{"categories":[{"label":"Text Processing","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/text-processing/3"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Wraps LibreOffice's text conversion to convert documents to plain text output via a Python interface.","skillfed_tags":["document-conversion","abandoned"],"use_cases":["Extract text from Word documents or other office formats in a Python script","Batch convert document collections to plain text for text processing pipelines","Build document indexing or search systems that need text extraction from office files"],"what_it_does":"Antiword is a thin Python wrapper around LibreOffice's command-line text conversion tool. It invokes `libreoffice --convert-to txt` to convert documents to plain text, capturing the output and cleaning up temporary files automatically. The package has no runtime dependencies beyond requiring LibreOffice itself to be available on the system.\n\nThe package is designed as a convenience layer for developers who need to extract text from documents programmatically. Since its single release in October 2021, it has received no updates or maintenance. It requires Python 3.9+ and is suitable only for environments where LibreOffice is already installed or can be reliably provisioned.","worth_installing":"No. The package is abandoned with no updates since 2021-10-19, making it a maintenance liability. For active document-to-text conversion, use maintained alternatives. If you must wrap LibreOffice, consider writing a small inline helper rather than depending on unmaintained code."},"id":"antiword","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/antiword","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/antiword.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/antiword/"},"maintenance":{"status":"abandoned"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2021-10-19","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"antiword","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"Spew anything out as text to stdout"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":76568,"position":14615,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"0.1.0"}