500 KB ODS sample

An ODS file of exactly 512,000 bytes. It is a valid OpenDocument Spreadsheet file, generated by this site. Compare its checksum and test it with the parser used by your application. Use it wherever you need a 500 KB sample, test or dummy ODS file.

sample-ods-500kb.ods

500 KB512,000 bytes

Download 500 KB ODS

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Type: application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet
SHA-256: 65822adae3f54fde95b40720ee1238205753c746bc4db13288d42659513523a5
Delivery: Created in your browser from static generator assets (how it works).

What is in this file

An OpenDocument spreadsheet with one sheet, a bold header row and 5,870 rows of fictional customers: numbers, text, ISO dates and a formula in every row. Text in the document description (meta.xml) brings the file to the exact size.

Sheets	1 (Customers)
Data rows	5,870
Columns	7
Formulas	5,870
ODF version	1.3
Container	ZIP (OpenDocument package)

First bytes of the file

The first 64 bytes of sample-ods-500kb.ods as a hex dump: offset, bytes, then the same bytes as text. The ODS signature is 50 4B 03 04.

00000000  50 4b 03 04 0a 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 21 5c 85 6c |PK..........!\.l|
00000010  39 8a 2e 00 00 00 2e 00  00 00 08 00 00 00 6d 69 |9.............mi|
00000020  6d 65 74 79 70 65 61 70  70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f |metypeapplicatio|
00000030  6e 2f 76 6e 64 2e 6f 61  73 69 73 2e 6f 70 65 6e |n/vnd.oasis.open|

Preview

ODS files cannot be shown in a browser. Download the file and open it in an application that reads ODS, such as LibreOffice Calc and Apache OpenOffice.

Where 500 KB matters

A 512,000-byte file: larger than most API body limits, smaller than most upload limits. These are the default limits a file of this size is useful for testing:

System	Limit	Note
Amazon DynamoDB items	400 KB per item	500 KB cannot be stored as a single item.
Express body parsers	100 KB by default	Rejected unless the limit is raised.
nginx request body	1 MB by default (client_max_body_size)	Accepted with room to spare.

All 500 KB sample files

Use this file for

Checking email size handling
Checking date and number conversion
Verifying formula evaluation and cached results

Testing notes for ODS

Dates are real dates in ODS and serial numbers in XLSX, so code written for one format mishandles the other.
Rows and cells can be run-length encoded with a "repeated" attribute. A sheet that looks empty may declare a million repeated rows, and a reader that expands them literally runs out of memory.

ODS format reference

Technical details

File name	sample-ods-500kb.ods
Format	ODS (OpenDocument Spreadsheet)
Extension	.ods
MIME type	application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet
Size	512,000 bytes (500 KB)
Kind	Binary
Signature	50 4B 03 04
SHA-256	65822adae3f54fde95b40720ee1238205753c746bc4db13288d42659513523a5
Created	2026-10-23
Validation	See the listed size and SHA-256. Small downloads are checked in the browser; verify streamed downloads manually. A hash match does not prove parser compatibility.
Preview	Not available for this file; details only
Source	Generated in your browser by this site's generator; not copied from elsewhere
Licence	Free to use, modify and redistribute (terms)
Category	Spreadsheets

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Questions about this file

Is this file exactly 500 KB?: Yes. It is 512,000 bytes, which is 500 KB in the binary units that operating systems and server limits use (1 KB = 1,024 bytes).
What is inside the 500 KB ODS file?: An OpenDocument spreadsheet with one sheet, a bold header row and 5,870 rows of fictional customers: numbers, text, ISO dates and a formula in every row. Text in the document description (meta.xml) brings the file to the exact size.
Do the ODS samples hold the same data as the XLSX samples?: They use the same order records and the same nine columns, so the two formats can be compared directly. A file of a given size holds a different number of rows in each format.

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