Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your CHT file.
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Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert CHT to another file type
To convert CHT Cheat files to another format, you need RetroArch or other Game software.
Convert a file to CHT
To convert other file formats to the "Emulator Cheat File" file type, you need software like RetroArch or a similar tool.
About CHT files
The .cht file format suffers from high fragmentation, primarily serving two completely unrelated industries. In the gaming world, it acts as a cheat code configuration file for emulators like RetroArch, Cheat Engine, and legacy GameShark or Action Replay devices. In the financial sector, it is a proprietary workspace file used by Sierra Chart to store trading chartbook layouts, technical studies, and application settings. Minor legacy uses also include ICQ chat histories and Harvard Graphics presentations. Because the extension is shared, operating systems cannot natively distinguish between a text-based cheat file and a complex binary financial chartbook. This creates deep workflow friction. Emulator .cht files suffer from syntax fragmentation; a cheat file written for one emulator core will rarely work in another without manual modification. Sierra Chart .cht files are even more restrictive, operating as closed ecosystem files that cannot be imported into rival platforms like MetaTrader or TradingView. They are not supported by web browsers and require a paid desktop software license to view properly. To bypass these limitations, conversion is necessary. For gaming files, convert .cht to TXT or XML to easily read, edit, and port memory addresses between emulators. For financial chartbooks, extracting raw workspace data to CSV or JSON allows for external analysis, though visual indicators will be lost. Drop your file here to analyze and convert it securely right in your browser - free, online, and without installing software.
Convert.Guru analyzes your CHT file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert CHT file to CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF, DAT, DB or SQL, you can use RetroArch or similar software from the "Emulator Cheats & Chartbooks" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DBF, XML, SQLITE, XLSX, SQL, TSV, ACCDB, YAML, MDB, CSV, ODS or JSON files to CHT, try RetroArch or another comparable tool in the "Emulator Cheats & Chartbooks" category.
The CHT 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 CHT converter.