CBR Converter

Convert CBR files online for free

Select File
Drop or upload your .CBR file

Online File Converter

✈

How to convert your CBR file

Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your CBR file.
You'll see a preview.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.

Convert CBR to another file type

The converter easily converts your CBR file to various formats - free and online. No Kindle or extra software needed.

CBR to PDF
CBR to EPUB
CBR to MOBI

Convert a file to CBR

The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other E-Book formats to CBR with high quality output.

About CBR files

A .CBR file is a compressed archive used principally for digital comic books, containing a sequence of image files (usually JPG or PNG) wrapped in RAR compression. Structurally, it is identical to a standard RAR archive but is renamed to .CBR to designate it as viewable content for specialized software like CDisplayEx or YACReader.

While popular in the manga and comic communities, .CBR files present significant hurdles for general users. Because they are proprietary archives, they cannot be opened natively by most operating systems, web browsers, or standard PDF viewers like Adobe Acrobat. Users often find themselves unable to read the content on mobile devices or e-readers (such as the Amazon Kindle) without installing third-party apps or performing complex manual extraction. Additionally, the file size can be unwieldy compared to optimized document formats.

To overcome these compatibility issues, the best solution is conversion:

For Universal Reading & Archiving: Convert to PDF. This ensures the comic can be opened on any device, from desktops to tablets, without specialized software.
For E-Readers: Convert to EPUB or MOBI for compatibility with devices like Kobo or Kindle, allowing for better library management in software like Calibre.
For Image Extraction: Convert to JPG or PNG to extract the individual pages as separate images for editing or sharing.

Convert.guru allows you to view the contents of your .CBR file instantly and convert it to your preferred format without the need for unzipping tools.

Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your CBR file.

Users also converted CBZ, CRB, RU, CPR, GDG, CBF, CBT, CHR, CRG, CBX, CVR, CRP and KFX files.

FAQ

If you want to convert CBR file to CBZ, JPG, MPA, ZIP, RAR, 7Z, TAR, GZ or BZ2, you can use CDisplayEx or similar software from the "Digital Comic Book Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert XXE, 7Z, Z, PAK, LHA, DEB, UUE, TAR, LZH, ZIP, PKG or RAR files to CBR, try CDisplayEx or another comparable tool in the "Digital Comic Book Storage" category.

The CBR 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 CBR converter.