Everything About the HWP Viewer
HWP is the standard document format of Hangul, the word processor by Hancom that dominates official documents in South Korea. Government notices, school assignments, and job application forms are still widely distributed as HWP files, which is a problem when Hancom Office is not installed. This HWP viewer lets you check the contents of HWP/HWPX documents right in your browser — no installation, no sign-up.
Privacy is the biggest feature: your file is never uploaded to a server. Everything is processed 100% inside your browser, so you can safely open sensitive documents such as contracts, resumes, or quotations. Unlike online conversion sites that require uploading your file, the document never leaves your device.
Supported formats are HWP 5.x (most documents saved since Hangul 2002) and HWPX (the open XML-based standard adopted by the Korean government). The viewer displays text, paragraph structure, and tables, and provides one-click copy and .txt download — making it especially handy for extracting text from HWP files. Note that fonts, images, and complex formatting are not reproduced exactly; for print-perfect layout, use Hancom Office or Hancom Docs.
Pro tip: this tool shines when you urgently need to read an HWP attachment on a phone or an office PC without Hancom Office. Password-protected documents cannot be opened — remove the password in Hancom Office first — and very old HWP 3.x files need to be re-saved in a newer format. Combine the extracted text with the web notepad or character counter tools for further editing.