KRX Converter

Extract text from Hungarian e-Papír documents (KRX)


Drop or upload your .KRX file

How to extract text from your KRX file

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

Convert KRX to another file type

To convert KRX document containers to another format, you need Hungarian e-Papír or other Compressed software.

Convert a file to KRX

To convert other file formats to the "Document Container Archive" file type, you need software like Hungarian e-Papír or a similar tool.


About KRX files

The .krx file is a specialized electronic document container utilized primarily by the Hungarian e-Papír service. It serves as a secure envelope for transmitting authenticated files between citizens, businesses, and government agencies in Hungary. Users typically interact with these files when downloading official responses, forms, or receipts from the government portal.

The major disadvantage of a .krx file is its extreme localization. Outside of the Hungarian government infrastructure, standard document viewers and operating systems do not recognize it. Attempting to open a .krx file offline usually results in an 'unsupported file format' error. This forces users to constantly log into the official portal just to read a document. The format acts as a closed, proprietary wrapper designed for secure transmission, making it highly inconvenient for user-friendly archiving, offline viewing, or sending to international partners.

To share these documents easily, users must extract the underlying contents. The best target formats for a .krx file are standard PDF and XML files. Structurally, the .krx format is identical to a standard ZIP archive. It holds standard readable files inside, though extracting them manually may break the overall container's digital signature validation.

This file format is difficult to open or convert because standard software tools rely strictly on the file extension and fail to recognize the internal structure. Often, only the original government software can properly read or export the data with full authentication. Our system detects the underlying ZIP format, allowing you to seamlessly extract the internal PDF or XML data without navigating the official platform.

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

Users also converted ZIP, XML, ASICE, GZ, IO and LZH files.


FAQ

If you want to convert KRX file to SYS, DLL, EXE, DRV, VXD, 386, COM, BAT, CMD, SCR, PIF or LNK, you can use Hungarian e-Papír or similar software from the "Secure Electronic Document Transfer" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert MSI, EXE, REG, MST, LNK, CAB, CAT, DRV, INF, SYS, MSU or DLL files to KRX, try Hungarian e-Papír or another comparable tool in the "Secure Electronic Document Transfer" category.



The KRX 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 KRX converter.