ParseDAT Bedrock

A command line utility that reads a Minecraft Bedrock level.dat file (Little-Endian NBT) and outputs the data as JSON.

Usage

parsedat-bedrock /path/to/level.dat --out world.json --pretty
parsedat-bedrock /path/to/level.dat --stdout
parsedat-bedrock /path/to/level.dat --preserve-types --pretty

Features

• Automatically detect compression algorithm: gzip, zlib, or uncompressed
• Parse NBT tags (0..12): End, Byte, Short, Int, Long, Float, Double, Byte_Array, String, List, Compound, Int_Array, Long_Array
• Emits clean JSON values (default)
• Emits typed JSON if --preserve-types flag is used
• Validates tag 0 termination (where applicable)
• No external dependencies

Notes

This script assumes the input file is Bedrock-style NBTLE, opposed to Java’s Big-Endian NBT.

Author

DJ Stomp

License

MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more details.