python-pptx

Create, read, and update PowerPoint 2007+ (.pptx) files.

python-pptx Permissive license MIT DORMANT ★ 3,487 v1.0.2 released 2024-08-07

Install

python-pptx on PyPI

pip

pip install python-pptx

uv

uv add python-pptx

poetry

poetry add python-pptx

Package facts

License	MIT (permissive)
Python support	supports the current Python release (>=3.8)
Install friction	low — pure-Python wheel
Runtime dependencies	4 — Pillow, XlsxWriter, lxml, typing-extensions
Maintenance	dormant — 736 days since the last release
Last repo commit	2024-08-07
First released	2013-01-26
Popularity	one of the top 1,000 most-downloaded packages on PyPI (30-day window, as of 2026-08-13)
Known vulnerabilities	none known (OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-13)

Evidence: python_pptx-1.0.2-py3-none-any.whl

Keywords: powerpoint, ppt, pptx, openxml, office

Development Status :: 5 - Production/StableEnvironment :: ConsoleIntended Audience :: DevelopersLicense :: OSI Approved :: MIT LicenseOperating System :: OS IndependentProgramming Language :: PythonProgramming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9Topic :: Office/Business :: Office SuitesTopic :: Software Development :: Libraries

About python-pptx

from the package's own PyPI description — quoted content, verbatim

python-pptx is a Python library for creating, reading, and updating PowerPoint (.pptx) files.

A typical use would be generating a PowerPoint presentation from dynamic content such as a database query, analytics output, or a JSON payload, perhaps in response to an HTTP request and downloading the generated PPTX file in response. It runs on any Python capable platform, including macOS and Linux, and does not require the PowerPoint application to be installed or licensed.

It can also be used to analyze PowerPoint files from a corpus, perhaps to extract search indexing text and images.

In can also be used to simply automate the production of a slide or two that would be tedious to get right by hand, which is how this all got started.

More information is available in the python-pptx documentation_.

Browse examples with screenshots_ to get a quick idea what you can do with python-pptx.

.. _python-pptx documentation: https://python-pptx.readthedocs.org/en/latest/

.. _examples with screenshots: https://python-pptx.readthedocs.org/en/latest/user/quickstart.html

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