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Portable graymap file format
File type: Dangerous and malicious file, Bitmap image file
Files with pgm file extension might be mostly founds as images in Portable Graymap file format.
Found 6 different file type records with the same pgm filename suffix.
File type category:
Dangerous and malicious file
Bitmap image file
Date updated: July 14, 2025
File extension pgm is used for Portable Graymap file format.
PBMPlus files are created by Jef Poskanzer's PBMPlus Portable bitmap utilities. The portable graymap format is a lowest common denominator grayscale file format.
MIME types:
image/x-portable-graymap
image/x-portable-bitmap
image/x-portable-pixmap
image/x-portable-anymap
image/x-pgm
Use XnView or Adobe Photoshop to view *.pgm files.
Use Adobe Photoshop or OpenOffice.org Draw.
Software applications that can open pgm files:
Microsoft Windows
On-line services
Software applications that can edit pgm files:
Microsoft Windows
On-line services
Software capable of saving pgm files:
Microsoft Windows
On-line services
Programs for viewing pgm files:
Microsoft Windows
Multiplatform
Software apps that convert pgm files:
On-line services
Software apps that import pgm files:
Microsoft Windows
Multiplatform
Software apps that export pgm files:
Microsoft Windows
Multiplatform
Software apps that print pgm files:
Microsoft Windows
Multiplatform
Software applications that handle other tasks involving pgm files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Audio and sound file
Date updated: November 10, 2024
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
The pgm file extension is also related to AKAI MPC family of devices. The MPC-1000, the MPC-2000, the MPC-2000XL and the MPC-3000 all use different program formats although they all have the same PGM file extension.
Actually the MPC-2000 and MPC-2000XL use the same PGM file format, but the latter (like the MPC-1000) wants samples in WAV format, while the former wants them in SND format (like the MPC-3000).
Use compatible tools to work with *.pgm files.
Probably can be exported to other formats.
Apps designed for playing pgm files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that convert pgm files:
Multiplatform
File type category:
Program executable file
Date updated: June 27, 2025
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
Abbreviation of Common Gateway Interface, a specification for transferring information between a World Wide Web server and a CGI program.
A CGI program is any program designed to accept and return data that conforms to the CGI specification. The program could be written in any programming language, including C, Perl, Java, or Visual Basic.
Use compatible tools to work with *.pgm files.
Probably cannot be converted to other formats.
Software applications that can open pgm files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Source code and script file
Date updated: April 30, 2018
The pgm file extension is associated the Chromelon, a chromatography software for Microsoft Windows operating system, developed by Dionex.
The pgm file stores batch program from Chromeleon. No further information could be found.
Use Chromeleon to work with *.pgm files.
Probably cannot be converted to anything else.
Software applications that can open pgm files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that can edit pgm files:
Microsoft Windows
Software capable of saving pgm files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that create pgm files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that handle other tasks involving pgm files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: June 25, 2019
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
The pgm file extension is used in some software for some types of set-top-boxes produced by companies like OPENTECH.
A set-top box (STB) is a device that connects to a television and an external source of signal, turning the signal into content which is then displayed on the television screen.
File type category:
Source code and script file
Date updated: September 20, 2017
The pgm file extension is used for Signature programs. A signature program is a small, highly condensed piece of code (commonly written in C or C++), usually three or fewer lines in length which when compiled produces an interesting pattern or function that is not always obvious from the code.
Use Visual C++ to oen the pgm extension files.
Files with pgm extension are not convertable.
Software applications that can open pgm files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that can edit pgm files:
Microsoft Windows
Software capable of saving pgm files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that create pgm files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that handle other tasks involving pgm files:
Microsoft Windows