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QGIS

by QGIS Project Team · opens 26 file types
Cross-platform
AT A GLANCE
DeveloperQGIS Project Team
PlatformsCross-platform
Opens26 file types
Get it fromwww.qgis.org
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26 file types verified
Last reviewed Oct 2026

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What is QGIS?

QGIS is listed in our database as a program that opens or converts the file formats shown on this page. It runs on Cross-platform. It is published by QGIS Project Team. The formats it works with include .GML, .KML, .SHP, .ECW and .KMZ.

You can get the official version from the developer's website (www.qgis.org); we do not host the installer and only point you to the original source. A detailed, hand-checked description of QGIS is on the way; for now the information here comes straight from our database.

Files QGIS opens

26 formats
Raster Image Files
Data Files
Settings Files
Misc Files

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1 conversions

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SOURCEwww.qgis.orgofficial site - avoid third-party download portals
PLATFORMSCross-platform

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Files QGIS opens most

1.GMLGeography Markup Language
2.KMLKeyhole Markup Language
3.SHPEsri Shapefile (geospatial vector data)
4.ECWEnhanced Compression Wavelet (ECW) image
5.KMZKeyhole Markup Language Zipped (Google Earth)
6.NCnetCDF (Network Common Data Form)

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