Extract text from SL files
To convert your SL file to another format, you need KiriKiri or other Game software.
To convert other file formats to the "Script & Data Files" file type, you need software like KiriKiri or a similar tool.
The .SL file extension is a notorious "collision" format, meaning it is used by completely different software for unrelated purposes, creating significant ambiguity for users. Most frequently (approx. 25%), it is a Scenario Language script used by the KiriKiri (KAG) engine for visual novels, containing dialogue and game logic in a plain-text format. These files often require specific text encodings (like Shift-JIS) to display Japanese characters correctly, making them look like gibberish in standard notepads. Another common variant (18%) is a GSA Search Engine Ranker site list, which is actually just a ZIP archive in disguise - users often struggle to open this because the operating system doesn't recognize the extension as an archive. Other uses include RenderMan or Poser shading language files (C-like code for 3D textures), Second Life data, or Unix shared libraries.
Because most .SL files are text-based scripts or disguised archives, the best approach is to determine the internal structure before editing. For KiriKiri or Shader files, converting to TXT or PDF allows you to safely view, edit, or archive the code and dialogue without installing legacy game engines. For GSA files, renaming the extension to ZIP or using a conversion tool to extract the contents is the standard workflow.
Convert.Guru analyzes your SL file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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If you want to convert SL file to INI, CFG, CONF, CONFIG, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, ENV, PROPERTIES or RC, you can use KiriKiri or similar software from the "Visual Novel Scenario Script" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert ZSHRC, CONF, RCFILE, GITCONFIG, RC, PLIST, BASHRC, CONFIG, PROFILE, INI, PREFS or CFG files to SL, try KiriKiri or another comparable tool in the "Visual Novel Scenario Script" 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 SL converter.