free · in-browser · no upload
Drop your MXL file. We'll convert it to SVG right here in your browser, your file never leaves your device.
Select your file here to get started
or drop your file here.
Accepts .mxl
How it works
Click the dropzone above or drag a MXL from your desktop. Files of any size, there's no upload, so there's no upload limit.
The conversion runs entirely in this tab using JavaScript and WebAssembly. Your file never touches our servers, we don't have any.
Get your SVG the moment the conversion finishes. Convert another, or close the tab.
Your file is never uploaded. The entire conversion runs in your browser using WebAssembly. We can't see what you convert because we have no server to see it.
Server converters cap free users at 1-2 GB and gate larger files behind a paid plan. Since nothing uploads, our limit is whatever your browser can handle.
No account required. No watermark on the output. No queue. Drop a file, get a converted file.
Why convert MXL → SVG
MXL is the compressed MusicXML format most notation editors actually export (smaller files, single download). Same Verovio engraving as musicxml-to-svg, just with the unzip step inlined so you do not have to manually extract before converting.
MuseScore exported your arrangement as .mxl, not .musicxml. Drop the .mxl directly, get the engraved SVG, no manual unzip step.
"no inner MusicXML file found".
The .mxl container is missing or hiding the inner score file. Open in MuseScore and re-save (or save as uncompressed .musicxml and use musicxml-to-svg instead).
Formats involved
MXL is the compressed (zipped) variant of MusicXML, a zip containing the inner XML score plus a META-INF/container.xml manifest pointing at it. Most digital sheet music ships as MXL because it's typically 70-80% smaller than the uncompressed MusicXML. Every notation app that reads MusicXML reads MXL.
How to open
Same as MusicXML, Finale, Sibelius, Dorico, MuseScore, Notion all read MXL natively.
SVG describes images as math (paths, shapes, fills) instead of pixels. The result scales to any size without losing sharpness, perfect for logos, icons, and UI graphics. SVG files are XML text, which means they can be edited in any text editor and styled with CSS. Browsers render SVG natively; for rasterized output (PNG/JPG) you can convert.
How to open
Every browser displays SVG inline. Vector editors (Illustrator, Affinity Designer, Inkscape, Figma) edit them. Any text editor can open the underlying XML.
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FAQ
Yes. No signup, no watermark, no daily file count limit. Every conversion runs in your browser, your file never touches our servers because there are no servers.
Nowhere. The conversion runs entirely in your browser using JavaScript and WebAssembly. Your file is never uploaded to our servers. We don't have any servers handling files, there's nothing for us to log, store, or accidentally leak.
Whatever your browser can hold in memory. Practically, this means a few hundred MB on most computers, significantly larger than the 1-2 GB caps that server-upload converters charge for. Very large files (multi-GB) may require closing other browser tabs first.
Compressed sheet music distribution. Logos, icons, illustrations, and any graphic that needs to scale crisply. The most common reason to convert is compatibility, SVG works in places where MXL doesn't, or vice versa.
Same as MusicXML, Finale, Sibelius, Dorico, MuseScore, Notion all read MXL natively.
Once the page is loaded, the conversion itself runs entirely offline. The first time you use a tool, your browser downloads the conversion library (a one-time cache). If you reload while offline, the page won't load, but you can install the site as a Progressive Web App for full offline use.
Single file at a time for now. Batch conversion is on the roadmap, for now, drop one file, download the result, then convert the next.
