.docx files in your terminal — no Microsoft Word required

A fast, terminal-native document viewer for Word files. View, search, and export .docx documents without leaving your command line.

• Beautiful terminal rendering with formatting, tables, and lists
• Fast search with highlighting 🔍
• Smart tables with proper alignment and Unicode borders
• Copy to clipboard — grab content directly from the terminal
• Export formats — Markdown, CSV, JSON, plain text
• Terminal images for Kitty, iTerm2, WezTerm 🖼️
• Color support — see Word document colors in your terminal

Download from GitHub releases:

# macOS/Linux
curl -L https://github.com/bgreenwell/doxx/releases/latest/download/doxx-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m).tar.gz | tar xz
sudo mv doxx /usr/local/bin/

# Verify
doxx --version

git clone https://github.com/bgreenwell/doxx.git
cd doxx
cargo install --path .

# View a document
doxx report.docx

# Search for content
doxx contract.docx --search "payment"

# Start with outline view
doxx document.docx --outline

# Export to different formats
doxx data.docx --export csv > data.csv
doxx report.docx --export markdown > report.md

# View with images (supported terminals)
doxx presentation.docx --images --export text

# Enable color rendering
doxx slides.docx --color

Current terminal tools for Word documents:

• docx2txt → Loses all formatting, mangled tables
• pandoc → Complex chain, formatting lost
• antiword → Only handles old .doc files

doxx gives you:

• ✅ Rich formatting preserved (bold, italic, headers)
• ✅ Professional table rendering with alignment
• ✅ Interactive navigation and search
• ✅ Multiple export formats for workflows
• ✅ Terminal image display for modern terminals
• ✅ Fast startup (50ms vs Word's 8+ seconds)

Perfect for developers, sysadmins, and anyone who prefers the terminal.

# Get overview and search
doxx quarterly-report.docx
doxx --search "revenue"

# Extract tables for analysis
doxx financial-data.docx --export csv | python analyze.py

# Review and copy sections
doxx meeting-notes.docx
# Press 'c' to copy current view to clipboard

# Copy search results
doxx specs.docx --search "requirements"
# Press F2 to copy results with context

# Extract text for processing
doxx notes.docx --export text | grep "action items"

# Get document structure
doxx report.docx --export json | jq '.metadata'

Built with Rust for performance:

• docx-rs — Document parsing
• ratatui — Terminal UI
• viuer — Image rendering
• unicode-segmentation — Proper Unicode handling

# Build and test
cargo build --release
cargo test

# Run with sample document
cargo run -- tests/fixtures/sample.docx

• Enhanced table support (merged cells, complex layouts)
• Performance improvements for large documents
• Hyperlink navigation
• Custom themes

MIT License — see LICENSE file for details.

Made for developers who live in the terminal 🚀