Extract text from PPK files
To convert your PPK file to another format, you need PuTTY or other System software.
To convert other file formats to the "SSH Private Key" file type, you need software like PuTTY or a similar tool.
Most .ppk files are PuTTY Private Keys, a proprietary format generated by PuTTYgen for the PuTTY SSH client on Windows. These files store the private component of an encryption key pair used for secure, password-less server authentication.
The Challenge: While standard on Windows, the .ppk format is incompatible with the native OpenSSH clients found on macOS and Linux systems. Users attempting to use a .ppk file with the terminal ssh command will encounter format errors. Furthermore, cross-platform developers often face friction when keys generated in Windows need to be used in CI/CD pipelines or cloud environments (like AWS) that expect PEM formatted keys.
The Solution:
Convert.Guru analyzes your PPK file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted ID_RSA, PEM, PPTX, PEPK, PKK, PVK, SSH, KEY, PUB, TXT, JPG, PKPASS and PDF files.
If you want to convert PPK file to PEM, KEY, PPM, TMP, TEMP, CACHE, LOG, BAK, OLD, NEW, PART or DOWNLOAD, you can use PuTTY or similar software from the "SSH Authentication Key" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DEVICE, CACHE, SOCK, SYMLINK, PID, MOUNT, FIFO, LOG, PIPE, TMP, JUNCTION or TEMP files to PPK, try PuTTY or another comparable tool in the "SSH Authentication Key" category.
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 PPK converter.