macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install libmwawlocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install libmwawMacPorts ports tree · devel/libmwaw/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew / rank 10214
Install libmwaw with Homebrew, apk, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, apt, zypper
Library for converting legacy Mac document formats. Version 0.3.23 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install libmwaw-0.3-3.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add libmwawAlpine Linux edge package indexes · libmwaw · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install libmwawFedora Rawhide package metadata · libmwaw · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#libmwawnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/li/libmwaw/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S libmwawArch Linux sync databases · libmwaw · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install libmwaw-0.3-3Debian stable package indexes · libmwaw-0.3-3 · source: deb.debian.org
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install libmwaw-0_3-3openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · libmwaw-0_3-3 · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
Library for converting legacy Mac document formats
Project links
Commands and aliases
- mwaw2csv
- mwaw2html
- mwaw2raw
- mwaw2svg
- mwaw2text
- mwawFile
- mwawZip
history
Project history and usage
libmwaw is a Document Liberation Project library for converting many pre-OSX Mac document formats, including old word-processing, graphics, spreadsheet, and presentation formats.
Project history
The SourceForge wiki describes libmwaw as a project for converting many pre-OSX Mac text formats plus some graphics and spreadsheet formats. Its supported-format table covers applications such as MacWrite, ClarisWorks/AppleWorks, Microsoft Word for Mac, Nisus Writer, WriteNow, RagTime, and others.
The project fits into the Document Liberation Project's broader strategy of extracting proprietary and obsolete document parsers into standalone libraries. The Document Foundation's 2015 DLP retrospective says Laurent Alonso added support for more than twenty legacy Mac formats to libmwaw.
Adoption history
libmwaw's adoption is concentrated in office-suite and conversion workflows that need to recover files from classic Mac applications. The wiki documents batch-conversion utilities for macOS and an online conversion experiment that emits OpenDocument-family output for LibreOffice and related tools.
In 2017, The Document Foundation reported new libmwaw work for PowerPoint 2, PowerPoint 4, and PowerPoint for Windows 95 import filters, showing that the library expanded beyond its initial Mac-writing focus into adjacent legacy presentation formats.
How it is used
Packaged builds expose tools such as mwaw2html, mwaw2raw, mwaw2svg, mwaw2text, mwaw2csv, mwawFile, and mwawZip. The practical workflow is forensic: identify a legacy file, parse whatever structure is recoverable, and export text, graphics, or OpenDocument-compatible content.
Why package nerds care
libmwaw is significant because it preserves the ability to read forgotten personal-computing formats without requiring the original classic Mac applications. For packagers, it is one of the more charming DLP libraries: narrow, strange, and invaluable when a user turns up with a decades-old document.
Timeline
- 2014-04: The Document Liberation Project is born within The Document Foundation framework.
- 2015-04-09: The Document Foundation reports more than twenty legacy Mac formats added to libmwaw.
- 2017-08-28: The Document Foundation reports libmwaw import-filter work for old PowerPoint formats.
- 2018-06-13: The libmwaw wiki notes an update to its browser-based conversion experiment.
- 2020s: libmwaw remains packaged across Unix package managers as a legacy-document conversion library.
Related projects
- libmwaw is part of the same Document Liberation ecosystem as libmspub, libwps, libvisio, libpagemaker, libqxp, and libfreehand. The wiki also points to librevenge as the common framework used by these document-conversion libraries.
