About this site

Design files outlive design software. CorelDRAW artwork from a sign shop, Visio diagrams from an IT department, Publisher newsletters, PageMaker layouts — the files survive on backup drives long after the programs (or the licenses, or the designers) are gone. This site opens them.

How it works

The Document Liberation Project — the team whose import filters power LibreOffice — reverse-engineered these proprietary formats so files could outlive their software. We compiled their drawing libraries (libcdr, libvisio, libmspub, libpagemaker, libfreehand) to WebAssembly, so they run directly in your browser. Your file is read, identified, and converted to SVG and PNG entirely on your own device. This site is static pages — there is no server to upload to. Load it, go offline, and it still works.

That matters because these files are usually somebody's business: logos, client work, internal diagrams. They shouldn't pass through a stranger's server just to become usable again.

Full library credits are on the attribution page. A format you need that we don't cover? Email james.meyers919@gmail.com (describe the file — please don't send it).