Source 2 Viewer vs VPKEdit
| Source 2 Viewer | VPKEdit | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Free trial | No | No |
| Paid from | Free | — |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | Linux, macOS, Web, Windows | Linux, macOS, Windows |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Asset types | maps, models, materials, textures, sounds, particles, physics, animations, shaders, navigation meshes, closed captions, KeyValues | audio, text files, KeyValues files, images, Source 1 textures, Source 1 models, Source 1 DMX files |
| Game file formats | VPK, vmap, vwrld, vmdl, vmat, vtex, vpcf, vphys, vsnd, vwnod, vvis, vpk, vcs, SPIR-V, nav, bin, DMX, KeyValues | 007, APK, BEE_PACK, BMZ, BSP, FGP, FPX, GCF, GMA, HOG, OL, ORE, PAK, PCK, PK3, PK4, PKZ, SIN, VPK, VPP, WAD, XZP, ZIP |
| Model formats | glTF 2.0, GLB, vmdl, DMX | MDL, DMX |
| Texture formats | PNG, JPG, EXR, SVG | Source 1 textures, VTF, XTF |
| Batch extraction | Yes | Yes |
| Command-line support | Yes | Yes |
| Archive repacking | Yes | Yes |
Both are listed in Best Game Asset Extractors. On VGSources, Source 2 Viewer scores higher on our published basis.