Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your XCDATAMODEL file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert XCDATAMODEL to another file type
To convert XCDATAMODEL data models to another format, you need Xcode or other Developer software.
Convert a file to XCDATAMODEL
To convert other file formats to the "Core Data Model" file type, you need software like Xcode or a similar tool.
About XCDATAMODEL files
The .xcdatamodel file is an Xcode Core Data Model used to define the schema, entities, and relationships for databases in iOS and macOS applications. Apple developers use Xcode to visually build these models, which are ultimately managed by the Core Data framework. Users often need to convert this file when migrating an app to Android, porting the backend to a web server, or documenting the database schema. The .xcdatamodel format is extremely proprietary and tightly coupled to the Apple ecosystem. It locks your data structure into a format that is completely useless on Windows or Linux operating systems. We recommend converting the internal schema to XML, JSON, or SQL to make the structure readable and platform-independent. This file format is notoriously difficult to open or convert because on macOS it is technically a package (a hidden folder) rather than a single file. It contains a core XML document named 'elements'. Standard online converters fail because they cannot process macOS packages and treat them as corrupt binary files. If our analysis detects the supported underlying XML format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your XCDATAMODEL file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert XCDATAMODEL file to JS, TS, PY, JAVA, CPP, C, CS, PHP, RB, GO, RS or SWIFT, you can use Xcode or similar software from the "Database Schema Definition" 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 XCDATAMODEL, try Xcode or another comparable tool in the "Database Schema Definition" category.
The XCDATAMODEL 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 XCDATAMODEL converter.