Files with ansi extension can be typically encountered as specially encoded text files, encoded using Code page 437 character set. Popular in the past for ANSI art.

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Software that open ansi file

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ANSI file extension - ANSI text (code page 437)

What is ansi file? How to open ansi files?

File type specification:

Text file type icon Text file type

File extension ansi is sometimes used to label special text files encoded using Code page 437 (CCSID 437), a character set of the original IBM PC (personal computer).

For all intents and purposes it's just renamed .txt file with different encoding.

It is probably best known for use in ANSI art, which typically uses .ans files.

Updated: September 7, 2023

The default software associated to open ansi file:

NotePad++ text editor icon

Notepad++ Team logoNotePad++ text editor  Microsoft Windows software

Company or developer:
Notepad++ Team

A very popular free text and source code editor. It supports syntax highlighting and syntax folding for C, C++, HTML, ASP, Java, Pascal, PHP, Cobol, CSS etc. Notepad++ also supports plugins to add new features. It is localized to many languages.

Help how to open:

Use any text editing software to view content of .ansi files.

How to convert:

Various text editing tools are able to to export ansi formatted texts to other text formats.

Find conversions from ansi file:

ansi to ascii

ansi to txt

Find converter to ansi file type:

ascii to ansi

text to ansi

txt to ansi

List of software applications associated to the .ansi file extension

Recommended software programs are sorted by OS platform (Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android etc.)
and possible program actions that can be done with the file: like open ansi file, edit ansi file, convert ansi file, view ansi file, play ansi file etc. (if exist software for corresponding action in File-Extensions.org's database).

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Click on the tab below to simply browse between the application actions, to quickly get a list of recommended software, which is able to perform the specified software action, such as opening, editing or converting ansi files.

Software that open ansi file - ANSI text (code page 437)

Programs supporting the exension ansi on the main platforms Windows, Mac, Linux or mobile. Click on the link to get more information about listed programs for open ansi file action.

Microsoft Windows:

Main software associated with ansi file by default:
NotePad++ text editor small icon NotePad++ text editor
Other suggested software:
PSPad small icon PSPad
Sublime Text small icon Sublime Text

Apple macOS / Mac OS X:

Multiplatform:

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