# Render xlsx files in Gitea **URL:** \ **Category:** Install/Maintain/Configure\ **Created:** [December 14, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/render-xlsx-files-in-gitea/11851 "2025-12-14T20:08:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![techauthoruk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.gitea.com/techauthoruk/32/7222_2.png) [@techauthoruk](https://forum.gitea.com/u/techauthoruk)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/render-xlsx-files-in-gitea/11851/1 "2025-12-14T20:08:56Z")
Hi Is this possible? I have tried to use Pandoc as the external renderer (as is the case for .docx files), but when I try to view the file, I get a 500 error and a Pandoc 21 error (which says that it doesn’t know what xlsx files are!). Here’s what I added to Gitea’s `app.ini` 🙂 ```auto [markup.xlsx] ENABLED = true FILE_EXTENSIONS = .xlsx RENDER_COMMAND = pandoc --from xlsx --to html5 --embed-resources --standalone –template /usr/share/pandoc/data/templates/default.html5 IS_INPUT_FILE = false ``` So, have I made an error with this render command, or will Gitea not support the rendering? Any help gratefully received! Mark ---
**Author:** ![techauthoruk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.gitea.com/techauthoruk/32/7222_2.png) [@techauthoruk](https://forum.gitea.com/u/techauthoruk)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2025, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/render-xlsx-files-in-gitea/11851/2 "2025-12-21T14:34:24Z")
Here’s the error messages: 500 Internal Server Error An error occurred: ```auto Render, xlsx render run command pandoc [--from xlsx --to html5 --embed-resources --standalone --template /usr/share/pandoc/data/templates/default.html5] failed: exit status 21 Stderr: Unknown input format xlsx ``` ---
**Author:** ![techauthoruk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.gitea.com/techauthoruk/32/7222_2.png) [@techauthoruk](https://forum.gitea.com/u/techauthoruk)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2026, 7:31pm UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/render-xlsx-files-in-gitea/11851/3 "2026-02-28T19:31:13Z")
Sorted! My version of Pandoc was too old - updated to the latest production release (3.8.3), and now all renders as it should.