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Balsamiq for Desktop is compatible with all versions of our .bmpr project files. That means that it doesn't matter if you're coming from Mockups 3 for Desktop, Balsamiq Cloud, or one of our modern integrations - those projects will open in Balsamiq for Desktop.

What about BMML files?

Unfortunately, Balsamiq for Desktop is not compatible with our legacy .bmml file format. If you have .bmml files that you would like to use, send us an email with the files, and we will convert them to a .bmpr project for you.

However, if you have a copy of Mockups 3 for Desktop (our legacy Desktop tool) on your machine, you can also do this conversion yourself. More details on this page.


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