Supported File Formats
What file types do eSearch Pro and TARILIO support?
When creating or updating an index you can select which file types to include. This is useful when indexing a Folder that may have nested folders containing filetypes that are not of interest and is quicker than having to select Files to index. You can select all or parts of a category or individual filetypes from the tree view:
Last updated: 4 August 2025
When Include All is selected, files that are not explicitly listed in the Create Index tree-view are handled by the Apache Tika filter, it will block known executable file types.
eSearch Lite offers Include All only.
| File Type | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Documents | ||
| doc | Microsoft Office Word 97-2003 | |
| docx | Microsoft Office Word OpenXML | |
| odt | OpenDocument Text | |
| pages | iWorks Pages | |
| wpd | WordPerfect | |
| ipynb | Jupyter Notebook | |
| Presentations | ||
| ppt | Microsoft Office PowerPoint 97-2003 | |
| pptx | Microsoft Office PowerPoint OpenXML | |
| odp | OpenDocument Presentation | |
| key | Keynote | |
| Publications | ||
| epub | Electronic Publication | |
| Portable Document Format | ||
| html, htm | Hypertext Markup Language | |
| Text | ||
| rtf | Rich Text Format | |
| txt | Text file | |
| tex | TeX | |
| md, markdown | Markdown | Ideal for Obsidian vaults. Format also used by Notion. |
| Emails | ||
| eml | Electronic Mail | |
| emlx | Apple Mail | |
| msg | Outlook Message | |
| oft | Outlook File Template | |
| ost | Outlook Off-line Storage Table | |
| pst | Outlook Personal Storage Table | |
| vct | Virtual Contact File | |
| Spreadsheets | ||
| xls | Microsoft Office Excel 97-2003 | |
| xlsx | Microsoft Office Excel OpenXML | |
| ods | OpenDocument Spreadsheet | |
| Data | ||
| xml | Extensible Markup Language | |
| xliff | XML Localization Interchange File Format | *(Limited to small files) |
| tmx | Translation Memory Exchange | |
| tbx | TermBase eXchange | |
| json | JavaScript Object Notation | |
| jsonl | JSON Lines | Each row as separate document |
| csv | Comma-Separated Values | Each row as separate document |
| econvo | eSearch Conversation | Exported by eSearch and TARILIO in AI Mode for multiturn conversations to be imported and indexed for searching large volumes of conversations. |
| Audio | ||
| Image | ||
| Video | ||
| Source Code | ||
| asm | Assembly Language | |
| bat | Batch File | |
| c | C | |
| cs | C Sharp | |
| clj | Clojure | |
| cpp | C++ | |
| coffee | CoffeeScript | |
| dart | Dart | |
| elm | Elm | |
| erl | Erlang | |
| fs | F# | |
| go | Go | |
| groovy | Groovy | |
| hs | Haskell | |
| java | Java | |
| js | JavaScript | |
| jsx | JavaScript JSX | |
| jl | Julia | |
| kt | Kotlin | |
| lisp | Lisp | |
| lua | Lua | |
| m | Objective-C | |
| ml | OCaml | |
| pl | Perl | |
| php | PHP | |
| pl | Prolog | |
| ps1 | PowerShell Script | |
| py | Python | |
| r | R | |
| rkt | Racket | |
| rb | Ruby | |
| rs | Rust | |
| scss | Sass (SCSS) | |
| sass | Sass | |
| scala | Scala | |
| sh | Shell Script | |
| swift | Swift | |
| sql | SQL | |
| ts | TypeScript | |
| tsx | TypeScript JSX | |
| v | Verilog | |
| vhd | VHDL | |
| vb | Visual Basic |