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Show HN: Doxx – Terminal .docx viewer inspired by Glow
Expose the contents of .docx files without leaving your terminal. Fast, safe, and smart — no Office required! - bgreenwell/doxx
Document parsing: docx-rs for robust.docx file handling Terminal UI: ratatui for beautiful cross-platform interfaces Text processing: unicode-segmentation for proper Unicode support Search: regex for powerful pattern matching ToolTypeDOCX SupportFormattingTablesInteractive docx2txt Text extractor✅ Basic❌ Lost❌ Mangled❌ No antiword Legacy converter❌ .doc only❌ Lost❌ Basic❌ No pandoc Universal converter✅ Via chain❌ Lost❌ Basic❌ No glow Markdown viewer❌ Wrong format✅ Rich✅ Good✅ Yes Microsoft Word GUI application✅ Native✅ Rich✅ Perfect✅ Yes doxx is the first terminal-native DOCX viewer that preserves formatting and provides an interactive experience: Built with the amazing Rust programming language Terminal UI powered by ratatui Document parsing with docx-rs Inspired by Charm's Glow for beautiful CLI rendering Influenced by the terminal-first development philosophy
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