WIC Converter

Convert WIC files online for free

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How to convert your WIC file

Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your WIC file.
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Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.

Convert WIC to another file type

The converter easily converts your WIC file to various formats - free and online. No Photoshop or extra software needed.

WIC to WEBP

Convert a file to WIC

The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other Disk Image formats to WIC with high quality output.

About WIC files

The .WIC file extension primarily represents an OpenEmbedded Image created by the 'Wic' tool within the Yocto Project. Unlike standard documents, this file is a complete, bit-perfect disk image containing a partition table and multiple file systems (like FAT32 and ext4), designed to be flashed directly onto storage media (SD cards, eMMC) for embedded Linux devices (e.g., Raspberry Pi, BeagleBone).

The Problem: Because .WIC files are raw binary disk dumps, standard operating systems like Windows and macOS treat them as unknown files. You cannot double-click to view the contents. To access the files inside, users must either 'flash' the image to a physical drive or mount it as a virtual loopback device - tasks that are difficult without specialized software or a Linux environment.

The Solution:

For Flashing (Booting): Convert the purpose of the file by writing it to an SD card using tools like Rufus or balenaEtcher. In many cases, you can simply rename the extension from .WIC to IMG to make it compatible with these tools.
For Extraction: Linux users can mount the image using kpartx or losetup. Windows users may need to convert it to a virtual disk format or use 7-Zip (which can sometimes inspect raw images) to extract specific data.

Secondary Meaning: A very small percentage of files are Java Wavelet Images (JWIC) created by legacy software from Sasha Chukov. These are compressed raster images that require conversion to JPG or PNG using viewers like XnView.

Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your WIC file.

Users also converted GZ, DSK, ISO, VCD, IMG, VMDK and QCOW2 files.

FAQ

If you want to convert WIC file to ISO, IMG, VMDK, QCOW2, JPG, PDF, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF or TIF, you can use Yocto Project or similar software from the "Embedded Linux Disk Image" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert RAW, PNG, AI, NEF, PSB, DNG, SVG, GIF, EPS, JPG, ARW or PDF files to WIC, try Yocto Project or another comparable tool in the "Embedded Linux Disk Image" category.

The WIC 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 WIC converter.