Word Converter

Convert DOCX files in your browser. Nothing leaves your device.

Try it online: docx.askjeeves.cc

More free tools: askjeeves.cc — PDF, images, CSV/JSON/Excel, Word, and more.

Supported conversions

Conversion	Status	Notes
DOCX → HTML	Enabled	Max ~50 MB
DOCX → plain text	Enabled	Max ~50 MB
Word → PDF (basic)	Enabled	Max 10 MB, 50 pages

Word → PDF uses browser-side DOM rasterization and is best for simple documents. For large or complex files, prefer HTML or plain text export.

How it works

All conversion runs in your browser. Files are never uploaded to a server. Shared UI and validation live in vendored @askjeeves/* packages under vendor/. This repo wires tool.config.ts to processor functions in src/scripts/processors.ts.

Requirements

Requirement	Version
Node.js	≥ 22.12
pnpm	10.27+

Enable pnpm once if needed:

corepack enable pnpm

Use pnpm, not npm — a preinstall script enforces this.

Install and run

git clone https://github.com/askjeeves-tools/docx-tools.git
cd docx-tools
pnpm install
pnpm dev

Open http://localhost:4321.

Build and preview

pnpm build      # output → dist/
pnpm preview    # serves dist/ locally

Do not open dist/index.html via file:// — ES modules require a local server.

Deploy

Option A — Cloudflare Pages (built-in)

pnpm deploy

This runs pnpm build then wrangler pages deploy dist. Log in first with wrangler login. Configuration lives in wrangler.toml.

First-time Cloudflare setup:

1. Create a Cloudflare Pages project (or let Wrangler create one on first deploy).
2. In the Cloudflare dashboard, open the project → Custom domains → add docx.askjeeves.cc.
3. Add the DNS record Cloudflare provides (typically a CNAME to your Pages hostname).

GitHub repo setup (for askjeeves-tools/docx-tools):

1. Create a public repo named docx-tools in the askjeeves-tools org.
2. Push this directory (source, vendor/, pnpm-lock.yaml, config files — not node_modules/ or dist/).
3. Set the repo website to https://docx.askjeeves.cc and topics such as astro, docx, word-converter, browser, cloudflare-pages.

Option B — Any static host

After pnpm build, upload the contents of dist/ to Netlify, Vercel, GitHub Pages, S3, or any static host. No server-side runtime is required.

Scripts

Script	Purpose
dev	Astro dev server
build	Static production build
preview	Preview dist/
deploy	Build + Cloudflare Pages deploy
test:e2e	Playwright end-to-end tests (see below)
lint	Biome check

Packages

Runtime dependencies

Package	Role
astro	Static site framework
@askjeeves/ui	Layout, converter UI, client controller
@askjeeves/conversion-core	Config, validation, errors, file limits
@askjeeves/astro-integration	Astro plugin, branding globals
@askjeeves/processors-docx	DOCX parsing and export

The five @askjeeves/* packages are vendored under vendor/@askjeeves/ and linked via file: paths in package.json. You do not install them separately.

Dev dependencies

Package	Role
typescript	Type checking
@playwright/test	End-to-end tests
wrangler	Cloudflare Pages deploy

Transitive (via processors)

mammoth (DOCX parsing), jsPDF, and html2canvas (Word → PDF) are pulled in automatically by @askjeeves/processors-docx.

Tests

End-to-end tests under tests/e2e/ import @askjeeves/test-e2e, which is not included in this standalone export. To run them locally, sync that package from the Ask Jeeves Modules monorepo into vendor/@askjeeves/test-e2e and add a matching file: dependency in package.json, or run tests from the upstream monorepo instead.

pnpm test:e2e

Errors users may see

Failures appear in #tool-status with accessible error styling. Common cases:

Situation	What to do
Wrong file type	Upload a DOCX file
File too large	Use a smaller file (max ~50 MB; Word → PDF max 10 MB)
Invalid file content	Use a valid DOCX file
Conversion failed	Try different options or another file
Cancelled	Click Convert again
Load / engine error	Refresh the page

For maintainers

This repo was exported from the Ask Jeeves Modules monorepo as a self-contained project. Shared packages live in vendor/@askjeeves/.

Do not copy tools/docx-tools/ directly from the monorepo — that folder uses workspace:* dependencies that only resolve inside the monorepo. To re-export after upstream changes:

node scripts/export-standalone-tool.mjs docx-tools ./export/docx-tools

See docs/sub-projects.md in the upstream repo. See also STANDALONE.md.