Format Gallery

All formats in this gallery have formal specifications in Kaitai Struct language. They can be used:

as is — as a concise text reference,
as visual block diagram (thanks to GraphViz),
to explore hex dump in detail (with a visualizer),
as a ready-made library in any of supported target programming languages (after compiling it with Kaitai Struct compiler).

For a summary of all entries with associated metadata, see File Format Cross-References.

3D Models

gltf_binary , quake2_md2 , quake_mdl

Android-specific

android_bootldr_asus , android_bootldr_huawei , android_bootldr_qcom , android_img , android_nanoapp_header , android_opengl_shaders_cache , android_sparse , android_super , dex

Archive Files

android_bootldr_asus , android_bootldr_huawei , android_bootldr_qcom , android_dto , android_img , android_sparse , chrome_pak , cpio_old_le , gzip , lzh , mozilla_mar , phar_without_stub , rar , respack , rpm , xar , zip , zisofs

CAD

monomakh_sapr_chg

Commonly Used Data Types

bcd , bytes_with_io , dos_datetime , riff , utf8_string , vlq_base128_be , vlq_base128_le

Databases

dbf , gettext_mo , sqlite3 , tsm

DOS-specific

dos_datetime , dos_mz , mbr_partition_table , vfat

Executables and Byte-code

android_nanoapp_header , dex , dos_mz , elf , java_class , mach_o , mach_o_fat , microsoft_pe , python_pyc_27 , swf , uefi_te

Filesystems

amlogic_emmc_partitions , android_super , apm_partition_table , apple_single_double , btrfs_stream , cramfs , ext2 , gpt_partition_table , iso9660 , luks , lvm2 , mbr_partition_table , tr_dos_image , vdi , vfat , vmware_vmdk , zisofs , zx_spectrum_tap

Firmware

andes_firmware , broadcom_trx , ines , uefi_te , uimage

Fonts

grub2_font , pcf_font , ttf

Game Data Files

allegro_dat , doom_wad , dune_2_pak , fallout2_dat , fallout_dat , ftl_dat , gran_turismo_vol , heaps_pak , heroes_of_might_and_magic_agg , heroes_of_might_and_magic_bmp , minecraft_nbt , quake2_md2 , quake_mdl , quake_pak , renderware_binary_stream , saints_row_2_vpp_pc , warcraft_2_pud

Geospatial (Maps)

shapefile_index , shapefile_main

Hardware Protocols

dtb , edid , mifare_classic

Image Files

bmp , dicom , exif , gif , gimp_brush , icc_4 , ico , jpeg , nitf , pcx , pcx_dcx , pif , png , psx_tim , tga , wmf , xwd

GNU/Linux-specific

btrfs_stream , cramfs , dtb , elf , ext2 , gettext_mo , glibc_utmp , luks , lvm2 , sudoers_ts , systemd_journal

Logs

aix_utmp , glibc_utmp , hashcat_restore , mcap , sudoers_ts , systemd_journal , windows_evt_log

CPU / Machine Code Disassembly

code_6502

macOS-specific

apm_partition_table , apple_single_double , compressed_resource , dcmp_0 , dcmp_1 , dcmp_2 , dcmp_variable_length_integer , ds_store , mac_os_resource_snd , resource_fork

Multimedia Files

android_opengl_shaders_cache , au , avi , blender_blend , creative_voice_file , fasttracker_xm_module , genmidi_op2 , id3v1_1 , id3v2_3 , id3v2_4 , magicavoxel_vox , ogg , quicktime_mov , s3m , standard_midi_file , stl , swf , vp8_ivf , wav

Networking Protocols

bitcoin_transaction , dime_message , dns_packet , ethernet_frame , hccap , hccapx , icmp_packet , ipv4_packet , ipv6_packet , microsoft_network_monitor_v2 , packet_ppi , pcap , protocol_body , rtcp_payload , rtp_packet , rtpdump , some_ip , some_ip_container , some_ip_sd , some_ip_sd_entries , some_ip_sd_options , tcp_segment , tls_client_hello , udp_datagram , websocket

Scientific Applications

avantes_roh60 , nt_mdt , nt_mdt_pal , specpr

Security

efivar_signature_list , openpgp_message , ssh_public_key

Serialization Protocols

asn1_der , bson , chrome_pak , dtb , google_protobuf , microsoft_cfb , minecraft_nbt , msgpack , php_serialized_value , python_pickle , ruby_marshal

Windows-specific

avi , bmp , ico , microsoft_pe , regf , wav , windows_evt_log , windows_lnk_file , windows_minidump , windows_resource_file , windows_shell_items , windows_systemtime , wmf