Extract text from FreeMarker templates (FTL)
To convert FTL templates to another format, you need Apache FreeMarker or other Developer software.
To convert other file formats to the "Template File" file type, you need software like Apache FreeMarker or a similar tool.
The .FTL file extension primarily acts as a FreeMarker Template Language file. Used by the Apache FreeMarker engine in Java applications, these files generate dynamic web pages, emails, and source code by combining static HTML or XML with dynamic variables. Other common uses include game modification packages for the game FTL: Faster Than Light, structural analysis models for Ftool, localization strings in Mozilla's Fluent format, and legacy databases from Family Tree Legends.
The primary disadvantage of a FreeMarker .FTL file is that it is just raw, unrendered code. Without the backend data model supplying the variables, you cannot view the final output natively in a web browser. It is strictly a developer-facing format. Furthermore, FTL game mods can be confusing for casual players to unpack manually, and Family Tree Legends is entirely obsolete, trapping valuable genealogical data in a dead, proprietary format.
To overcome these limitations, conversion is necessary. For developers and web designers, convert .FTL to HTML or TXT to safely view and edit the markup structure. If you are handling an FTL game mod, these are technically compressed archives; convert them to ZIP to easily extract the audio and graphics. For legacy family tree files, converting to the universal GEDCOM format is critical for migrating your ancestry data to modern software. Just drag and drop your file here to analyze and convert it - free, online, and without installing software.
Convert.Guru analyzes your FTL file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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If you want to convert FTL file to HTML, PDF, JS, TS, PY, JAVA, CPP, C, CS, PHP, RB or GO, you can use Apache FreeMarker or similar software from the "Web Template Generation" 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 FTL, try Apache FreeMarker or another comparable tool in the "Web Template Generation" category.
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