openpyxl
Python library for reading and writing Excel 2010 XLSX/XLSM files.
Files, images and media PyPI MIT
Used in agent projects
88
0.7% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in files, images and media
#9 of 52
by use in those projects
Downloads
71.8M
PyPI, last 7 days, openpyxl
GitHub stars
—
no public repo found
How openpyxl is used
openpyxl is a dependency in 88 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.7%), #9 of 52 in files, images and media. The most used alternative there is Sharp. Projects that use it most often also use python-dotenv (56.8%), pandas (56.8%), Pydantic (47.7%).
Often used with openpyxl
| python-dotenv | 56.8% of openpyxl projects · 8.7× more than average |
|---|---|
| pandas | 56.8% of openpyxl projects · 18.8× more than average |
| Pydantic | 47.7% of openpyxl projects · 9.3× more than average |
| Uvicorn | 46.6% of openpyxl projects · 10.9× more than average |
| FastAPI | 45.5% of openpyxl projects · 10.7× more than average |
| NumPy | 45.5% of openpyxl projects · 11.9× more than average |
| Requests | 44.3% of openpyxl projects · 8.3× more than average |
| Pillow | 43.2% of openpyxl projects · 18.8× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 1.3% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 1.3% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 1.1% of projects set up for it |
| Gemini CLI | 1.4% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list openpyxl as a dependency.
Install
| Package | pip install openpyxl |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (86), Next.js (2) |
| Example projects | Josh-XT/AGiXT, owid/etl, sweetcornna/free-search-mcp, theWDY/office-editor-mcp, assafkip/kipi |
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