---
id: olefile
version: "0.47"
license: BSD
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: dormant
---

# olefile — Python package to parse, read and write Microsoft OLE2 files (Structured Storage or Compound Document, Microsoft Office)

License: permissive · Maintenance: dormant · Popularity: top 1,000 on PyPI

## Install

pip install olefile
uv add olefile
poetry add olefile

## Description

olefile
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[olefile](https://www.decalage.info/olefile) is a Python package to parse, read and write
[Microsoft OLE2 files](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_File_Binary_Format)
(also called Structured Storage, Compound File Binary Format or Compound Document File Format),
such as Microsoft Office 97-2003 documents, vbaProject.bin in MS Office 2007+ files, Image Composer
and FlashPix files, Outlook messages, StickyNotes, several...

## AI interpretation — verify before relying

olefile parses, reads, and writes Microsoft OLE2 compound files (Structured Storage format), including legacy Office 97-2003 documents, Outlook messages, and other structured binary formats.

Verdict: olefile is a stable, dependency-free library for working with legacy Microsoft compound file formats. It is suitable for production use in forensics, malware analysis, and document parsing, though development has slowed significantly since its last release in December 2023. No known security vulnerabilities.

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