# cweijan/vscode-office

Let VSCode support previewing PDF, Excel, Word and other formats, and add markdown WYSIWYG editor.

Repository: https://github.com/cweijan/vscode-office
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vscode-office
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-16T08:01:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 76/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2007, "days_push": 17, "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 1641, forks 217 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:15.312172+00:00)

## What it is
A VS Code extension that adds preview and editing support for office and design file formats such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint, PDF, EPUB, PSD, and archives, plus a WYSIWYG Markdown editor. It also bundles extras like Git history browsing, HTTP request sending, and Java class decompilation.

## Use cases
- preview pdf files in vscode
- view excel spreadsheets inside vs code
- edit word documents in vscode
- wysiwyg markdown editor for vscode
- open psd and xmind files in vscode
- export markdown to pdf or docx
- preview epub ebooks in vscode

## When to choose
- you frequently open office, PDF, or design files while coding and want previews without leaving VS Code
- you want a WYSIWYG Markdown editing experience with export to PDF/DOCX/HTML
- you want an all-in-one viewer for archives, fonts, and images inside the editor

## When to avoid
- you only need simple text editing and prefer VS Code's lightweight default editors
- you dislike extensions that override the default Markdown editor behavior
- you need full-fidelity office document editing comparable to Microsoft Office or LibreOffice

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: pdf-viewer, editor, developer-tools, documentation, markdown
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors, files, pdf
- platform: editor-plugin, cross-platform
- tags: vscode-extension, office-preview, wysiwyg-markdown, excel-viewer, file-preview

## Member repositories
- cweijan/vscode-office (main) score 76

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:15.312172+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 2026-08-30T03:46:22.343066+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cweijan/vscode-office (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:15.312172+00:00, sha 6779b5949792)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/vscode-office (fetched 2026-08-29T11:19:31.035457+00:00, sha cf7ae3123c36)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.