Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your SUF file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert SUF to another file type
To convert SUF update scripts to another format, you need Setup Factory or other Developer software.
Convert a file to SUF
To convert other file formats to the "Installer Configuration File" file type, you need software like Setup Factory or a similar tool.
About SUF files
The .SUF file primarily functions as a Setup Factory Update File. Developers use it to package and deploy software updates. It acts as an installer configuration file that holds instructions and metadata formatted in XML. These files are created and managed by developer tools like Setup Factory by Indigo Rose or Advanced Installer. Minor uses of the .SUF extension include firmware user interface graphics files for ALI Corp STB chipsets and Ccrypt Encrypted files by Peter Selinger. Users often encounter problems with .SUF files because they are proprietary and lack native support in operating systems like Windows or macOS. They are strictly meant for installer engines, making them useless to the average user without the parent application. Standard online converters fail because this is not a standard document or media file. If you need to read the contents, the best target format is TXT or XML, which allows you to view the raw configuration code, though all executable installer functionality will be lost. This file format is difficult to open or convert because it is a closed, specialized configuration file. Often only the original software can properly read or export the data. Just drag and drop your file to identify the format, view it, and convert it when possible. convert.guru can still identify the file format, inspect the file, and show text or internal content. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your SUF file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert SUF file to BASE64, HEX, BIN, ENC, CRYPT, AES, DES, RSA, PGP, GPG, ASC or KEY, you can use Setup Factory or similar software from the "Software Update Configuration" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert CER, BIN, PEM, DER, KEY, P7S, PFX, ENC, P12, BASE64, P7B or HEX files to SUF, try Setup Factory or another comparable tool in the "Software Update Configuration" category.
The SUF 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 SUF converter.