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Anyfile converts a dBASE table to a JSON file for free, right in your browser: the file is never uploaded.
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| What’s saved | Each table as its own JSON file; several come in a ZIP |
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When to use JSON: APIs, configuration files and data exchange between programs.
Open the file in the database viewer to choose before downloading:
.dbf
A table file from dBASE, the database program of the early 1980s. A header describes the fields, then each record follows as a row; shapefiles still use it for attribute data.
Old business records, FoxPro data and the attribute tables of GIS shapefiles.
Opens in LibreOffice Calc, Excel, QGIS, ArcGIS
About DBF files.json
A text data format of objects, arrays, strings, numbers, true, false and null, popularised by Douglas Crockford in the early 2000s. It is defined in RFC 8259 and ECMA-404.
APIs, configuration files and data exchange between programs.
Opens in browsers, VS Code, jq, any text editor
About JSON filesEverything that converts to JSON
Need to change it first? Open the database viewer
Drop your DBF file on this page, or choose it. Anyfile converts it on your device in a moment and the JSON downloads straight away. To change it first, open it in the database viewer.
No. The file is read and converted by your own browser, and nothing is sent to a server. You can check: open your browser’s developer tools, go to Network, and convert a file. No upload appears.
Yes. Drop them together and you get one ZIP with every JSON inside.