Convert YAML Files on Mac
YAML (YAML Ain't Markup Language) is a config file format using the .yaml and .yml extensions. Consul converts YAML files to 7 other formats, and 8 formats to YAML. Rename a file's extension in Finder and Consul handles the conversion automatically.
What is YAML?
YAML (YAML Ain't Markup Language) is a human-readable data-serialization format that uses indentation to represent structure. First released in 2001, it is widely used for configuration files, CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code tools, and is a strict superset of JSON.
YAML files are stored uncompressed. Nothing is lost to encoding, though they can take more disk space than compressed formats.
YAML was developed by Clark Evans, Ingy dot Net and Oren Ben-Kiki and is an open standard.
Opening YAML files on a Mac
A plain-text file that opens in TextEdit or any code editor.
Consul supports 15 conversions for YAML
Consul is the easiest way to convert YAML files on your Mac, or to turn other files into YAML. Rename file.yaml to change its extension, and Consul converts it automatically.