Extract text from TextMate theme files (TMTHEME)
To convert TMTHEME themes to another format, you need TextMate or other Settings software.
To convert other file formats to the "Text Editor Theme" file type, you need software like TextMate or a similar tool.
A .tmtheme file is an XML-based Property List (plist) document that stores color schemes and syntax highlighting rules for programming text editors. These files define the exact hexadecimal colors applied to specific code tokens, such as variables, strings, and functions. Originally developed by MacroMates for the TextMate editor on macOS, the format was widely adopted by other popular IDEs, most notably Sublime Text.
The primary disadvantage of the .tmtheme format is its verbose and rigid XML structure. Because it relies on heavily nested <dict>, <array>, and <string> tags paired with complex regular expression scope selectors, it is extremely frustrating to edit manually. A single missing closing tag will break the entire color scheme. Additionally, modern code editors like Visual Studio Code use lightweight JSON files for theming, rendering older .tmtheme files obsolete without proper migration.
To use these older themes in modern development environments, the best conversion target is JSON. You can also convert it to standard XML or TXT to safely extract the raw hexadecimal color codes. Be aware that during conversion, some highly specific language scope selectors may not translate perfectly to a different editor's parsing engine.
Because .tmtheme uses a highly specialized text-parsing syntax, standard online converters often fail to process the scope mappings accurately. If our analysis detects the standard underlying XML format, viewing the internal content and extracting color data will still be fully supported.
Convert.Guru analyzes your TMTHEME file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted JSON files.
If you want to convert TMTHEME file to INI, CFG, CONF, CONFIG, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, ENV, PROPERTIES or RC, you can use TextMate or similar software from the "Syntax Highlighting Color Scheme" 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 TMTHEME, try TextMate or another comparable tool in the "Syntax Highlighting Color Scheme" category.
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