Extract text from ERB files
To convert your ERB file to another format, you need Ruby on Rails or other Developer software.
To convert other file formats to the "Server-Side Template" file type, you need software like Ruby on Rails or a similar tool.
The .ERB extension is shared primarily between Embedded Ruby templates used in web development and Austrian Electronic Invoices (e-Rechnung an den Bund).
For developers, an .ERB file is a text document containing static text (often HTML) mixed with Ruby code inside <% %> tags. These files are the backbone of Ruby on Rails views. A common problem is that .ERB files are raw source code; they cannot be opened in a browser to see the final layout because the Ruby code must be processed by a server first. To preview the design or share it with non-developers, you typically need to convert (render) the .ERB to standard HTML.
For Austrian business users, an .ERB file is a specific XML-based invoice format used for government billing. These files are designed for machine processing by the e-Rechnung.gv.at platform, not for human reading. Users often struggle because standard PDF viewers cannot open them, and raw text editors display confusing XML tags. To archive these invoices or read them legally, the best workflow is converting the .ERB data into a human-readable PDF or visual HTML representation.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your ERB file.
Users also converted TXT, GO, INC, ASC, HAML and EPP files.
If you want to convert ERB file to HAML, EPP, JS, TS, PY, JAVA, CPP, C, CS, PHP, RB or GO, you can use Ruby on Rails or similar software from the "Server-Side Web Templating" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert SH, PY, KT, PS1, SWIFT, LUA, PL, JAVA, SCALA, JS, VBS or TS files to ERB, try Ruby on Rails or another comparable tool in the "Server-Side Web Templating" category.
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 ERB converter.