Extract text from Zope product packages (ZOP)
To convert ZOP packages to another format, you need Zope or other Compressed software.
To convert other file formats to the "Archive File" file type, you need software like Zope or a similar tool.
A .ZOP file is a Zope product package archive used by the Zope web application server. It is also occasionally used as a compressed archive by the legacy Macintosh archiving tool ZipIt. Developers use these files to package, distribute, and install add-on products, web templates, and Python scripts into a Zope environment.
The main disadvantage of the .ZOP format is its obscure extension. Modern operating systems like Windows and macOS do not recognize it by default, forcing users to manually assign it to an archiver. Because it is simply a renamed ZIP file, sending a .ZOP file to a non-developer often causes confusion, triggers security warnings, and prevents immediate access to the contained assets.
The most practical solution is to convert or rename the .ZOP file to a standard ZIP, 7Z, or TAR archive. By converting and extracting the package, you gain direct access to the underlying PY (Python), XML, and HTML files without needing the Zope server installed.
Obscure, application-specific extensions are typically difficult to handle because they confuse standard tools. Since our analysis engine detects the supported underlying ZIP compression in .ZOP files, viewing the internal directory structure and extracting the contents is fully supported.
Convert.Guru analyzes your ZOP file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted GZ, BACPAC and MEZ files.
If you want to convert ZOP file to ZIP, RAR, 7Z, TAR, GZ, BZ2, XZ, LZMA, CAB, ACE, ARJ or LHA, you can use Zope or similar software from the "Web App Package Compression" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert XXE, 7Z, Z, PAK, LHA, DEB, UUE, TAR, LZH, ZIP, PKG or RAR files to ZOP, try Zope or another comparable tool in the "Web App Package Compression" category.
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 ZOP converter.