Extract text from OpenGL shader projects (SBPROJ)
To convert SBPROJ shader projects to another format, you need Apple Xcode or other Developer software.
To convert other file formats to the "OpenGL Shader Project" file type, you need software like Apple Xcode or a similar tool.
The .sbproj file extension is an OpenGL Shader Builder Project created by legacy Apple developer tools. Developers used these project files to write, compile, and test vertex and fragment shaders in real-time on Mac OS X before integrating them into larger applications.
Apple officially deprecated OpenGL in macOS 10.14 Mojave, shifting entirely to its proprietary Metal API. As a result, the OpenGL Shader Builder is obsolete software. The .sbproj file is a proprietary project format restricted to older Mac developer environments. It requires a legacy Mac setup to open natively, and it is completely unsupported by web browsers or modern cross-platform graphics engines. Standard online converters fail to process it because it is a project configuration, not a standard multimedia file.
You cannot convert an .sbproj directly into a raster image like PNG or a 3D model like OBJ. The best conversion targets are plain text. Users typically need to extract the underlying shader code into GLSL, VERT, or FRAG files, or export the project metadata to XML or TXT.
Because this is a closed, deprecated project format, it is difficult to open or convert safely. Often, only the original Apple Xcode legacy tools can properly execute the project.
Convert.Guru analyzes your SBPROJ file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert SBPROJ file to JS, TS, PY, JAVA, CPP, C, CS, PHP, RB, GO, RS or SWIFT, you can use Apple Xcode or similar software from the "Shader Development Project" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert SH, PY, KT, PS1, SWIFT, LUA, PL, JAVA, SCALA, JS, VBS or TS files to SBPROJ, try Apple Xcode or another comparable tool in the "Shader Development Project" 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 SBPROJ converter.