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.. _alternatives:

Alternative modules for handling Excel files
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The following are some Python alternatives to XlsxWriter.


OpenPyXL
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From the `openpyxl <https://openpyxl.readthedocs.io/en/stable/>`_ documentation:

    openpyxl is a Python library to read/write Excel 2010 xlsx/xlsm/xltx/xltm
    files.

Xlwings
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From the `xlwings <https://www.xlwings.org/>`_ webpage:

   Leverage Python's scientific stack for interactive data analysis using
   Jupyter Notebooks, NumPy, Pandas, scikit-learn etc. As such, xlwings is a
   free alternative to tools like Power BI or Tableau (Windows & Mac).

XLWT
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From the `xlwt <https://xlwt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`_ documentation:

   xlwt is a library for writing data and formatting information to older
   Excel files (ie: .xls)

XLRD
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From the `xlrd <https://xlrd.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`_ documentation:

  xlrd is a library for reading data and formatting information from Excel
  files in the historical `.xls` format.
