Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your NPS file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert NPS to another file type
To convert NPS files to another format, you need NetBeans or other Developer software.
Convert a file to NPS
To convert other file formats to the "Profiler Snapshot File" file type, you need software like NetBeans or a similar tool.
About NPS files
The .NPS file extension primarily represents a NetBeans Profiler Snapshot, generated by the NetBeans Profiler or VisualVM. These files capture memory usage, CPU performance, and thread activity of Java applications at a specific moment in time. Alternatively, an .NPS file can be a CAD or GIS project created by Netcad, or a database backup from Sage Fundraising 50 which relies on Microsoft SQL Server. These files present significant compatibility challenges. Profiler snapshots are heavily proprietary and practically useless without installing a bulky Java IDE. Netcad project files are locked into a closed ecosystem, often requiring expensive licenses to view basic geospatial or architectural data. Sage database backups are equally isolated, requiring a specific SQL Server instance to restore. Users typically want to convert these files to bypass these restrictions. Profiler data is better shared as CSV or XML for team analysis. Netcad users usually need standard DWG or DXF formats to collaborate with AutoCAD users. Standard online converters fail with .NPS files because the format is highly specific and lacks open documentation. Converting a profiler snapshot or database backup directly via a generic tool is impossible. Only the original software can properly read or export the structured data. However, the Netcad variant is known to use standard ZIP compression under the hood.
Convert.Guru analyzes your NPS file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert NPS file to UPS, DN, NRI, NB, BAK, BACKUP, OLD, TMP, TEMP, ARC, ZIP or TAR, you can use NetBeans or similar software from the "Developer Profiling & CAD Projects" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert SNAPSHOT, OLD, IMG, RESTORE, ISO, COPY, VMDK, TMP, VHD, BAK, ARCHIVE or BACKUP files to NPS, try NetBeans or another comparable tool in the "Developer Profiling & CAD Projects" category.
The NPS 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 NPS converter.