How to extract text from your CL file
- Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your CL file.
- You’ll see a preview, if available.
- Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert CL to another file type
To convert your CL file to another format, you need Visual Studio Code or other Developer software.
- CL to L
- CL to DL
- CL to CSV
- CL to JSON
- CL to XML
- CL to YAML
- CL to YML
- CL to TOML
- CL to INI
- CL to CFG
- CL to CONF
- CL to DAT
Convert a file to CL
To convert other file formats to the "Source Code File" file type, you need software like Visual Studio Code or a similar tool.
- DBF to CL
- XML to CL
- SQLITE to CL
- XLSX to CL
- SQL to CL
- TSV to CL
- ACCDB to CL
- YAML to CL
- MDB to CL
- CSV to CL
- ODS to CL
- JSON to CL
About CL files
The .CL extension is a classic example of file format collision, most commonly representing OpenCL (Open Computing Language) source code. These files contain C-based programming instructions used to execute parallel computing tasks across GPUs and CPUs. While they are essentially plain text, opening them in standard processors like Microsoft Word often results in formatting errors or encoding issues. For documentation or archiving, users frequently convert OpenCL code to PDF to preserve syntax formatting without risking accidental edits. However, the .CL extension is also used by Aha-Soft for Cursor Libraries - binary collections of mouse cursors that standard image viewers cannot open. This is a common source of problems for designers who need to extract specific icons; converting these libraries to PNG or ICO is the only way to access the visual assets inside. Additionally, mobile users may encounter CM Locker theme packages using this extension, which are actually renamed ZIP archives. Because the operating system often misidentifies the file type based on the ambiguous extension, your best bet is to check the file header or use a dedicated conversion tool to determine the correct format and convert it to a usable target like PDF, PNG, or ZIP.
Convert.Guru analyzes your CL file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted VC, VBS, PY, L and DL files.
The CL 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 CL converter.