Open DBF Online

Open a dBASE table as a spreadsheet.

Drop a file here

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Your file stays on your device.

  • Preview: Good
  • File info: Yes
  • Search: Yes
  • Editing: No

About DBF files

DBF is the table format of dBASE and its descendants such as FoxPro and Clipper. It is still common in old business software and as the attribute table that sits next to GIS shapefiles.

Open Online reads the table with SheetJS and shows its rows in the spreadsheet grid, with search and an overview of the columns.

What you can do here

  • Switch between worksheets with tabs
  • Scroll large tables smoothly, with row numbers and column letters
  • Search all cells and jump between matches
  • Click a cell to see its full value
  • See sheet sizes, workbook properties and detected column headers

Limitations

  • Formulas are shown as their last saved results.
  • Charts, images, conditional formatting and cell colours are not displayed.

Privacy

The file is read by your browser and stays on your device. Open Online has no server that could receive it, and nothing is stored once you close the tab. Privacy policy

Common questions

Why do accented characters look wrong?

DBF files store text in an old code page. If the file doesn’t declare it, accented characters can come out wrong.

Can I open a whole shapefile?

Only the table. The .shp file with the geometry isn’t supported, but the .dbf next to it holds the attributes and opens here.