Convert ODT (LibreOffice Writer) to Markdown
Turns an OpenDocument Text file into Markdown, keeping headings, lists, tables and links. Everything runs inside your browser, so the file is never uploaded.
When this helps
Anyone writing in LibreOffice
The draft is .odt but the destination takes Markdown
Convert with headings and emphasis intact and paste it straight in
Anyone feeding documents to an LLM
Most chat interfaces will not accept an .odt attachment
Convert first, then paste the text in for a summary or a rewrite
Anyone receiving a file they cannot open
An .odt arrives and the recipient only has Word, which mangles the layout
Read the content as text in the browser — nothing is uploaded
Anyone collecting public documents
Material published in open formats cannot be searched with the rest of your notes
Convert to Markdown and keep it where full-text search reaches it
FAQ
- Is my file uploaded to your server?
- No. If your browser supports WebAssembly (WASM, a technology for running software inside the browser safely and quickly), the conversion happens entirely on your device. The 2.2MB engine loads on the first run only.
- What is kept and what is lost?
- Kept: heading levels, bold and italic, bulleted and numbered lists, tables, links and footnotes. Lost: images, fonts and colours, columns, headers and footers — Markdown has no way to express them.
- Can it open password-protected files?
- No. An encrypted .odt cannot be read, so the tool tells you it is password-protected and stops. Remove the password in LibreOffice first.
- Does it support Flat ODF (.fodt)?
- No. Flat ODF stores the whole document as a single XML file, which is a different format. Open it in LibreOffice and save it as a normal .odt.
- Which other formats does this page accept?
- .ods and .odp, .docx, .xlsx and .pptx, .doc, .xls and .ppt, .rtf, .epub, .csv and .pdf. The format is detected from the file's contents rather than its name, so a file with the wrong extension still converts correctly.
- What is the file size limit?
- 20MB per file.
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