Extract text from TMPL files
To convert your TMPL file to another format, you need Visual_Studio_Code or other Developer software.
To convert other file formats to the "Web & Code Template" file type, you need software like Visual_Studio_Code or a similar tool.
A .tmpl file is a generic Template file used primarily in software development and web design to define the structure of a document or page before data is populated. Unlike standard documents, .tmpl files contain static layout code mixed with placeholders (variables) that a specific processing engine - such as Go, Perl, or Visual Studio Code extensions - replaces with actual content during runtime.
Because .tmpl is an ambiguous extension used by dozens of different systems (including SolarWinds, Apache Subversion, and F5 Networks), users often struggle to open them. A standard image viewer or web browser cannot interpret the proprietary placeholders, often resulting in display errors or raw code dumps. Additionally, some proprietary templates (like those from SolarWinds SAM) may be encrypted or compressed (GZIP), making them completely unreadable without the original software.
For most users, the goal is to view or edit the underlying source code. Converting .tmpl to TXT is the safest way to inspect the contents without risking execution errors. If the file contains web markup, converting to HTML can help visualize the layout, though placeholders will remain visible. For documentation purposes, developers often convert these raw templates to PDF to share the schema without sharing the codebase.
Convert.Guru analyzes your TMPL file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted HTML, PDF, TMP, HBS and HTM files.
If you want to convert TMPL file to JS, TS, PY, JAVA, CPP, C, CS, PHP, RB, GO, RS or SWIFT, you can use Visual_Studio_Code or similar software from the "Source Code Template" 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 TMPL, try Visual_Studio_Code or another comparable tool in the "Source Code Template" 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 TMPL converter.