Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your PED file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert PED to another file type
To convert PED data files to another format, you need PLINK or other Data software.
Convert a file to PED
To convert other file formats to the "Text Data File" file type, you need software like PLINK or a similar tool.
About PED files
The .PED file format serves multiple distinct purposes depending on the software environment, but it most commonly functions as a pedestrian personality data file for the Grand Theft Auto (GTA) video game series. In this context, it stores parameters that dictate how non-playable characters (NPCs) react to the player, traffic, and weapons. Another major use is within the PLINK whole genome association analysis toolset, where .PED files contain genetic pedigree information alongside a corresponding MAP file. Less frequently, it acts as a French EDI tax declaration (EDI-TDFC) or a Performance Electronics PE3 engine calibration file. The main disadvantage of .PED files is their high specificity and lack of native support in standard operating systems. Gamers and genetic researchers often struggle to open or modify these files without the exact legacy software or command-line tools. Furthermore, raw pedigree text files can become excessively large, making them difficult to load in standard text editors. To overcome these limitations, you need to convert or parse the data into accessible formats. For modding or basic data review, converting to TXT or CSV is ideal. For archiving genetic datasets, converting to binary formats like BED saves significant storage space. Drop your file here to analyze and convert it securely right in your browser.
Convert.Guru analyzes your PED file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert PED file to CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF, DAT, DB or SQL, you can use PLINK or similar software from the "Game Data or Genetic Pedigree" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DBF, XML, SQLITE, XLSX, SQL, TSV, ACCDB, YAML, MDB, CSV, ODS or JSON files to PED, try PLINK or another comparable tool in the "Game Data or Genetic Pedigree" category.
The PED 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 PED converter.