EV3 Converter

Extract text from EV3 files

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Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your EV3 file.
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Convert EV3 to another file type

To convert your EV3 file to another format, you need LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 or other Developer software.

EV3 to LMSP
EV3 to JS
EV3 to TS
EV3 to PY
EV3 to JAVA
EV3 to CPP
EV3 to C
EV3 to CS
EV3 to PHP
EV3 to RB
EV3 to GO
EV3 to RS

Convert a file to EV3

To convert other file formats to the "Robotics Project Container" file type, you need software like LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 or a similar tool.

SH to EV3
PY to EV3
KT to EV3
PS1 to EV3
SWIFT to EV3
LUA to EV3
PL to EV3
JAVA to EV3
SCALA to EV3
JS to EV3
VBS to EV3
TS to EV3

About EV3 files

The .EV3 file extension represents two distinct proprietary formats, creating frequent confusion for users.

1. LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Project (Primary Use)

Most commonly, this is a compressed project archive created by the now-discontinued LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Home Edition. These files contain your robot's visual programming blocks, sound effects (MySound.rsf), and images (MyImage.rgf).

Common Friction Points:

Proprietary Lock-in: The official LEGO software is large, aging, and difficult to install on modern macOS or Windows 11 systems.
Opaque Structure: Users often want to extract a specific sound recording or image but cannot see inside the package.
Migration Needs: Educators and hobbyists are moving to Python or Scratch, but .ev3 block code does not automatically convert to text-based code.

Best Conversion Targets:

To Extract Assets: Since the file is essentially a renamed ZIP archive, you can rename the extension from .ev3 to .zip and open it with 7-Zip or WinZip. This allows you to extract WAV audio (converted from .rsf) or PNG images (from .rgf).
To Code: There is no direct converter for blocks-to-Python. Users must manually rewrite logic using Visual Studio Code with the ev3dev or Pybricks libraries.

2. Hy-Tek Swim Meet Event File

In competitive swimming, this file contains meet definitions (events, qualifying times, session setups) exported by Hy-Tek MEET MANAGER.

Practical Constraints:

Compatibility: This is a database export meant solely for import into Team Manager. It cannot be opened by Excel or text editors meaningfully.
Conversion: To view this data in a spreadsheet, you must import it into the Hy-Tek software and export a CSV or PDF report.

Convert.Guru analyzes your EV3 file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted HYV, EV3P, EV3S, LMSP, ZIP, EV3B, RBF, TXT, PDF, PY, PLN, PNG and JPG files.

The EV3 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 EV3 converter.