you need software like NAnt or a similar tool.


About BUILD files

A .build file is primarily associated with NAnt, a legacy NET build tool based on Java's Ant, or the modern Meson Build System. In the NAnt context, these files contain XML-structured instructions for compiling code, running tests, and deploying applications. While human-readable, they are useless without the specific build engine installed and often lock projects into outdated workflows. Users frequently need to convert these files to PDF to document legacy build logic for compliance or archiving without installing the entire NAnt toolchain. For modern developers using Meson, meson.build files define build configurations in a Python-like syntax; converting these to Text or PDF allows for easier code review and sharing outside the IDE. Practical problems include the inability to open these files in standard web browsers and the complexity of migrating the logic to modern systems like MSBuild or CMake.

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

Users also converted GPC, PY and TCL files.


FAQ

If you want to convert BUILD file to , you can use NAnt or similar software from the "Build Automation Script" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert files to BUILD, try NAnt or another comparable tool in the "Build Automation Script" category.



The BUILD 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 BUILD converter.