Aleph

Supported File Types

Aleph is able to make a wide range of file types searchable. This reference includes a list of file types that Aleph can handle.

The list of supported file types on this page is not exhaustive.

Office

File typeExtensions
Rich Text Formatrft
EPUBepub
Microsoft Worddoc, docx
OpenOffice/LibreOffice Writerodt
Apple Pagespages
Microsoft Powerpointppt, pptx
OpenOffice/LibreOffice Impressodp
Apple Keynotekey
PageMakerpm
WordPerfectwpd
AbiWordabw

Documents

File typeExtensions
PDFpdf
DjVudjvu, djv
TIFFtiff

Plain

File typeExtensions
Plaintexttxt
Markdownmd
reStructuredTextrst
HTMLhtml, htm, xhtml
XMLxml
JSONjson

Email

File typeExtensions
RFC822eml, msg
Apple Mailemlx
Mboxmbox
Outlook OLM Archiveolm
Outlook PST ARchivepst, ost
Outlook Messagemsg
iCaledarics, icalendar, ical, ifb
vCardvcf, vcard

Tabular

File typeExtensions
CSVcsv, tsv
Microsoft Excelxls, xlsx
OpenOffice/LibreOffice Calcods
Microsoft Accessmdb
SQLitesqlite, sqlite3, db
dBasedbf

Archive

File typeExtensions
ZIPzip
TARtar
RARrar

Image

File typeExtensions
JPEGjpg, jpeg, jpe
PNGpng
GIFgif
BMPbmp
SVGsvg

Audio and video

File typeExtensions
WAVwav
MP3mp3
MP4mp4, m4a, m4b, mp4, m4v
AACaac
FLACflac
OGGogg
Opusopus
WMAwma
AVIavi
MPEGmpeg, mpg
MKVmkv
MOVmov