macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install officeclilocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew / rank 2986
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.
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Additional install commands
Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#officeclinixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/of/officecli/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Windows
Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/officecliScoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/officecli.json · source: api.github.com
Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id HaiYing.OfficeCLI -eWindows Package Manager source index · HaiYing.OfficeCLI · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com
overview
Package summary
Read, edit, and automate Office documents (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx)
Project links
Commands and aliases
- officecli
history
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 posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for officecli. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
officecli | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version1.0.143
manager updated2026-07-28
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:officecli |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.143 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/iOfficeAI/OfficeCLI |
| Repository | https://github.com/iOfficeAI/OfficeCLI |
| Last updated | 2026-07-28T15:48:07Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Nix95%
officecli
nix profile install nixpkgs#officecli- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Officecli
Scoop95%
main/officecli
scoop install main/officecli- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Officecli
winget95%
HaiYing.OfficeCLI
winget install --id HaiYing.OfficeCLI -e- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Officecli
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation