PYT Converter

Extract text from Python toolboxes (PYT)


Drop or upload your .PYT file
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How to extract text from your PYT file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your PYT file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert PYT to another file type

To convert PYT toolboxes to another format, you need ArcGIS Pro or other GIS software.

Convert a file to PYT

To convert other file formats to the "Python Toolbox Script" file type, you need software like ArcGIS Pro or a similar tool.


About PYT files

The .PYT file extension stands for a Python Toolbox, primarily used within Esri ArcGIS Pro. It is a plain text file written in Python that defines custom GIS geoprocessing tools, parameters, and execution logic. You can open these files using standard code editors like Visual Studio Code, but running them requires an active ArcGIS license and the proprietary arcpy site package. The main disadvantage of the .PYT format is its strict dependency on the Esri environment. You cannot execute it on a standard Python installation. Furthermore, sharing .PYT files often triggers email security blocks because they are executable scripts. Users often need to convert .PYT files to standard .PY files to edit the code outside of ArcGIS, or to .TXT to safely email the code without triggering antivirus filters. They can also be converted to .PDF for documentation and code review. Because it is a specialized GIS script, standard document converters fail to process it.

Convert.Guru analyzes your PYT file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.


FAQ

If you want to convert PYT file to SHP, KML, KMZ, GPX, GEOJSON, TOPOJSON, TIF, TIFF, ECW, SID, IMG or DEM, you can use ArcGIS Pro or similar software from the "Geoprocessing Tool Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert LAZ, KMZ, DTM, CSV, DEM, PRJ, LAS, GPX, DSM, SHP, DBF or KML files to PYT, try ArcGIS Pro or another comparable tool in the "Geoprocessing Tool Storage" category.



The PYT 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 PYT converter.