Open FMP12 files in your browser
The database of FileMaker Pro and Claris FileMaker from version 12 on, and FP7 from 7 to 11. Open one right here as a folder of its tables, without FileMaker. Nothing leaves your device.
Or drop it anywhere on this page
What you'll see
Your FileMaker file opens as a folder in the file list, its tables with their records counted, and each table you pick opens in the grid.
- Every table in a folder • Records counted
- A row for each record • Repeating fields kept apart
- Search • Every table at once
- Export • Save a table, or the whole file as Excel or SQLite
About FMP12
FileMaker Pro keeps a whole solution in one file: its tables and records, with the layouts, scripts and relationships that make them an app. FileMaker Pro 7 brought FP7 in 2004, the first to hold many tables in one file, and FileMaker Pro 12 changed it in 2012 to FMP12, which every version since writes, Claris FileMaker included.
Inside, an FMP12 is a B-tree in blocks of 4 KB, each record's fields kept by their number and its text in SCSU, Unicode's compressed form. A container field holds a picture or a file, inside the database or stored beside it, and a file locked with Encryption at Rest only opens in FileMaker, with its key.
Filepeek reads the file in your browser, a block at a time, and opens it as a folder of its tables, each with its fields and records counted, and the one you pick in a grid to sort, filter and search. A repeating field keeps its values apart, Search looks in every table, and Export saves a table, or the whole file as a SQLite database, a SQL dump or one Excel workbook. Layouts, scripts and container fields aren't read.
FileMaker Pro database
.fmp12 • .fp7
Format
- MIME type
- application/x-filemaker
- Made by
- Claris, for FileMaker Pro
- Released
- 2012
Inside the file
- Tables
- Many in one file
- Records
- Fields kept by their number
- Text
- SCSU, a compressed Unicode
- Blocks
- 4 KB, in a B-tree
Opens in every browser
Filepeek opens FMP12 and FP7 files in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari. On their own, browsers only download them, and FileMaker Pro runs only on Windows and Macs.
- YouChromeOpens through Filepeek
- YouEdgeOpens through Filepeek
- YouFirefoxOpens through Filepeek
- YouSafariOpens through Filepeek
Apps that open FMP12
- WindowsClaris FileMaker Pro
- MacClaris FileMaker Pro
- iPhone and iPadFileMaker Go, free
- AndroidNo app opens it
Questions
How do I open an FMP12 file without FileMaker?
Drop it on this page or choose Peek an FMP12. Its tables show as a folder in the file list, each with its records counted, and the one you pick opens as a grid, on any computer or phone.
Can I get my data out as Excel or CSV?
Yes. Export saves the table on show as CSV, Excel, JSON or Parquet, and every table at once as a ZIP of CSVs, one Excel workbook with a sheet for each table, a SQLite database or a SQL dump.
Why does it say the file is encrypted?
FileMaker's Encryption at Rest locks every block of the file with a key only FileMaker opens, so Filepeek can't read it. Open the file in FileMaker with its password and save a copy without encryption, or export its records there.
Where are the pictures from container fields?
Filepeek reads each record's text, numbers, dates and times, and leaves container fields out: their pictures and files stay in the database, or in the folder beside it where FileMaker stores them.
Can it open older FileMaker files?
FP7 files from FileMaker 7 to 11 open here like FMP12 ones, and the FP5 and FP3 files of FileMaker 3 to 6 have their own page.