# Install officecli with Homebrew, Nix, scoop, winget Read, edit, and automate Office documents (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx). Version 1.0.143 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-28. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#officecli. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:officecli ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install officecli ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#officecli ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/of/officecli/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/officecli ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/officecli.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id HaiYing.OfficeCLI -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: HaiYing.OfficeCLI from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:officecli - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.0.143 - **Source summary:** Read, edit, and automate Office documents (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx) - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-28T15:48:07Z - **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00 ## Executables - officecli (cli) - officecli (alias) ## Dependencies - dotnet ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-04 - Package-manager version: 1.0.143 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-28 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/iOfficeAI/OfficeCLI - Upstream latest detected: v1.0.143 (current) ## Project history and usage OfficeCLI is a C# command-line tool for reading, creating, editing, and automating Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files without requiring a Microsoft Office installation. Its README frames the project around AI-agent workflows, structured document inspection, and direct Office file manipulation. ### Project history The iOfficeAI/OfficeCLI repository was created on March 15, 2026. The README describes the tool as open-source, single-binary, dependency-free, and able to operate on .docx, .xlsx, and .pptx files for format, read, modify, and create operations. The release feed shows rapid 1.0.x iteration through June 2026, with v1.0.126 published on June 30, 2026 and downloadable binaries for Linux, Alpine Linux, macOS, and Windows across x64 and arm64 targets. ### Adoption history OfficeCLI's adoption signal is unusually strong for a new repository. On July 1, 2026, the GitHub repository API reported 8,274 stars and 617 forks. Its topics include agent, ai, claude-code, codex, docx, xlsx, pptx, office, skills, and cli, which matches its positioning as tooling for coding assistants and document automation agents. Packaging in Homebrew, Nix, and Winget gives the tool a cross-platform distribution path that fits its single-binary claim. The package is aimed less at traditional office users and more at automated agents, CI jobs, and developers who need deterministic document inspection or edits. ### How it is used The README describes use cases including creating documents from scratch, reading text, structure, styles, and formulas as plain text or structured JSON, analyzing formatting and structural problems, modifying elements such as text, fonts, colors, layout, formulas, charts, and images, and reorganizing document content. That makes OfficeCLI useful for agents that need machine-readable Office document state before making edits, for batch document repair, for reporting pipelines that emit editable Office files, and for automation where launching a GUI office suite would be brittle or unavailable. ### Why package nerds care OfficeCLI is package-nerd-interesting because it packages an agent-facing document automation surface as a normal CLI rather than only as a library, cloud API, or editor extension. It turns Office files into a command protocol that other tools can invoke. It also shows a 2026 packaging trend: tools built explicitly for AI coding assistants use Homebrew, Winget, Nix, binary GitHub releases, and README-described skills to reach both humans and agents. ### Timeline - March 15, 2026: The iOfficeAI/OfficeCLI GitHub repository was created. - June 2026: The project published frequent v1.0.x releases with platform-specific binaries and SHA256 checksums. - June 30, 2026: v1.0.126 was published with Linux, macOS, and Windows binary assets. - July 1, 2026: The GitHub repository API reported 8,274 stars and 617 forks. ### Related projects - OfficeCLI is related to Open XML document tooling, docx/xlsx/pptx automation libraries, AI-agent skill systems, and CLI-driven document workflows. Its package metadata also overlaps with Codex and Claude Code because the project explicitly targets coding-agent use. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for officecli. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** officecli - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - officecli: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/of/officecli/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - main/officecli: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/officecli.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - HaiYing.OfficeCLI: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: HaiYing.OfficeCLI from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://pkg.so/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [dotnet](https://pkg.so/brew/dotnet/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [gnumeric](https://pkg.so/brew/gnumeric/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, office, productivity. - [doxx](https://pkg.so/brew/doxx/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, docx, productivity. - [docx2txt](https://pkg.so/brew/docx2txt/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, docx, productivity. - [tmux](https://pkg.so/brew/tmux/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, productivity. - [vim](https://pkg.so/brew/vim/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, productivity. - [himalaya](https://pkg.so/brew/himalaya/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, productivity. - [yazi](https://pkg.so/brew/yazi/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, productivity. - [emacs](https://pkg.so/brew/emacs/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, productivity. - [office-addin-cli](https://pkg.so/npm/office-addin-cli/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, office, productivity, read. - [office-addin-manifest](https://pkg.so/npm/office-addin-manifest/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, office, productivity, read. - [feishu2md](https://pkg.so/brew/feishu2md/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, document, documents, productivity. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/officecli.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/officecli.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - pkgdb category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph