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Open .xml files on your Mac.

.xml .xmltv .xml.gz

Electronic program guides for IPTV. Loper opens even compressed .xml.gz guides and shows them unpacked.

Loper is a free, minimal editor for macOS that opens XMLTV EPG instantly and colors every part of the file, so you find the value you need at a glance and can fix it right there. No IDE, no project to load, no gray wall of text.

epg.xml.gz opened in Loper: XMLTV EPG with color-coded XML
Show the file as text
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><tv generator-info-name="guide-builder">  <channel id="news.example">    <display-name>News One</display-name>  </channel>  <programme start="20261025180000 +0000" stop="20261025190000 +0000" channel="news.example">    <title lang="en">Evening News</title>    <desc lang="en">Today's headlines.</desc>  </programme></tv>

How to open .xml files

  1. Download Loper (free, Apple silicon, signed and notarized) and move it to Applications.
  2. Double-click your .xml file, drag it onto the Loper window, or right-click it and choose Open With › Loper.
  3. Want every .xml file to open in Loper? Choose Loper › Make Loper the Default Editor….