SQ Converter

Extract text from SQ files

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How to extract text from your SQ file

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

Convert SQ to another file type

To convert your SQ file to another format, you need SQLite or other Database software.

SQ to M2
SQ to SQM
SQ to CSV
SQ to JSON
SQ to XML
SQ to YAML
SQ to YML
SQ to TOML
SQ to INI
SQ to CFG
SQ to CONF
SQ to DAT

Convert a file to SQ

To convert other file formats to the "Embedded Database File" file type, you need software like SQLite or a similar tool.

DBF to SQ
XML to SQ
SQLITE to SQ
XLSX to SQ
SQL to SQ
TSV to SQ
ACCDB to SQ
YAML to SQ
MDB to SQ
CSV to SQ
ODS to SQ
JSON to SQ

About SQ files

A .sq file is a distinctively ambiguous container that typically serves one of two technical purposes: an SQLite database file or a Sysquake program script. In the database context, developers often use the .sq extension as a shorthand for SQL or SQLITE to store relational data, schemas, and tables. These files are widely used in mobile apps, embedded systems, and local storage but cannot be opened by standard office software like Microsoft Excel. The primary problem for users is that double-clicking a .sq file rarely works; the operating system lacks a default association.

Alternatively, in scientific and engineering environments, a .sq file contains code written for Sysquake, a powerful application for simulation and scientific visualization. These are plain text files defining interactive figures and math computations. Less frequently, you may encounter .sq files as proprietary roster data for SuperQuark or Data Volley volleyball scouting software.

Best Conversion Targets:

For Databases: Convert to CSV or XLSX (Excel) to analyze the data, or SQL to migrate the schema to a server like MySQL or PostgreSQL.
For Scripts (Sysquake): Convert to TXT or PDF for documentation and archiving.
For Volleyball Data: These are generally proprietary and best viewed within the original software, though conversion to text is sometimes possible for extracting raw stats.

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

Users also converted SQQ, SQ_BASE, SQL, INDEX, SQLITE, RSK, M2 and SQM files.

The SQ 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 SQ converter.