Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your OSU file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert OSU to another file type
To convert your OSU file to another format, you need osu! or other Game software.
Convert a file to OSU
To convert other file formats to the "Beatmap Configuration" file type, you need software like osu! or a similar tool.
About OSU files
The .OSU file extension serves as the blueprint for beatmaps in the rhythm game osu!. These are essentially plain text files that define the placement of hit circles, sliders, and spinners, as well as timing points and difficulty settings. While the format is human-readable, a common point of friction is the misconception that the .OSU file contains the song itself. In reality, it is merely a script that references an external audio file (usually MP3 or OGG) and background images located in the same directory. Users attempting to "play" a standalone .OSU file in a media player will fail because the audio data is missing. Furthermore, these files are version-dependent; older versions of osu! may not parse modern slider mechanics correctly. For developers or players migrating to other simulators like StepMania or Quaver, converting .OSU to SM, SSC, or JSON is necessary to translate the rhythm patterns. For archiving or manual editing, converting to standard TXT allows for easy syntax highlighting and diff checking without opening the game editor.
Convert.Guru analyzes your OSU file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert OSU file to MP4, EXE, ISO, BIN, CUE, PAK, WAD, PK3, PK4, BSP, MAP or SAV, you can use osu! or similar software from the "Rhythm Game Beatmap" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MOD, BIN, CFG, SCX, DAT, MPQ, LOG, CUE, INI, EXE, SCM or ISO files to OSU, try osu! or another comparable tool in the "Rhythm Game Beatmap" category.
The OSU 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 OSU converter.