How to extract text from your SB2 file
- Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your SB2 file.
- You’ll see a preview, if available.
- Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert SB2 to another file type
To convert your SB2 file to another format, you need Scratch or other Developer software.
- SB2 to SB3
- SB2 to SWF
- SB2 to JS
- SB2 to TS
- SB2 to PY
- SB2 to JAVA
- SB2 to CPP
- SB2 to C
- SB2 to CS
- SB2 to PHP
- SB2 to RB
- SB2 to GO
Convert a file to SB2
To convert other file formats to the "Visual Programming Project" file type, you need software like Scratch or a similar tool.
- SH to SB2
- PY to SB2
- KT to SB2
- PS1 to SB2
- SWIFT to SB2
- LUA to SB2
- PL to SB2
- JAVA to SB2
- SCALA to SB2
- JS to SB2
- VBS to SB2
- TS to SB2
About SB2 files
The .sb2 file extension represents a project created with Scratch 2.0, the legacy version of the popular block-based coding platform developed by the MIT Media Lab. These files act as containers for game logic, graphics (sprites), and audio assets. A significant hurdle for users today is that Scratch 2.0 was built on Adobe Flash, a technology that is now obsolete and blocked by modern web browsers, making these files difficult to run in their original environment. Users generally need to convert .sb2 files to the newer SB3 format to continue editing in the current HTML5-based Scratch editor. For distribution, converting projects to HTML allows them to be played in any browser without the Scratch interface, while converting to MP4 helps in sharing gameplay recordings. Advanced users often convert these projects to standalone applications (EXE or APP) using wrappers like TurboWarp to bypass browser limitations entirely.
Convert.Guru analyzes your SB2 file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted SB3, SCRATCH, SWF, SVG, FB2, SB, PNG, HTML, PDF, MP4, ZIP, TXT and JPG files.
The SB2 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 SB2 converter.