Aspose.Words FOSS

Aspose.Words FOSS is an open-source, MIT-licensed library for converting Word documents programmatically. It loads DOCX, DOC, RTF, TXT, and Markdown files and exports them to PDF, Markdown, and plain text — no Microsoft Office installation required.

Key capabilities

  • Load Word documents in DOCX, DOC, RTF, TXT, and Markdown formats
  • Convert documents to PDF with configurable save options
  • Export to Markdown with formatting control
  • Extract plain text from documents for indexing and content pipelines
  • Process documents without any Microsoft Office dependency

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Aspose.Words FOSS for Python
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