Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your DBS file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert DBS to another file type
To convert DBS schemas to another format, you need DbSchema or other Database software.
Convert a file to DBS
To convert other file formats to the "Database Project File" file type, you need software like DbSchema or a similar tool.
About DBS files
A .DBS file is a multi-purpose data extension primarily used to store database schemas, application project settings, or local software data repositories. The most common variants include kitchen layout projects saved by Brosko Kitchen Planner (stored internally as JSON) and database schema structures exported by DbSchema (stored as XML). Other enterprise systems, like Sage 50 Accounts and SQLite, also use the .DBS extension for accounting data or relational database tables. You can open these files using their native applications such as DbSchema, SQLite, or Sage 50 Accounts. Users often need to convert .DBS files because the original software is proprietary, expensive, or no longer accessible. Furthermore, the format poses massive conversion challenges because the extension is fragmented - a single .DBS file could be a 3D kitchen layout, a satellite receiver channel list, or a hydraulic fracturing dataset. Standard online converters invariably fail because they misidentify the file or corrupt its structure. If the file is a text-based variant, converting to JSON, XML, or TXT is the best approach to extract raw data. For database variants, exporting to SQL or CSV is standard, though relational database mapping is often lost without the native app. Because most .DBS formats are closed and proprietary, they are difficult to open or convert. Often, only the original software can properly read or export the data. Just drag and drop your file to identify the format, view it, and convert it when possible. convert.guru can still identify the file format, inspect the file, and show text or internal content. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your DBS file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert DBS file to OBJ, FBX, DAE, 3DS, MAX, BLEND, MA, MB, C4D, STL, PLY or WRL, you can use DbSchema or similar software from the "Application Data Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DWG, DAE, X3D, IGES, WRL, JT, SKP, 3DS, 3DM, OBJ, STEP or FBX files to DBS, try DbSchema or another comparable tool in the "Application Data Storage" category.
The DBS 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 DBS converter.