YML File Extension

What is the .YML file type?

Associated with the YAML Data File (.yml or .yaml) file type, the .yml extension is conventionally used to denote text-based YAML files. YAML—originally standing for 'Yet Another Markup Language,' but later transmuting into the recursive 'YAML Ain't Markup Language'—is positioned by its authors as a human-readable, extensible, universal, consistent, and agile data serialization language, with the main focus shifted from the markup to the data.

YAML is currently integrated into all actively used programming and scripting languages (C/C++, PHP, Ruby on Rails, Python, etc.). YML files are broadly used as data and/or configuration files in a number of web applications. For instance, .yml files are routinely used for configuring Minecraft game servers.

An .yml file is a simple text file that contains one or more text lines written in the YAML syntax. Perfectly readable and parsable by machines, any .yml file can be opened with a text editor and easily read by a human. Besides .yml, YAML files are also denoted with the officially preferred .yaml extension.

Software to open or convert YML files

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