ECP Converter

Extract text from Digital signature files (ECP)


Drop or upload your .ECP file

How to extract text from your ECP file

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

Convert ECP to another file type

To convert ECP Signatures to another format, you need Diia & Epilog or other Encoded software.

Convert a file to ECP

To convert other file formats to the "Signature or Machine Data" file type, you need software like Diia & Epilog or a similar tool.


About ECP files

The .ecp extension is shared by several completely distinct software ecosystems, making it a notoriously confusing file format. Most frequently, it functions as a Ukrainian digitally signed document (utilizing an internal certificate2 format) managed by state services like Diia or NAIS platforms to verify electronic identities. Alternatively, it is a laser engraver job file used by Epilog Laser and LightBurn, which stores compiled machine instructions inside a proprietary Microsoft Compound container. Other highly technical applications include WAGO e!COCKPIT PLC automation files (stored as ZIP archives), electronic catalog orders (JSON), KROS Cenkros construction budgets (XML), and network packet capture logs from Ettercap.

These diverse formats are united by one major disadvantage: they are highly specialized, proprietary, and useless outside their parent software. Users often attempt to convert a laser cutter .ecp file back into a vector format like SVG or DXF, or try to open a Diia signature as a standard PDF. However, standard online converters fail because an .ecp file does not contain standard image or text data; it contains closed machine code or cryptographic hashes. Whether it relies on an embedded ZIP, JSON, XML, or Microsoft Compound structure, our system will inspect the internal content, reveal text where available, and extract underlying data if the format allows.

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

Users also converted EPS, PDF, LBRN2, GC and LBRN files.


FAQ

If you want to convert ECP file to BASE64, HEX, BIN, ENC, CRYPT, AES, DES, RSA, PGP, GPG, ASC or KEY, you can use Diia & Epilog or similar software from the "Digital Signatures & Laser Jobs" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert CER, BIN, PEM, DER, KEY, P7S, PFX, ENC, P12, BASE64, P7B or HEX files to ECP, try Diia & Epilog or another comparable tool in the "Digital Signatures & Laser Jobs" category.



The ECP 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 ECP converter.