Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your PKG file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert PKG to another file type
To convert PKG packages to another format, you need Apple Installer or other Compressed software.
Convert a file to PKG
To convert other file formats to the "Installer Archive Format" file type, you need software like Apple Installer or a similar tool.
About PKG files
The .pkg file extension represents a container format primarily used for software distribution and installation. The most common variants are macOS Software Installer Packages created by Apple, Sony PlayStation Game Packages for PS3 and PS4 consoles, and animated scene archives for Wallpaper Engine. On macOS, these files utilize the XAR (eXtensible ARchive) format to bundle executable payloads, resource files, and installation scripts. In the CAD sector, PTC Creo uses .pkg as a standard ZIP archive to bundle 3D models. The main disadvantage of .pkg files is their severe platform-lock and opacity. A macOS .pkg cannot be natively executed on Windows or Linux, and running an installer blindly poses a security risk. Users frequently need to extract the contents to inspect the payload, modify installation scripts, or bypass mandatory OS version checks. Furthermore, PlayStation .pkg files are encrypted and locked to Sony's proprietary DRM ecosystem, making them useless on standard PCs without specialized decryption software. To bypass these limitations for inspection and cross-platform access, you should extract or convert your .pkg to standard archive formats like ZIP, TAR, or GZ.
Convert.Guru analyzes your PKG file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert PKG file to ISO, ELF, DMG, ZIP, BIN, MP4, OBJ, FBX, DAE, 3DS, MAX or BLEND, you can use Apple Installer or similar software from the "Software and Game Installation Packages" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DWG, DAE, X3D, IGES, WRL, JT, SKP, 3DS, 3DM, OBJ, STEP or FBX files to PKG, try Apple Installer or another comparable tool in the "Software and Game Installation Packages" category.
The PKG 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 PKG converter.