# LibreDWG

> LibreDWG reads and writes AutoCAD DWG documents through a C library and command-line tools. It provides DWG inspection, text search, layer listing and conversion to DXF, JSON, GeoJSON, SVG and PostScript. The project maintains corrections to an ODA DWG specification and records version-specific reader and writer gaps.

- Type: Tool
- Targets: App
- Category: Binary analysis libraries
- Relationship: Foundation tool
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-09
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/LibreDWG/libredwg>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/LibreDWG/libredwg/blob/c184dd0d3f612de98feb36a5e74eb28c8078e349/README>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/libredwg/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/libredwg/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/libredwg/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Building from Git requires a C99 compiler, make, autoconf, automake and libtool.
- **Limits:** Some advanced R2010+ objects are skipped; writing R2007 and R2010–R2018 files has stated limitations.
- **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/LibreDWG/libredwg/blob/c184dd0d3f612de98feb36a5e74eb28c8078e349/README>

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