DBC Utility for Windows & Linux
Open, inspect and edit CAN and CAN FD databases in one desktop app. Compare DBC files side by side, review changes before saving, inspect bit layouts, translate German–English content, and analyse ASC/BLF logs. Your DBC files and recordings are processed locally.
Explore DBC Utility
01 / Your everyday DBC toolkit
Find a signal, refine its definition, inspect the payload, and compare revisions. See the whole workflow in context.
01 / VIEW & INSPECT
Open your database in a DBC file viewer that keeps messages, signal definitions, metadata and bit layouts together. Find the signal you need without losing the message context.
02 / CREATE & EDIT
Use the DBC file editor to create, duplicate and reorder messages, refine signal definitions, and maintain value tables and attributes. Review your edits with Compare & Save before updating the database.
03 / INSPECT THE LAYOUT
See how the signals fit inside a message. Inspect bit positions and byte order, then filter multiplexed groups to review their layout.
04 / COMPARE DBC FILES
Review a supplier revision or check your own edits. See what changed, edit either file, and review the result before you save.
Work with the DBC fields that give your signals their meaning.
Edit multiplexer fields in the signal dialog. Filter multiplexed messages and inspect the matching payload layout.
Explore multiplexingManage shared value catalogs and apply them to signals. Edit cycle times, send types, start values, and other DBC attributes.
See editing detailsWork with Integer, Float32, and Float64 types. Control start bits, lengths, byte order, signedness, scale, offset, and limits.
Explore signal editing02 / Go beyond the database
Translate the language inside a supplier DBC, or decode a CAN recording with your database definitions. Both tools process your files locally and are included in the $34 license.
Make a supplier DBC readable for your team. Translate comments, value labels, shared value tables, and string attributes between German and English, then review the translated database before saving.
GERMAN / SOURCE
ENGLISH / TRANSLATED
EngineSpeed → EngineSpeedIllustrative translation example · Not an app capture
Open an ASC or BLF CAN recording and map your DBC files to decode its signals. Follow the trace, plot signal values, review statistics, and inspect unknown IDs to understand what happened in a recorded session.
EngineSpeed · RPM
Illustrative signal plot · Not measured data or an app capture
Review translated content before saving. Log analysis in v2.0.5 supports recorded ASC/BLF files, replay-aware plots, measurements, and recording checks; signal export and log encoding are not included.
03 / Built for engineering work
DBC files, translations, comparisons, and CAN logs are processed on your computer. Your working data stays in your workspace.
Use Compare & Save to review Original against Modified. Check the changes, then confirm the save and return to the editor.
Preserve source encoding and line endings for better CANdb++ compatibility, keeping the saved database closer to the file you started with.
Internet access is needed for licensing, downloads, updates, support, and the initial translation-model download. Layout inspection supports engineering review; it does not certify a database.
04 / One workspace. One license.
DBC comparison, viewing, editing, bit layouts, translation, and log analysis. Every tool is included in DBC Utility Pro.
One license for the full desktop workspace on Windows and Linux, across up to two devices.
DBC Utility Pro
Keep using eligible versions after the included update year, under the license terms. No subscription.
Taxes may apply at checkout. See license terms and refund policy.
Download DBC Utility
Download the app for Windows or Linux and install it on your computer. A DBC Utility license is required to activate the app.
ZIP INSTALLER / x86_64
Download the ZIP archive, extract it, then run the included installer to get started.
DEB & RPM / x86_64
Choose DEB for Debian or Ubuntu, or RPM for Fedora, RHEL or openSUSE.
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Read the installation guideA few useful answers
Need help with a particular database, workflow, or license?
Talk to usA DBC viewer, DBC editor, comparison tools, bit-layout inspection, German–English translation, and ASC/BLF log analysis. One purchase covers up to two devices and includes one year of updates.
Yes. Viewing, editing, translation, comparison, layout inspection, and log analysis process your files locally. Internet access is needed for license checks, downloads, updates, support, and the initial translation-model download.
Yes. Open two DBC files in side-by-side, unified, or structured comparison. Navigate changes, ignore whitespace, edit either file, and copy lines between Primary and Secondary. Use Save or Save As for changed files. Compare & Save also lets you review Original against Modified before confirming an editor save. See DBC comparison details.
Yes. Edit multiplexer fields in the signal dialog and filter multiplexed messages in the viewer. Manage shared VAL_TABLE_ catalogs, apply them to signals, and edit DBC attributes. Integer, Float32, and Float64 signal types are supported. Explore multiplexed DBC editing.
Install the language packs once from Translate > Models. Translate comments, value labels, shared value tables, and string attributes locally in either direction. Keep identifiers unchanged or choose optional renaming, then review the result before saving. See translation details.
Version 2.0.5 supports recorded ASC and BLF logs with DBC mapping, All frames and Per message traces, replay-aware plots, A/B measurements, recording checks, and unknown-ID inspection. Signal export and log encoding are not included. See log analysis details.
Yes. Eligible versions remain usable after your included year of updates under the license terms. Later updates may require a new purchase or a paid upgrade. There is no subscription or automatic renewal.
DBC Utility runs on Windows and Linux. It supports CAN and CAN FD payload layouts, multiplexed signals, shared value tables, and Integer, Float32, and Float64 signal types. See the installation guide for setup.
From signal definitions and bit layouts to change review and recorded traffic.