XQM Converter

Extract text from XQuery modules (XQM)


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

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

Convert XQM to another file type

To convert XQM modules to another format, you need BaseX or other Developer software.

Convert a file to XQM

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


About XQM files

A .XQM file is an XQuery Module containing functional programming logic and variables written in the XQuery language, primarily used to query and transform XML datasets. These files are typically opened and executed using native XML database systems like BaseX or eXist-db. For more details on the syntax, see XQuery on Wikipedia. Working with .XQM files presents distinct challenges. In many enterprise environments, they operate as a closed, proprietary format because the scripts heavily rely on vendor-specific database extensions. They are highly specialized execution modules rather than standard media payloads, which is exactly why standard online converters fail to process them. They cannot be executed directly by web browsers or standard text processors. If you simply need to view the contents, converting the file to TXT is the safest approach, though it loses syntax highlighting. Often, users actually want to convert the output of the query to XML, JSON, or HTML, which requires running the code rather than converting the file format itself. Because this file format is difficult to open or convert without a dedicated XQuery engine, often only the original software can properly read or export the data.

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


FAQ

If you want to convert XQM file to JS, TS, PY, JAVA, CPP, C, CS, PHP, RB, GO, RS or SWIFT, you can use BaseX or similar software from the "XML Database Query Logic" 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 XQM, try BaseX or another comparable tool in the "XML Database Query Logic" category.



The XQM 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 XQM converter.