---
id: robotframework-excellib
version: "2.0.1"
license: Apache License 2.0
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: abandoned
---

# robotframework-excellib — Robot Framework library for working with Excel documents

License: permissive · Maintenance: abandoned · Downloads: 365.5K/mo

## What it is and what it does

robotframework-excellib is a Robot Framework library that wraps openpyxl to let you interact with Excel files from Robot Framework test scripts. It exposes keywords for creating, reading, and modifying Excel documents as part of automated test workflows. The library depends on robotframework, openpyxl, and future, and installs as a pure Python wheel with no compiled dependencies.

The package is no longer maintained. Its repository was archived, and the last release (2.0.1) came out on 2020-06-18. While it carries a Production/Stable classifier, it has received no updates since then. If you rely on it, you are responsible for any fixes or compatibility work needed with newer versions of its dependencies or Python itself.

Use it for:

- Write Robot Framework test cases that verify or populate data in Excel spreadsheets as part of test automation
- Create Excel documents programmatically within Robot Framework test suites for test data generation or result reporting
- Read and validate Excel file contents in automated test workflows to confirm expected data or calculations
- Integrate Excel-based test data or configuration into Robot Framework-driven test execution

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Provides Robot Framework keywords for reading, writing, and manipulating Excel documents using openpyxl as the underlying engine.

Yes, if you are already committed to Robot Framework and need to work with Excel files in test automation, and you accept the maintenance risk. The package is abandoned and has not been updated since 2020-06-18, so you should verify compatibility with your current versions of robotframework and openpyxl before relying on it. No known security vulnerabilities are recorded. Use it only if you cannot migrate to an actively maintained alternative.

## Install

pip install robotframework-excellib
uv add robotframework-excellib
poetry add robotframework-excellib

## Installing robotframework-excellib

Before you install: Installation is straightforward with low friction. However, the package is abandoned—the repository is archived, the last commit was 2020-08-05, and no releases have occurred since 2020-06-18. It remains marked as Production/Stable but receives no maintenance.

License in practice: Licensed under Apache License 2.0 (permissive). You may use, modify, and distribute the package freely, including in commercial projects, provided you include a copy of the license and state significant changes.

Quickstart:

pip install robotframework-excellib

Then in a Robot Framework test file:

*** Settings ***
Library    ExcelLibrary

*** Test Cases ***
Example
    ${doc}=    Create Excel Document    myfile
    Should Be Equal As Strings    myfile    ${doc}

Requires Robot Framework and openpyxl to be installed; package is abandoned and may have compatibility issues with modern versions of its dependencies.

Verify before relying:

- Whether the package works reliably with modern versions of openpyxl and robotframework given its age
- Whether Python 3.5 and 3.6 classifier claims reflect actual tested support or are outdated

## Package facts

- License: Apache License 2.0 (permissive)
- Python support: unspecified
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: abandoned
- Downloads: 365.5K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

robot framework excel library, excel automation testing, read write excel robot, openpyxl robot framework, excel test automation, robot framework spreadsheet, excel keyword library, test-automation, excel-integration, abandoned

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