X-Windows Pixmap Image X10

Writable

image

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Identify it

Extensions	`.xpm.pm.c.h`
MIME types	`image/x-xpixmapimage/xpmtext/plain`
Signatures	`2f2a2058504d202a2f` at byte 0 (X-Windows Pixmap Image X10)
PRONOM	`x-fmt/208`
Wikidata	`Q1887604`

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Open it

GD Graphics LibraryOpen sourcewrites · BSD licenses
GIMPOpen sourcereads and writes · GNU General Public License, version 3.0
ImageMagickOpen sourcereads and writes · ImageMagick License
SimThyrOpen sourcewrites · BSD licenses
XfigOpen sourcereads and writes · GNU General Public License / MIT License
AbydosOpen sourcereads · GNU Lesser General Public License
ConverseenOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License, version 3.0
DevILOpen sourcereads · GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1
GQViewOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License, version 2.0
imageioOpen sourcereads · 2-clause BSD License
KuickShowOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License, version 2.0
LibreOffice DrawOpen sourcereads · Mozilla Public License, version 2.0
libXpmOpen sourcereads · X11 license
VYMOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License, version 2.0
zgvOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License
Axialis IconWorkshopreads and writes
GIMP 2.0.2reads and writes
PaintShop Photo Pro X3reads and writes
ABViewerreads
ACD FotoCanvas Litereads
ACDSee 5reads
ArcGISreads · proprietary license
CorelDRAW Graphics Suitereads
Image Alchemyreads
IrfanViewreads · freeware
MediaRich Serverreads
Q108202177reads · proprietary license / shareware

Convert it

To	With	Fidelity	Command and losses
Portable Network Graphics	ImageMagick	Lossless	`convert in.xpm out.png` Pixels kept; some metadata, colour profiles or layers may be dropped.
Tagged Image File Format	ImageMagick	Lossless	`convert in.xpm out.tif` Pixels kept; some metadata, colour profiles or layers may be dropped.
GIF 89a	ImageMagick	Lossy	`convert in.xpm out.gif` Reduced to 256 colours.
JPEG File Interchange Format 1.02	ImageMagick	Lossy	`convert in.xpm out.jpg` Lossy compression.
WebP	ImageMagick	Lossy	`convert in.xpm out.webp` Lossy compression.

Sources

From Converters (FFmpeg, ImageMagick, Pandoc, LibreOffice), Just Solve the File Format Problem (File Formats Wiki), PRONOM, Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-24.

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