Supported File Types

File types supported by Curiosity

Curiosity indexes a wide range of file types, enabling users to interact with contents of various types. Developers can customize which file types are indexed and searchable within their Curiosity workspace..

Overview of supported file types

Documents

  • Word Processing: doc, docx, odt, rtf, Google Docs, ott, odm, dot, dotx, docm, dotm, odf, afpub

  • Spreadsheets: xls, xlsx, ods, Google Sheets, xlt, csv, tsv, xlsm, xltm, ots

  • Presentations: ppt, pptx, odp, otp, Google Slides, ppsx, potx, ppam, ppsm, pptm, potm, pot, pps, ppa

  • PDFs: pdf, eps, xps

  • Ebooks: epub, mobi

  • Text Files: txt, md, log, json, xml, vcard

  • OneNote: one, onetoc2, onepkg

Emails, Messages, Calendars

  • Emails: msg, eml

  • Outlook Archives: pst

  • Calendars: ics, Google Calendar events

  • Messaging Platforms: Slack messages, Teams messages

Attachments within emails and messages are also indexed and searchable.

Images and Graphics

  • Images: png, jpg, jpeg, gif, tif, tiff, bmp, dng, webp, raw, heic, heif, psb, vg, odg, otg, odi

  • Diagrams: vsd

  • Drawings and Design Files: dwg, dxf, vsd, dgn, indd, stl, odc, Google Drawing, ai, xmind

  • Adobe Photoshop: psd

  • Figma: fig

  • Affinity Designer: afdesign,aftemplate, afphoto

Text in images and scans is extracted using the built in optical character recognition (OCR) model.

Diagrams and drawings are searchable by file name only.

Audio and Video

  • Video Files: mp4, wmv, mpeg, avi, mkv, mov, ogv, 3gp, m4a, oga, weba, webm,flv

  • Audio Files: mp3, wav, mka, wma, flac, aac, aiff

Audio and video files are currently searchable by name and content using the built in speech to text (STT) model.

Code and Development Files

  • Code Files: ps, cs, fs, css, js, class, java, c, cpp,h, php, py,sh, bat, .swift, vb

Code files are currently searchable by file name only.

Other File Types

  • Webpages: html, htm

  • Archives: zip, rar, 7z, ace, gz, bz, bz2, tar, cab, onepkg

Processing for archive files includes processing for the contents of the archived files.

Customizing Indexed File Types

To adjust which file types are indexed for search in your workspace, refer to our guide on Search.

Feedback and Suggestions

Missing a file type? Let us know on our public roadmap. Your feedback helps us improve and expand our file type support.

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