Extract text from IMPORT files
To convert your IMPORT file to another format, you need Godot Engine or other Developer software.
To convert other file formats to the "Game Engine Metadata" file type, you need software like Godot Engine or a similar tool.
A .IMPORT file is an automatic configuration file generated by the Godot Engine whenever an external asset (such as a PNG image, WAV audio, or GLTF model) is added to a project. These files serve as the bridge between your raw source files and the engine's internal format.
Inside, the file contains plain text data describing how the asset should be processed - including settings for texture compression, filter flags, loop points, and mipmap generation. It also includes a hash of the source file to track changes. Crucially, the .IMPORT file does not contain the actual image or audio data. It is purely metadata. Users often struggle when trying to recover lost assets; if you have image.png.import but deleted image.png, you cannot convert the .import file back into an image. It only points to a hidden, internal binary version located in the project's .godot/imported/ folder. For most users, the goal is not to 'convert' this file for use in other software, but to parse it into JSON or TXT to inspect import parameters without launching the full game engine.
Convert.Guru analyzes your IMPORT file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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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 IMPORT converter.