@khyssabc highlighted iOfficeAI/OfficeCLI, an agent-first Office suite: one binary creates, reads, and edits DOCX/XLSX/PPTX with JSON output, batch/daemon modes, template merge, OpenXML validation, and HTML/PNG preview. It ships MCP for Claude Code and Codex, covers macOS/Linux/Windows via Homebrew/Scoop/npm, plus Python/Node SDKs, Apache 2.0. About 30k GitHub stars.

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  • ✓Single binary reads/writes Word/Excel/PPT with no traditional Office install.
  • ✓MCP for Claude Code/Codex; OpenXML validation plus HTML/PNG preview.
  • ✓Apache 2.0; cross-platform binaries and Python/Node SDKs.
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