abet-converter 0.3.1

Cross-platform self-contained CLI to convert ABET and MDB databases into SQLite, SQL, CSV, and XLSX.

ABET CONVERTER

Cross-platform, self-contained CLI for converting .ABETdb and .mdb files into SQLite, SQL dump, CSV, and XLSX.

The repository is designed as a public end-user tool. Bundled mdbtools runtimes are shipped inside the repo for Windows, Linux, and macOS so the default workflow stays simple.

Installation

Requirements:

• Python 3.11+
• no external mdbtools install required for supported bundled platforms

Recommended: pipx

pipx install abet-converter

pip

python -m pip install abet-converter

From source

git clone https://github.com/vcanonici/abet-converter.git
cd abet-converter
python -m pip install -e .

Verify:

abet-converter --help

Usage

Installed command:

abet-converter --input C:\data\input.ABETdb --output C:\data\input.sqlite

Direct script:

python convert.py --input C:\data\input.ABETdb --output C:\data\input.sqlite

Multiple formats from one file:

abet-converter --input C:\data\input.ABETdb --output C:\data\exports --format sqlite --format sql --format csv --format xlsx

Directory conversion:

abet-converter --input C:\data\incoming --output C:\data\converted --format sqlite --format csv --recursive

Behavior

• default format is sqlite
• file input + only sqlite uses a single .sqlite file output
• directory input always requires an output directory
• any export including sql, csv, or xlsx requires an output directory
• existing outputs are not overwritten
• --mdbtools-dir can override the bundled runtime if needed

Formats

• sqlite: one .sqlite per source database
• sql: one .sql dump per source database
• csv: one directory per source database with one .csv per table
• xlsx: one workbook per source database with one sheet per table

Docs

• docs/cli.md
• docs/output_artifacts.md
• AGENTS.md

Citation

If you use ABET CONVERTER in research, please cite the repository in your paper, thesis, report, or dataset note.

BibTeX:

@software{canonici_abet_converter_2026,
  author = {Canonici, Vinicius Garcia},
  title = {ABET CONVERTER},
  year = {2026},
  version = {0.3.1},
  url = {https://github.com/vcanonici/abet-converter},
  note = {Cross-platform CLI to convert ABET and MDB databases into SQLite, SQL, CSV, and XLSX}
}

The repository also ships CITATION.cff and citation.bib for direct reuse.

If the tool helps your work and you like the project, please consider giving the repository a star on GitHub.

License

GNU GPL v3 or later

Validation

pytest