Sources
- https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2017/08/28/updates-document-liberation-project/
- https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/libmwaw
- https://lwn.net/Articles/640198/
- https://sourceforge.net/p/libmwaw/libmwaw/ci/master/tree
- https://sourceforge.net/p/libmwaw/wiki/Home/
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/libmwaw/
- https://www.documentliberation.org/about/
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for libmwaw. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
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executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
mwaw2csv | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mwaw2html | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mwaw2raw | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mwaw2svg | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mwaw2text | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mwawFile | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
mwawZip | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version0.3.23
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:libmwaw |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.23 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://sourceforge.net/p/libmwaw/wiki/Home/ |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Debian apt95%
libmwaw-0.3-3 0.3.22-1+b2
import library for some old Mac text documents
http://sourceforge.net/projects/libmwaw
sudo apt install libmwaw-0.3-3- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libmwaw
- 5 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libmwaw
Debian apt95%
libmwaw-dev 0.3.22-1+b2
import library for some old Mac text documents -- development
http://sourceforge.net/projects/libmwaw
sudo apt install libmwaw-dev- Section: libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libmwaw
- 2 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libmwaw
Debian apt95%
libmwaw-doc 0.3.22-1
import library for some old Mac text documents -- documentation
http://sourceforge.net/projects/libmwaw
sudo apt install libmwaw-doc- Section: doc
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: libmwaw
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libmwaw
Debian apt95%
libmwaw-tools 0.3.22-1+b2
import library for some old Mac text documents -- tools
http://sourceforge.net/projects/libmwaw
sudo apt install libmwaw-tools- Section: utils
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libmwaw
- 5 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libmwaw
Nix95%
libmwaw
nix profile install nixpkgs#libmwaw- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libmwaw
Ubuntu apt95%
libmwaw-0.3-3 0.3.22-1build1
import library for some old Mac text documents
http://sourceforge.net/projects/libmwaw
sudo apt install libmwaw-0.3-3- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libmwaw
- 5 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libmwaw
Ubuntu apt95%
libmwaw-dev 0.3.22-1build1
import library for some old Mac text documents -- development
http://sourceforge.net/projects/libmwaw
sudo apt install libmwaw-dev- Section: libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libmwaw
- 2 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libmwaw
Ubuntu apt95%
libmwaw-doc 0.3.22-1build1
import library for some old Mac text documents -- documentation
http://sourceforge.net/projects/libmwaw
sudo apt install libmwaw-doc- Section: doc
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: libmwaw
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libmwaw
Ubuntu apt95%
libmwaw-tools 0.3.22-1build1
import library for some old Mac text documents -- tools
http://sourceforge.net/projects/libmwaw
sudo apt install libmwaw-tools- Section: universe/utils
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libmwaw
- 5 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libmwaw
apk95%
libmwaw 0.3.22-r0
Import filter and tools for old Mac documents
https://sourceforge.net/projects/libmwaw/
sudo apk add libmwaw- License: MPL-2.0
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: libmwaw
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libmwaw
apk95%
libmwaw-dev 0.3.22-r0
Import filter and tools for old Mac documents (development files)
https://sourceforge.net/projects/libmwaw/
sudo apk add libmwaw-dev- License: MPL-2.0
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: libmwaw
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libmwaw
apk95%
libmwaw-doc 0.3.22-r0
Import filter and tools for old Mac documents (documentation)
https://sourceforge.net/projects/libmwaw/
sudo apk add libmwaw-doc- License: MPL-2.0
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: libmwaw
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libmwaw
apk95%
libmwaw-tools 0.3.22-r0
Import filter and tools for old Mac documents
https://sourceforge.net/projects/libmwaw/
sudo apk add libmwaw-tools- License: MPL-2.0
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: libmwaw
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libmwaw
dnf95%
libmwaw 0.3.22-9.fc45
A library for import of many old Mac document formats
http://sourceforge.net/projects/libmwaw/
sudo dnf install libmwaw- License: LGPL-2.1-or-later OR MPL-2.0
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: i686
- Source Package: libmwaw
- 6 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libmwaw
dnf95%
libmwaw-devel 0.3.22-9.fc45
Development files for libmwaw
http://sourceforge.net/projects/libmwaw/
sudo dnf install libmwaw-devel- License: LGPL-2.1-or-later OR MPL-2.0
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: i686
- Source Package: libmwaw
- 4 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libmwaw
dnf95%
libmwaw-doc 0.3.22-9.fc45
Documentation of libmwaw API
http://sourceforge.net/projects/libmwaw/
sudo dnf install libmwaw-doc- License: LGPL-2.1-or-later OR MPL-2.0
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: libmwaw
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libmwaw
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