JRL

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BioWare Aurora game engine journal data

File type: Game file

A jrl file extension is related to the BioWare Aurora engine used by Neverwinter Nights video game. A jrl file contains journal data.

Found 2 different file type records with the same jrl filename suffix.

What is jrl file?

File type category:
Game file

Date updated: May 31, 2017

The jrl file extension is used by Bioware's Aurora Engine. A Journal is system of keeping track of where a player is in each plot that the player has started, and a way of describing the current step of each plot to the player.

Journal information is stored in the module.jrl file in a module or savegame. This file uses BioWare's Generic File Format (GFF), and it is assumed that the reader of this document is familiar with GFF.

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Associated software actions with the jrl file

Software applications that handle other tasks involving jrl files:

Microsoft Windows

Top Secret Crypto Gold top secret journal file

File type category:
Encoded and encrypted file

Date updated: September 27, 2026

Top Secret Crypto Gold was developed by TAN$TAAFL Software Company as a Windows application for Top Secret Chat and Top Secret Journal, as well as file and e-mail encryption.

The JRL file extension identifies journal files belonging to the program's Top Secret Journal component. The files contain journal entries and are intended to be handled by the application rather than edited as ordinary text.

This is a proprietary format associated with Top Secret Crypto Gold on Microsoft Windows.

How to open jrl file?

Open the .jrl file in Top Secret Crypto Gold on Microsoft Windows. The application may require the appropriate password or other credentials before it can display the journal.

If the file does not open, it may belong to a different program or require the original version of Top Secret Crypto Gold.

How to convert jrl file?

Changing the file extension will not convert a Top Secret Crypto Gold .jrl file.

Open the file in Top Secret Crypto Gold and use any journal export or copy function provided by the application to save its contents in another format.

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Associated software actions with the jrl file

Software applications that can open jrl files:

Microsoft Windows

Software apps that create jrl files:

Microsoft Windows

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