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This site contains pointers to the best information available about working with [Excel](https://products.office.com/en-us/excel) files in the [Python](http://www.python.org/) programming language.


## The Packages
## Reading and Writing Excel Files

There are python packages available to work with Excel files that will run on any Python platform and that do not require either Windows or Excel to be used. They are fast, reliable and open source:

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### xlsxwriter

An alternative package for writing data, formatting information and, in particular, charts in the Excel 2010 format (ie: .xlsx)

[Download](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/XlsxWriter) | [Documentation](https://xlsxwriter.readthedocs.org/) | [GitHub](https://github.com/jmcnamara/XlsxWriter)

### xlrd
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[Download](http://pypi.python.org/pypi/xlutils) | [Documentation](http://xlutils.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) | [GitHub](https://github.com/python-excel/xlutils)

## Writing Excel Add-Ins

The following products can be used to write Excel add-ins in Python.

### PyXLL

PyXLL is a commercial product that enables writing Excel add-ins in Python with no VBA. Python functions can be exposed as
worksheet functions (UDFs), macros, menus and ribbon tool bars.

[Homepage](https://www.pyxll.com) | [Features](https://www.pyxll.com/features.html) | [Documentation](https://www.pyxll.com/docs/index.html) | [Download](https://www.pyxll.com/download.html)

## The Mailing List / Discussion Group

There is a [Google Group](http://groups.google.com/group/python-excel) dedicated to working with Excel files in Python, including the libraries listed above along with manipulating the Excel application via COM.
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