Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your DOX file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert DOX to another file type
To convert your DOX file to another format, you need Doxygen or other Developer software.
Convert a file to DOX
To convert other file formats to the "Source Code Documentation" file type, you need software like Doxygen or a similar tool.
About DOX files
A .DOX file is primarily associated with Doxygen, the standard tool for generating documentation from annotated C++ sources. These files typically contain plain text with special formatting tags or Markdown syntax used to define project structures, groups, and page layouts separate from the source code. While powerful for developers, .DOX files are not immediately readable by non-technical stakeholders and require processing through the Doxygen generator to produce viewable output like HTML or LaTeX. Additionally, legacy friction occurs because .DOX was historically used by MultiMate word processors, and modern users frequently encounter files with this extension that are simply misnamed DOCX or DOC files created by Microsoft Word. To ensure accessibility and long-term archiving, users should convert valid Doxygen files to PDF or HTML. For misnamed documents or legacy MultiMate files, converting to PDF/A or standard DOCX restores compatibility with modern office suites.
Convert.Guru analyzes your DOX file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert DOX file to TXT, RTF, DOC, DOCX, ODT, PAGES, TEX, LATEX, MD, MARKDOWN, LOG or NFO, you can use Doxygen or similar software from the "Documentation Source File" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert PDF, DOC, ASC, TODO, NFO, MEMO, README, DOCX, JPG, TXT, NOTE or RTF files to DOX, try Doxygen or another comparable tool in the "Documentation Source File" category.
The DOX Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our DOX converter.