Open BPMN files in your browser
A business process modeled in BPMN 2.0, from an analyst, a workflow engine or a modeler. Open one right here as its diagram, on any computer or phone. Nothing leaves your device.
Or drop it anywhere on this page
What you'll see
Your diagram opens at its first page, drawn sharp at any zoom, with its pages and shapes beside it.
- Every page • Shapes, lines, labels and pictures
- Shapes • Search every label and name
- Inspect • Sizes, colors, fonts and links
- Export • Pages as SVG, PNG or PDF
About BPMN
BPMN, Business Process Model and Notation, is the standard way to draw how work moves through an organization: who does what, in what order, and what happens when. Analysts draw it in Camunda Modeler, Bizagi, Signavio or ARIS, and engines like Camunda and Flowable run the same files.
A .bpmn file is XML in OMG's BPMN 2.0 schema. Its process part names every task, event, gateway, data object and flow, and its diagram part, BPMN DI, keeps where each one sits and the points each flow runs through. Many files also carry an engine's settings, which the diagram doesn't show.
Filepeek draws it in your browser with its own drawing of BPMN's notation, at the places the file keeps: pools and lanes, tasks with their kind's mark, subprocesses, start, intermediate and end events with their triggers, gateways, data objects and stores, annotations, and sequence, message and association flows. Each diagram is a page, Search finds any name, Inspect shows an element's kind and id, and Export saves the diagram as SVG, PNG or PDF.
BPMN 2.0 process diagram
.bpmn
Format
- MIME type
- application/bpmn+xml
- Made by
- Camunda Modeler, Bizagi, Signavio and others
Inside the file
- Holds
- Pools, lanes, tasks, events, gateways and flows
- Places
- BPMN DI's bounds and waypoints
- Format
- XML in the BPMN 2.0 schema
- Standard
- OMG BPMN 2.0.2, ISO/IEC 19510
Opens in every browser
Filepeek opens BPMN 2.0 files in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari, with nothing to install. On their own, browsers download them or show their XML.
- YouChromeOpens through Filepeek
- YouEdgeOpens through Filepeek
- YouFirefoxOpens through Filepeek
- YouSafariOpens through Filepeek
Apps that open BPMN
- WindowsCamunda Modeler, free
- MacCamunda Modeler, free
- iPhone and iPadNo app built in opens it
- AndroidNo app built in opens it
Questions
How do I open a .bpmn file?
Drop it on this page or press Peek a BPMN. The process opens as its diagram in your browser, on any computer or phone.
Why does my BPMN file open as XML?
It was saved without BPMN DI, which keeps where each element sits, as some engines and exports do. Filepeek draws what the file places, so a file with no places opens as its XML.
How do I convert BPMN to PDF, PNG or SVG?
Open it, choose Export, then Save the page as SVG, Save as PDF, or save it as PNG or JPEG at 1x, 2x or 3x.
Can I edit it?
Filepeek only shows it. Camunda Modeler is free for Windows, macOS and Linux.