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Install docx2txt with Homebrew, apt, pacman

Converts Microsoft Office docx documents to equivalent text documents. Version 1.4 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install docx2txt

local Homebrew formula metadata

overview

Package summary

Converts Microsoft Office docx documents to equivalent text documents

Commands and aliases

  • docx2txt.pl
  • docx2txt.sh

history

Project history and usage

docx2txt is a Perl-based command-line utility for extracting formatted plain text from Microsoft Office `.docx` files. It reflects a classic Unix-filter approach to Office Open XML documents: unzip the archive, read the XML, and write text suitable for terminals, scripts, and editors.

Project history

The official SourceForge page lists releases from v0.1 in August 2008 through v1.4 in May 2014. Its homepage describes support for character conversion, text alignment, hyperlinks, lists, wrapper scripts, standard input and output, and multiple command-line unzip backends.

Adoption history

docx2txt spread through package managers and text-processing workflows rather than through a large upstream community. The official site lists examples of direct or indirect usage, including search/indexing systems and an Oxford University Press hot-folder workflow, while Homebrew continues to package v1.4 with low but steady install activity.

How it is used

The tool is commonly used as `docx2txt.pl input.docx output.txt` or as a filter through wrapper scripts. The official page documents integrations for Midnight Commander, Vim, and Emacs so `.docx` files can be viewed as text from existing editor/file-manager workflows.

Why package nerds care

docx2txt is package-nerd significant as a small, dependency-light bridge between binary-ish office documents and plain-text automation. It is the kind of utility that stays useful in scripts, search indexes, mail pipelines, and recovery workflows long after its upstream release cadence slows.

Timeline

  • 2008-08: v0.1 released.
  • 2009-10: v1.0 released.
  • 2012-01: v1.2 released.
  • 2014-05: v1.4 released and homepage last updated.
  • 2026: Homebrew continues to package v1.4.

Related projects

  • The official page relates docx2txt to command-line unzip tools such as Unzip, 7-Zip, PKZip, WinZip, and CakeCmd, and to editor/file-manager workflows in Midnight Commander, Vim, and Emacs.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
docx2txt.plcliglobal executable
docx2txt.shcliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version1.4
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://docx2txt.sourceforge.net/

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
  • infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://docx2txt.sourceforge.net/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:docx2txt
Version1.4
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/docx2txt
Homepagehttps://docx2txt.sourceforge.net/
Repositoryhttp://docx2txt.cvs.sourceforge.net/
Upstream docshttps://docx2txt.sourceforge.net/
LicenseGPL-3.0-or-later
Source archivehttps://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/docx2txt/docx2txt/v1.4/docx2txt-1.4.tgz
Bottleavailable (on all)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namedocx2txt
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

docx2txt 1.4-5

Convert Microsoft OOXML files to plain text

http://docx2txt.sourceforge.net

sudo apt install docx2txt
  • Section: text
  • Architecture: all
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Docx2txt
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: docx2txt from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Ubuntu apt95%

docx2txt 1.4-5

Convert Microsoft OOXML files to plain text

http://docx2txt.sourceforge.net

sudo apt install docx2txt
  • Section: universe/text
  • Architecture: all
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Docx2txt
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: docx2txt from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
pacman95%

docx2txt 1.4-6

Recovers text from DOCX files, with good formatting.

http://docx2txt.sourceforge.net

sudo pacman -S docx2txt
  • License: GPL
  • Architecture: any
  • 2 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Docx2txt
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: docx2txt from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

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source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment