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Apache POI
Java library that reads and writes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and Outlook files, including the legacy binary formats it originally reverse engineered.
Clean-room Human-led releasedFacts
- Original
- Microsoft Office file formats
- Platform
- Windows
- Method
- Clean-room
- Provenance
- Human-led · Apache Software Foundation project since 2001 what this means
- Status
- released
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Team
- Apache Software Foundation
- Started
- 2001
- Runs on
- Java
- Needs the original
- No
How to get it legally
Download it from the official repository or website. No original files are needed.
This project was rebuilt clean-room by Apache Software Foundation. Facts last checked 2026-10-13.
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