# jmcnamara/XlsxWriter

A Python module for creating Excel XLSX files.

Repository: https://github.com/jmcnamara/XlsxWriter
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/xlsxwriter
Homepage: https://xlsxwriter.readthedocs.io
Language: Python
License: BSD-2-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: python, xlsx-files, libxlsxwriter, pandas, charts, spreadsheet, xlsx, xlsxwriter
Last push: 2026-08-04T23:41:16+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 75/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4990, "days_push": 29, "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 3968, forks 670 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:30.740816+00:00)

## What it is
XlsxWriter is a Python module for writing files in the Excel 2007+ XLSX format. It supports text, numbers, formulas, charts, formatting, images, conditional formatting, and integrates with Pandas and Polars.

## Use cases
- generate excel reports from python
- export pandas dataframe to xlsx
- create spreadsheets with charts and formatting
- write large excel files with low memory usage
- add conditional formatting and data validation to worksheets
- embed images and macros in xlsx files

## When to choose
- you need to create or write XLSX files in Python with rich formatting
- you want Pandas or Polars Excel export with full feature support
- you need to generate large spreadsheets efficiently

## When to avoid
- you need to read or modify existing Excel files (it is write-only)
- you need the older XLS binary format
- you are not working in Python

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: serialization, data-visualization, developer-tools
- domain: spreadsheets, data-science, files, developer-tools
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: excel, xlsx, spreadsheet-generation, pandas, polars, charts, reporting

## Member repositories
- jmcnamara/XlsxWriter (main) score 75

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:30.740816+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 2026-08-29T18:24:23.488588+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jmcnamara/XlsxWriter (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:30.740816+00:00, sha ca7c74b18a80)
  - homepage: https://xlsxwriter.readthedocs.io (fetched 2026-08-29T09:17:49.002164+00:00, sha 20f7857002ce)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/xlsxwriter/json (fetched 2026-08-29T09:17:49.011260+00:00, sha 9276e3e0578c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.