Convert FRM files online for free
The converter easily converts your FRM file to various formats - free and online. No MySQL or extra software needed.
The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other Database formats to FRM with high quality output.
The .frm extension represents two distinct but critical technical formats. Most commonly, it is a MySQL Table Definition file used by legacy versions of MySQL (prior to 8.0) to store the database schema - defining column names, data types, and table structure. These files are binary and cannot be opened in text editors; furthermore, they contain no actual data records (which are stored in accompanying MYD or IBD files). Users often encounter these during server recovery and struggle to view the table design without a running database instance. For these users, the goal is converting the binary structure into a readable SQL CREATE TABLE statement or TXT documentation.
Alternatively, a .frm file may be a Visual Basic Form file from the legacy Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 era. These text-based files contain the GUI layout and source code for a specific window in an application. While often readable in Notepad, they may reference external binary assets (frx files) that break compatibility if missing. Developers need to convert these to plain TXT to extract logic or migrate code to modern languages like NET.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your FRM file.
Users also converted IBD, MYD, MYI, IDB, OPT, IB_LOGFILE0, IBDATA1, FRX, ENYK, FRAME, VBP, ZIP and IB_LOGFILE1 files.
If you want to convert FRM file to SQL, DB, SQLITE, SQLITE3, MDB, ACCDB, DBF, ODB, FDB, GDB, MYD or BAK, you can use MySQL Server or similar software from the "Database Schema Definition" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert NDF, SQLITE3, BAK, RDB, SQL, DB4, MDF, MDB, LDF, DB, DB3 or SQLITE files to FRM, try MySQL Server or another comparable tool in the "Database Schema Definition" 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 FRM converter.