Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your XIB file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert XIB to another file type
To convert XIB interface files to another format, you need Xcode or other Developer software.
Convert a file to XIB
To convert other file formats to the "Interface Builder File" file type, you need software like Xcode or a similar tool.
About XIB files
A .XIB file is an XML Interface Builder file used by Apple Xcode to define the graphical user interfaces of iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS applications. It stores layout data, object properties, and connections between the UI and the underlying code. The main disadvantage of .XIB files is their strict lock-in to the Apple developer ecosystem. They are virtually useless outside of Xcode. While they are technically text files based on XML, the markup is extremely verbose and heavily nested, making it difficult to parse manually or edit in standard text editors without breaking the interface constraints. Furthermore, .XIB files represent an older development approach compared to modern Storyboard files or SwiftUI, meaning developers often face the heavy burden of migrating them. Standard online converters fail to process the proprietary layout logic inside a .XIB file because rendering the UI visually requires native Apple SDKs. This file format is notoriously difficult to fully convert outside its native environment because only the original software can properly read or export the visual data. However, you can drag and drop your file onto convert.guru to identify the format, inspect the raw XML, and extract localized text strings or underlying data. If you need to convert a .XIB file, the standard workflow targets compiled NIB files during the application build process, or developers manually rewrite the UI into programmatic SWIFT code. Just drag and drop your file to see what it is and convert it if supported.
Convert.Guru analyzes your XIB file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert XIB file to STORYBOARD, JS, TS, PY, JAVA, CPP, C, CS, PHP, RB, GO or RS, you can use Xcode or similar software from the "User Interface Design Storage" 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 XIB, try Xcode or another comparable tool in the "User Interface Design Storage" category.
The XIB 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 XIB converter.