Aspose.Words FOSS
Convert Word documents to PDF, Markdown, DOCX, DOC, and plain text. Open-source, MIT-licensed, no Microsoft Office required.
Aspose.Words FOSS is an open-source Python library for converting Word documents programmatically. It loads DOCX, DOC, RTF, TXT, and Markdown files and exports them to PDF (with PDF/A-1A, PDF/A-2U, and PDF-17 compliance levels), Markdown, DOCX, DOC, and plain text — making it ideal for document pipelines, content extraction, and format migration workflows. Markdown export preserves rich formatting including headings, bold and italic text, ordered and unordered nested lists, tables, block quotes, code blocks, and hyperlinks. The library requires no Microsoft Office installation and is fully MIT-licensed. Built with community collaboration in mind, it is open source on GitHub and welcomes contributions. To convert, merge, and template Word documents at scale with DOCX, RTF, PDF/A, and HTML output, see the Aspose.Words — Enterprise Product Family.
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Aspose.Words FOSS for Python
Python library for converting Word documents (DOCX, DOC, RTF) to PDF, Markdown, and plain text. MIT-licensed. Requires Python 3.10+.
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