Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your PYTHON file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert PYTHON to another file type
To convert PYTHON notebooks to another format, you need Databricks or other Developer software.
Convert a file to PYTHON
To convert other file formats to the "Data Science Notebook" file type, you need software like Databricks or a similar tool.
About PYTHON files
A .python file is primarily a notebook file exported from the Databricks data intelligence platform. It stores Python source code, cell formatting, and execution metadata structured as a JSON file. Developers use these files to share machine learning models and data pipelines. Alternatively, a .python file may be an ELF binary executable representing the Python interpreter on Unix systems. The primary disadvantage of the Databricks notebook format is its proprietary internal structure. It is not natively supported by standard local tools like Jupyter Notebook or standard web browsers. Reading the raw file is frustrating because the actual Python code is buried inside verbose JSON arrays. Drag and drop your file to see what it is and convert it if supported. We recommend converting a .python notebook to IPYNB for local execution, or to a standard PY file for plain text code viewing. Standard online converters fail to process this format because they do not recognize the specific Databricks JSON schema. convert.guru can still identify the file format, inspect the file, and show text or internal content. If our analysis detects the supported underlying JSON format, we can safely extract the embedded code cells.
Convert.Guru analyzes your PYTHON file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert PYTHON file to EXE, JAVA, PDF or IPYNB, you can use Databricks or similar software from the "Notebook Code Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert files to PYTHON, try Databricks or another comparable tool in the "Notebook Code Storage" category.
The PYTHON 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 PYTHON converter.