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XRechnung ZUGFeRD EN 16931

Free XRechnung Viewer Online

Open an XRechnung and read it like a paper invoice, right in your browser. Works with ZUGFeRD PDFs too.

Drag and drop your invoices here, or click to browse.

Meets the standards EN 16931 ZUGFeRD / Factur-X XRechnung KoSIT GoBD Archive PDF/A-3

How It Works

From machine file to readable invoice in two clicks.

Step 1

Drop In the File

Upload the e-invoice XML, or a hybrid PDF with embedded XML; the syntax is detected automatically.

Step 2

Read the Invoice

The structured data is rendered as a clean invoice layout: parties, line items, VAT breakdown, totals, and payment details.

Step 3

Copy or Download

Copy the values you need directly from the page, or download the same invoice as a formatted PDF.

Why open your XRechnung here?

An XRechnung is pure XML: correct, but unreadable. This viewer turns it back into an invoice a human can read, check, and copy from.

Readable in Seconds

Seller, buyer, line items, VAT breakdown, Leitweg-ID, and payment details appear as a laid-out invoice, not as nested tags.

Copy the IBAN, Not Retype It

Everything is selectable text: IBAN, invoice number, amounts. No more reading values out of raw XML.

No Copy Kept

The file is parsed in memory and discarded immediately; ideal for invoices you received and just need to read.

ZUGFeRD PDFs Too

Drop a ZUGFeRD PDF and the embedded XML is read automatically; the visible PDF page is not needed.

Reading an XRechnung like a normal invoice

An XRechnung deliberately has no visual page: it is pure data for machines, which is why a double click shows angle brackets instead of an invoice. The viewer renders those fields as the document you expect: parties, line items, VAT breakdown, payment details, and any embedded attachments.

The habit worth building: read the data, not a picture of it. On hybrid invoices the structured part has been the authoritative one since 2025, so amounts, IBAN and references belong checked in the data before anything gets paid.

The file itself stays untouched, and nothing is stored: the display is generated in memory from your upload. Keep the original in your own records, because the archive wants the file, not an image of it.

Received a hybrid ZUGFeRD PDF from a company instead? Same engine, hybrid-first guidance: Open it in the ZUGFeRD viewer →

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about making an XRechnung readable.

Yes. That is exactly what this page does: upload the XML and read it in your browser, no installation, no registration.
XRechnung XML in both syntaxes (CII and UBL), plain CII XML, and ZUGFeRD PDFs with embedded XML. Detection is automatic.
Yes. The buyer reference (BT-10), where the Leitweg-ID lives, is displayed with the other references, so you can check it at a glance.
No. The viewer shows what the file contains; it does not judge compliance. Run the file through the XRechnung validator for an EN 16931 and CIUS rule check.
Nothing within the free allowance; a premium account raises the limits.
GoBD Archive

Receiving e-invoices? You must archive them properly.

Since 2015, the GoBD, the tax office's rules for digital records, have applied to every business, freelancers included: digital invoices must be kept as the original file, unchanged, exportable and readable for the whole 8-year retention period. With the e-invoicing mandate a print no longer counts. Our archive takes care of it for you.

  • Every invoice stored exactly as it arrived: XML, PDF or photo
  • Locked against changes, so nothing can be altered afterwards
  • A second copy in another German data centre
  • Find any invoice by date and export it with an index for your tax advisor
  • Team access: several team members can work in the same archive
  • No ERP, no installation: right next to your e-invoicing tools
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Built for the German mandate

One toolkit for ZUGFeRD and XRechnung

Every German business has had to accept e-invoices since January 2025. Both formats are covered here.

ZUGFeRD or XRechnung? Let the assistant pick the tool Tell the chat what you need: it converts, checks, builds, and reads out German e-invoices. Open assistant

Create

Fill one form, get a ZUGFeRD PDF or an XRechnung with Leitweg-ID
Create ZUGFeRD PDF ZUGFeRD PDF The guided form turns your details into a ZUGFeRD or XRechnung invoice. Create XRechnung XRechnung Generate a valid XRechnung with Leitweg-ID, ready for public-sector buyers. Create Order-X Order-X PDF Create an Order-X order file: the ZUGFeRD hybrid principle applied to purchase orders. ZUGFeRD Credit Note ZUGFeRD PDF Cancel or correct an e-invoice you already sent with a ZUGFeRD credit note. XRechnung Credit Note XRechnung Create an XRechnung credit note with Leitweg-ID for public-sector buyers.

Check & repair

Test against EN 16931 and the XRechnung CIUS, then fix what a buyer rejected
Validate ZUGFeRD ZUGFeRD PDF Run EN 16931 checks on your ZUGFeRD invoices before DATEV or your customer does. Validate XRechnung XRechnung Check XRechnung XML against EN 16931 and the German CIUS rules. Validate Order-X Order-X Run incoming and outgoing Order-X orders through the official Order-X 1.0 checks. Edit ZUGFeRD Invoice ZUGFeRD PDF Repair a refused or broken invoice: upload it, correct the fields, and get a valid file back. Edit XRechnung XRechnung Open an XRechnung as a form, fix the Leitweg-ID or any rejected field, and download a valid file.

Convert

Move an invoice between PDF, CII, UBL and XRechnung
PDF to ZUGFeRD PDF ZUGFeRD Any PDF, Word, or Excel invoice goes in; a ZUGFeRD or XRechnung file comes out. PDF to XRechnung PDF XRechnung Convert a PDF invoice to a valid XRechnung with Leitweg-ID for public-sector buyers. CII to ZUGFeRD CII ZUGFeRD Package existing CII XML as a ZUGFeRD PDF/A-3 hybrid invoice. Embed XML to PDF CII PDF ZUGFeRD Marry a PDF and its CII XML into one ZUGFeRD-compliant hybrid invoice. CII to UBL CII UBL Transform a CII invoice into UBL XML, the syntax most Peppol networks expect. UBL to CII UBL CII Map a UBL invoice to UN/CEFACT CII XML, ready to embed in ZUGFeRD or Factur-X. XRechnung to PDF XRechnung PDF See any CII, UBL, or XRechnung XML as a tidy, printable PDF.

Open & extract

Open a file, see what is inside it, and take the data with you
Extract XML PDF CII Pull structured XML straight out of any PDF invoice with AI-driven OCR. Extract Attachments ZUGFeRD XRechnung Pull every embedded file out of a ZUGFeRD or XRechnung invoice as a ZIP. XRechnung Viewer XRechnung CII UBL Open e-invoice XML in your browser and read it like a paper invoice. ZUGFeRD Viewer ZUGFeRD PDF Open a ZUGFeRD PDF and read the embedded invoice data your software books.

Look up & automate

Check who you are invoicing, or move the whole flow to an API
Check VAT Number Check any EU VAT number against VIES and get the customer's Peppol address. Developer API, MCP and automation Automate invoice generation and validation end to end.
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