VRMANIFEST Converter

Extract text from SteamVR manifests (VRMANIFEST)


Drop or upload your .VRMANIFEST file
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How to extract text from your VRMANIFEST file

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

Convert VRMANIFEST to another file type

To convert VRMANIFEST manifests to another format, you need SteamVR or other Settings software.

Convert a file to VRMANIFEST

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


About VRMANIFEST files

The .vrmanifest file is a structured data file used by SteamVR to register virtual reality applications, drivers, and overlays. Created by Valve, it utilizes standard JSON formatting to tell the OpenVR runtime where executable files reside and how they should be launched. Because it is a system-level configuration file, a .vrmanifest must adhere to a strict schema. A single missing comma or bracket will break the VR application link. It is not meant for standard users to open, and double-clicking it often results in an annoying 'Windows cannot open this file' error. The safest workaround is treating the file as plain text. You can convert or rename .vrmanifest to JSON or TXT to edit it in standard code editors like Visual Studio Code or Notepad++. Since this is a specialized configuration file, standard online converters often fail to process it. Our platform will parse the underlying text structure so you can inspect the contents without launching SteamVR.

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


FAQ

If you want to convert VRMANIFEST file to EXE, ISO, BIN, CUE, PAK, WAD, PK3, PK4, BSP, MAP, SAV or DAT, you can use SteamVR or similar software from the "VR App Registration Manifest" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert MOD, BIN, CFG, SCX, DAT, MPQ, LOG, CUE, INI, EXE, SCM or ISO files to VRMANIFEST, try SteamVR or another comparable tool in the "VR App Registration Manifest" category.



The VRMANIFEST 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 VRMANIFEST converter.