HS Converter

Extract text from HS files


Drop or upload your .HS file
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How to extract text from your HS file

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

Convert HS to another file type

To convert your HS file to another format, you need GHC or other Developer software.

  • HS to HRC
  • HS to HTS
  • HS to S
  • HS to JS
  • HS to TS
  • HS to PY
  • HS to JAVA
  • HS to CPP
  • HS to C
  • HS to CS
  • HS to PHP
  • HS to RB

Convert a file to HS

To convert other file formats to the "Source Code File" file type, you need software like GHC or a similar tool.

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

About HS files

The .hs extension primarily identifies source code written in Haskell, a standardized, purely functional programming language. These text-based files contain the logical instructions, functions, and type definitions that developers write to build software. While .hs files are technically plain text, they present significant usability hurdles outside a development environment. Opening them in basic editors like Notepad often results in poor formatting and a lack of syntax highlighting, making the code difficult to read or review. Furthermore, they cannot be "run" without installing the Glasgow Haskell Compiler (GHC), which creates a barrier for non-technical users trying to inspect the logic.

A notable secondary use for this extension is in industrial manufacturing, where it serves as a proprietary laser marking design file for Han's Laser machines (often UTF-16 encoded). These files are locked to specific hardware software, making them impossible to view on standard PCs without conversion. Legacy systems may also use .hs for Java HelpSets (XML-based) or Wonderware InTouch historical logs.

To bridge these gaps, users typically convert Haskell files to PDF to preserve syntax coloring for documentation, HTML for web publishing, or generic TXT for universal compatibility. For industrial Han's Laser files, the conversion goal is usually standard CAD formats, though this is often restricted by vendor lock-in.

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

Users also converted H5, TXT, DOCX, LHS, ML, CPP, HRC, HTS and S files.



The HS 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 HS converter.