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X Windows system bitmap image
File type: Bitmap image file
Files with bm extension can be mainly found as bitmap images from the X Windows system images.
File type category:
Bitmap image file
Date updated: June 23, 2025
The bm file extension is used for a bitmap image format used in X Windows system.
This is a format for storing bitmaps of screen captures of the X Window system. There are a large number of variations of this format, depending on the type of graphics adapater the user has (monochrome, fixed colors, color images with palettes, TrueColor and more).
Because of the large number of possible variations, not all software which can read this format may be able to read all possible variations of the format.
MIME types:
image/bmp
Some graphics viewers and editors support BM graphic format and can work with it.
Probably can be exported or saved to some other bitmap format.
Software applications that can open bm files:
Software applications that can edit bm files:
Software capable of saving bm files:
Programs for viewing bm files:
Multiplatform
Software apps that convert bm files:
Multiplatform
Software apps that print bm files:
Multiplatform