Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your NT file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert NT to another file type
To convert NT N-Triples to another format, you need Apache Jena or other Data software.
Convert a file to NT
To convert other file formats to the "RDF Graph Data" file type, you need software like Apache Jena or a similar tool.
About NT files
An .nt file is a plain-text document storing Semantic Web data in the W3C N-Triples format. Each line contains a subject, predicate, and object (a 'triple') describing connected data points. You can process them using graph database frameworks like Apache Jena or open them in basic text editors like Notepad++. However, the .nt format is notoriously bloated and impractical for everyday use. Because it strictly forbids namespace abbreviations, every single line must repeat full, lengthy URIs. This extreme redundancy creates massive files that consume excess storage, are agonizingly slow to transfer over a network, and are nearly impossible for a human to read directly. Opening a large N-Triples dump will frequently cause standard text editors to freeze or crash. To solve these limits, you must convert the file to a more practical format. For modern web development and API delivery, convert to JSON-LD. If you need a human-readable graph file with a compact syntax, convert to Turtle (.ttl). For basic data extraction and spreadsheet review, convert the triples to CSV.
Convert.Guru analyzes your NT file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert NT file to SGD, PHP, MYR, SYS, DLL, EXE, DRV, VXD, 386, COM, BAT or CMD, you can use Apache Jena or similar software from the "Semantic Web Graph Data" 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 NT, try Apache Jena or another comparable tool in the "Semantic Web Graph Data" category.
The NT 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 NT converter.