Open a CorelDRAW file — and get a real vector out of it
The print shop wants vector artwork. All you have is logo.cdr from a designer who moved on years ago, and nothing on your computer will open it — not Illustrator, not anything free you’ve tried. This tool opens it right here in your browser. Drop the file in and you’ll see your artwork in seconds, with each page available as an SVG — a genuine, editable vector file that Inkscape, Illustrator, Figma, and every sign shop on earth can work with — plus a PNG for quick sharing. There’s nothing to install beyond a one-time ~1MB engine download, it keeps working offline afterward, and the file is read entirely on your own machine. Your logo is your business’s property; it shouldn’t have to pass through some anonymous converter server just so you can see it again.
About CorelDRAW
CorelDRAW, launched in 1989 by Ottawa’s Corel Corporation, was the PC’s answer to Illustrator — and through the 1990s, for a huge share of the world, it simply was the answer. It ran on affordable Windows machines instead of pricey Macs, shipped with enormous clip-art and font libraries, and became the standard tool of sign shops, engravers, screen printers, and small-town design studios. A remarkable amount of small-business branding from that era exists only as .cdr files. The catch: .cdr is a proprietary, undocumented format that changes between versions, and almost nothing else reads it — even Adobe Illustrator dropped its limited CorelDRAW import long ago. The Document Liberation Project reverse-engineered the format to build libcdr, the open-source library LibreOffice uses to open these files. This tool runs that same library, compiled to WebAssembly, directly in your browser, with solid coverage from roughly CorelDRAW 7 through the X7 era.
Frequently asked questions
Is my logo uploaded to a server?
No. The conversion engine (about 1MB, downloaded once) runs entirely inside your browser using WebAssembly — the page even works offline after the first load. Your .cdr file is read on your own machine and is never uploaded, copied, or modified. If you want proof, load the page, disconnect from the internet, and open your file anyway.
Which CorelDRAW versions can it open?
Files saved by CorelDRAW 7 through the X7 era open reliably — that covers most artwork from the late 1990s through the mid-2010s, which is exactly the range most orphaned logo files fall into. Very old files (CorelDRAW 1–6) and files from very recent CorelDRAW releases may not parse yet. Vector shapes, paths, and text convert well; very complex effects like mesh fills and lenses may come through simplified. Password-protected files are not supported.
I have an SVG now — what do I actually do with it?
SVG is the standard vector format everything modern understands. You can edit it in Inkscape (free), Adobe Illustrator, or Figma; open it in any web browser to view it; and send it straight to a print shop or sign maker — SVG is real vector artwork, so it scales to any size without going blurry. If a vendor insists on PDF or EPS, Inkscape can re-save your SVG to either in a few clicks.
Why can’t Illustrator open my .cdr file?
Corel has never published the .cdr file format, and it changes with nearly every release, so supporting it means reverse engineering — expensive, thankless work that Adobe stopped doing years ago. The only serious open implementation is libcdr, built by the Document Liberation Project for LibreOffice. This tool runs libcdr in your browser, which is why it can open files that the biggest design app in the world will not touch.