OpenDocument

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family of file formats most known for use with LibreOffice and OpenOffice software

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Extensions	`.odm.odt.ods.odg.odp.odc.odi.odf.odb.ott.ots.otg.otp.otc.oti.otf.oth.fodt.fods.fodg.fodp`
MIME types	`application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.textapplication/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text-templateapplication/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text-masterapplication/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text-webapplication/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheetapplication/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet-templateapplication/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphicsapplication/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics-templateapplication/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentationapplication/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation-templateapplication/vnd.oasis.opendocument.chartapplication/vnd.oasis.opendocument.chart-templateapplication/vnd.oasis.opendocument.imageapplication/vnd.oasis.opendocument.image-templateapplication/vnd.oasis.opendocument.formulaapplication/vnd.oasis.opendocument.formula-templateapplication/vnd.oasis.opendocument.baseapplication/vnd.oasis.opendocument.database`
PRONOM	`fmt/135fmt/136fmt/290fmt/291fmt/137fmt/294fmt/295fmt/139fmt/296fmt/297fmt/138fmt/292fmt/293fmt/140fmt/444fmt/424`
Wikidata	`Q184473`
Library of Congress	`fdd000247fdd000424fdd000425fdd000427fdd000428fdd000438fdd000439fdd000436fdd000435fdd000437fdd000441`

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Calligra StageOpen sourcereads and writes · GNU Lesser General Public License
Calligra WordsOpen sourcereads and writes · GNU General Public License
KOfficeOpen sourcereads and writes · BSD licenses / GNU General Public License / GNU Lesser General Public License
libodfgenOpen sourcewrites · GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 / Mozilla Public License, version 2.0
LibreOfficeOpen sourcereads and writes · MPL-2.0
LibreOfficeOpen sourcereads and writes · Mozilla Public License, version 2.0
OpenOffice WriterOpen sourcereads and writes · GNU Lesser General Public License
PandocOpen sourcereads and writes · GPL-2.0-or-later
PandocOpen sourcewrites · GNU General Public License, version 2.0
phpMyAdminOpen sourcereads and writes · GNU General Public License, version 2.0
Q220993Open sourcereads and writes · GNU General Public License, version 2.0 / GNU General Public License, version 3.0
anydocOpen sourcereads · MIT License
Apache TikaOpen sourcereads · Apache Software License 2.0
NoalyssOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License, version 2.0
Translate ToolkitOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License
Google Docsreads and writes
Google Docsreads and writes · proprietary license
MyOfficereads and writes · proprietary license
ChatGPTreads · proprietary license
diffoscopereads
Group-Officereads
IBM Lotus Sametimereads
MobiOfficereads
Q11255reads · Microsoft end-user license agreement
Q207902reads · proprietary license

To	With	Fidelity	Command and losses
ePub Format	Pandoc	Partial	`pandoc -f odt -t epub in.odt -o out.epub` Document structure is kept; layout, styles and unsupported elements are lost.
Hypertext Markup Language	Pandoc	Partial	`pandoc -f odt -t html in.odt -o out.html` Document structure is kept; layout, styles and unsupported elements are lost.
Markdown	Pandoc	Partial	`pandoc -f odt -t markdown in.odt -o out.md` Document structure is kept; layout, styles and unsupported elements are lost.
Office Open XML Wordprocessing Document, ECMA-376 1st Edition	Pandoc	Partial	`pandoc -f odt -t docx in.odt -o out.docx` Document structure is kept; layout, styles and unsupported elements are lost.
Office Open XML Wordprocessing Document, ECMA-376 1st Edition	LibreOffice	Partial	`soffice --headless --convert-to docx in.odt` Layout may shift; macros and some features are not kept.
PDF	LibreOffice	Partial	`soffice --headless --convert-to pdf in.odt` Fixed layout: the document is no longer editable.
Plain Text File	Pandoc	Partial	`pandoc -f odt -t plain in.odt -o out.txt` Text only: all formatting is dropped.

From Converters (FFmpeg, ImageMagick, Pandoc, LibreOffice), Just Solve the File Format Problem (File Formats Wiki), Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-24.