{"categories":[{"label":"Text Processing","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/text-processing"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Parses Excel 2007-2010 Binary Workbook (xlsb) files and extracts data as rows of cells with values, dates, and positions.","skillfed_tags":["excel-parsing","legacy-format"],"use_cases":["Extract data from older Excel binary workbooks (2007-2010 era) in batch data pipelines","Migrate legacy xlsb files to modern formats by parsing and re-exporting the data","Read xlsb files in environments where openpyxl or other modern libraries are unavailable","Convert Excel date values stored as floats into datetime objects for analysis"],"what_it_does":"pyxlsb is a parser for Excel Binary Workbook files (xlsb format) that were used in Excel 2007-2010. It provides a simple API to open xlsb files, retrieve sheets by index or name, and iterate over rows as Cell objects containing row, column, and value data. The library handles basic data extraction and includes a utility to convert Excel date floats into Python datetime objects.\n\nThe package has no external runtime dependencies and installs cleanly. However, it is no longer actively maintained\u2014the last commit was in August 2023 and the last release in October 2022. While marked as Production/Stable in its classifiers, it will not receive bug fixes or updates for newer Python versions or Excel format changes. It is suitable only for reading legacy xlsb files in stable, well-understood workflows.","worth_installing":"Yes, if you need to read legacy xlsb files and have no alternative. The package is stable, dependency-free, and has no known vulnerabilities. However, do not rely on it for new projects or expect updates\u2014it is abandoned. If you control the source files, consider converting them to xlsx or csv. The LGPLv3+ license requires derivative works to remain open-source."},"id":"pyxlsb","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/pyxlsb","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/pyxlsb.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/pyxlsb/"},"maintenance":{"status":"abandoned"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2022-10-14","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"copyleft","name":"pyxlsb","python_support":"unspecified","summary":"Excel 2007-2010 Binary Workbook (xlsb) parser"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":11464755,"position":1392,"tier":"top_5000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"1.0.10"}