PPM

Portable pixelmap graphic
File type: Bitmap image file
Files with ppm extension can mainly be found as graphics files in special Portable Pixmap Format. One of the most basic color image formats.
Found 4 different file type records with the same ppm filename suffix.
What is ppm file?
File type category:
Bitmap image file
Date updated: July 14, 2025
File extension ppm is used for Portable Pixmap Format, a lowest common denominator color image file format.
PPM 24-bit color image that is formatted in text format. Each pixel is assigned a number from 0 to 65536 that defines the color of the pixel. Other information included in a PPM file includes the image height and width, whitespace data, and the maximum color value.
Because the PPM format is uncompressed and is inefficient compared to other image formats, it is seldom used for saving large image files.
MIME types:
image/x-portable-pixmap
application/ppm, application/x-ppm
image/x-p
image/x-ppm
How to open ppm file?
Use graphic viewer or editor (XnView, Adobe Photoshop) to work wth the *.ppm files.
How to convert ppm file?
Many graphics editors support PPM format and can be used to resave it or convert to different formats.
Suggested software to open ppm file:
Associated software actions with the ppm file
Software applications that can open ppm files:
Adobe Photoshop (Microsoft Windows)
Ulead PhotoImpact (Microsoft Windows)
Corel PaintShop Pro (Microsoft Windows)
PhotoFiltre Studio (Microsoft Windows)
GIMP (Microsoft Windows)
Ability Photopaint (Microsoft Windows)
GIMP for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
GIMP for Linux (Linux/Unix)
Photopea (On-line services)
Software applications that can edit ppm files:
Adobe Photoshop (Microsoft Windows)
Ulead PhotoImpact (Microsoft Windows)
PhotoFiltre Studio (Microsoft Windows)
GIMP (Microsoft Windows)
Ability Photopaint (Microsoft Windows)
GIMP for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
GIMP for Linux (Linux/Unix)
Photopea (On-line services)
Software capable of saving ppm files:
Adobe Photoshop (Microsoft Windows)
Ulead PhotoImpact (Microsoft Windows)
GIMP (Microsoft Windows)
Ability Photopaint (Microsoft Windows)
GIMP for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
GIMP for Linux (Linux/Unix)
Photopea (On-line services)
Programs for viewing ppm files:
Adobe Photoshop (Microsoft Windows)
IrfanView (Microsoft Windows)
Ulead PhotoImpact (Microsoft Windows)
PMView Pro (Microsoft Windows)
ACDSee Photo Manager (Microsoft Windows)
FastPictureViewer Professional (Microsoft Windows)
XnView MP (Multiplatform)
Software apps that create ppm files:
Ability Photopaint (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that convert ppm files:
Picture Resize Free Online Images Converter (On-line services)
Software apps that import ppm files:
Corel PaintShop Pro (Microsoft Windows)
exrtools (Microsoft Windows)
Xara Page & Layout Designer (Microsoft Windows)
Apache OpenOffice Draw (OpenOffice.org Draw) (Multiplatform)
XnConvert (Multiplatform)
Krita (Multiplatform)
Software apps that export ppm files:
TexturePacker (Microsoft Windows)
XnConvert (Multiplatform)
Software apps that print ppm files:
Adobe Photoshop (Microsoft Windows)
IrfanView (Microsoft Windows)
Ulead PhotoImpact (Microsoft Windows)
PMView Pro (Microsoft Windows)
ACDSee Photo Manager (Microsoft Windows)
FastPictureViewer Professional (Microsoft Windows)
PhotoFiltre Studio (Microsoft Windows)
Ability Photopaint (Microsoft Windows)
XnView MP (Multiplatform)
Apache OpenOffice Draw (OpenOffice.org Draw) (Multiplatform)
Software applications that handle other tasks involving ppm files:
ACDSee Photo Manager (Microsoft Windows)
FastPictureViewer Professional (Microsoft Windows)
Ability Photopaint (Microsoft Windows)
Insight II proton chemical shifts
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: February 21, 2013
The PPM file extension is also related to Insight II, a comprehensive graphic molecular modeling program from Accelrys Software, Inc.
A *.ppm file contains saved proton chemical shifts data.
Suggested software to open ppm file:
Associated software actions with the ppm file
Software applications that handle other tasks involving ppm files:
Insight II (Linux/Unix)
Nokia post programmable memory file
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: March 2, 2016
The ppm file extension is associated with the post programmable memory file format, a file format used to store some parts (often language packs) of firmware for Nokia phones. These files can be "flashed" to phone.
How to convert ppm file?
N/A5
Total Commander PPMd archive
File type category:
Plugin, addon file
Date updated: April 23, 2019
The ppm file extension is related to the Total Commander, a file management software for Microsoft Windows and other operating systems.
The ppm file contains plugin in PPMd archive format.
How to open ppm file?
Probably not meant to be accessed by the user.
How to convert ppm file?
Probably cannot be converted to anything else.
Suggested software to open ppm file:
Associated software actions with the ppm file
Software apps that import ppm files:
Total Commander (Microsoft Windows)
Software applications that handle other tasks involving ppm files:
Total Commander (Microsoft Windows)