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Right click on one or more Fods file(s) on your desktop and select Convert with Filestar.
Type convert to xml in the search box.
Press Convert.
Or let an AI agent do it: filestarcli -i file.fods -c "convert to xml" (how).
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Let your AI agent convert FODS to XML
Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents can do this on your computer with Filestar. Your files stay on your machine. It works on Windows, macOS only.
“Convert the FODS files in my Downloads folder to XML”
Or run it yourself:
filestarcli -i file.fods -c "convert to xml"
Runs on your computer, so your files stay on it. Works on Windows and macOS. 50 free conversions with the npm install, no account needed.
Can my AI agent convert FODS to XML?
Yes. Install the Filestar CLI with npm install -g filestar and your agent can run filestarcli -i file.fods -c "convert to xml" on your computer, so your files stay on it.
The FODS (OpenDocument Flat XML Spreadsheet) file format is a type of document file designed for storing spreadsheet data in a single, uncompressed XML file. It is part of the OpenDocument Format (ODF) family, an open standard for document files. Unlike the more common ODS format, which packages various components of the spreadsheet (such as XML files, metadata, and images) into a single, compressed ZIP file, FODS files store all the spreadsheet information in a flat XML file.
An XML file is an XML (Extensible Markup Language) data file. It is formatted much like an .HTML document, but uses custom tags to define objects and the data within each object. XML files can be thought of as a text-based database.
