yfedoseev / office_oxide
The fastest Office document library for Python, Rust, Go, JS/TS, C# and WASM. DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, DOC, XLS, PPT. Up to 100× faster than python-docx/openpyxl/python-pptx. 100% pass rate on valid Office files. MIT/Apache-2.0.
Why this job: works in the areas we cover, but does not say which job it does
What it does
A fast, memory-safe library for text extraction from Office documents. Rust core with first-class bindings for Python, Go, C#/.NET, Node.js (native and WASM), and a stable C FFI. Handles DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, DOC, XLS, and PPT. 5–10× faster than python-docx, openpyxl, python-pptx, and xlrd; faster than python-calamine on XLSX. Opens 97.3% of a 10,386-file test collection; the rest are encrypted, truncated or corrupt files. MIT/Apache-2.0 dual-licensed.
Get started
No single install command. Read the steps in the README (opens in new tab)
- Maintenance
- Active
- Last commit yesterday
- Stars
- 163
- +1 this week
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Allows business use
- Downloads for
- 3 systems
- Mac, Windows, Linux
- Latest version
- v0.1.16
- Released 13 days ago
- Built with
- Rust
- 95% of the code
Is it looked after?
- Contributors
- 3
- Last 90 days
- Issues
- 96% closed
- 15 still open
- Pull requests
- 70 merged
- 8 waiting
- Releases
- 17
- 18 in the last year
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More: download files, languages, topics and project record
Download files, v0.1.16
- Mac6 files, 43 downloads
- Windows4 files, 22 downloads
- Linux9 files, 447 downloads
Languages
- Rust 95%
- Python 2%
- JavaScript 1%
- C# 1%
Topics
- document-processing
- docx
- dotnet
- go
- markdown
- office
- pptx
- python
- rust
- text-extraction
- wasm
- xlsx
Project record
- JobOther AI tools
- StatusListed
- Commits104
- Forks25
- Watching1
- Stars in 28 days+11
- CreatedMar 1, 2026
- First seen by usNov 7, 2026
- CheckedNov 12, 2026