# scanny/python-pptx

Create Open XML PowerPoint documents in Python

Repository: https://github.com/scanny/python-pptx
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/python-pptx
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-08-07T17:36:44+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5033, "days_push": 756, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3501, forks 733 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:07.489780+00:00)

## What it is
python-pptx is a Python library for creating, reading, and updating PowerPoint (.pptx) files using the Open XML format. It generates presentations programmatically without requiring PowerPoint to be installed.

## Use cases
- generate powerpoint presentations from database queries or  payloads
- create pptx slides automatically in python
- read and extract text and images from powerpoint files
- automate building slide decks from analytics output
- update existing powerpoint files programmatically
- serve generated pptx downloads from a web request

## When to choose
- you need to generate or modify .pptx files in Python without PowerPoint installed
- you want to extract content from a corpus of PowerPoint files for indexing or analysis
- you need cross-platform, MIT-licensed presentation automation

## When to avoid
- you need to render slides to images or PDF
- you work with legacy .ppt binary format files
- you need a full office suite rather than a library

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: serialization, parser, pdf
- domain: files, developer-tools
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: powerpoint, pptx, openxml, office, presentation-generation, document-processing, automation

## Member repositories
- scanny/python-pptx (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:07.489780+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:35:48.005814+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/scanny/python-pptx (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:07.489780+00:00, sha a4b2793cb120)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/python-pptx/json (fetched 2026-08-29T09:29:44.893749+00:00, sha 81a6d816807f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.