Show HN: Doxx – Terminal .docx viewer inspired by Glow
Hacker News (score: 36)Description
What it does:
* View `.docx` files directly in your terminal with (mostly) proper formatting
* Tables actually look like tables (with Unicode borders!)
* Nested lists work correctly with indentation
* Full-text search with highlighting
* Copy content straight to clipboard with `c`
* Export to markdown/CSV/JSON
Why I made this:
Working on servers over SSH, I constantly hit Word docs I needed to check quickly. The existing solutions I'm aware of either strip all formatting (docx2txt) or require GUI apps. Wanted something that felt as polished as [glow](https://github.com/charmbracelet/glow) but for Word documents.
The good stuff:
* 50ms startup vs Word's 8+ seconds
* Works over SSH (obviously)
* Preserves document structure and formatting
* Smart table alignment based on data types
* Interactive outline view for long docs
Built with Rust + ratatui and heavily inspired by Charm's [glow](https://github.com/charmbracelet/glow) package for viewing Markdown in the CLI (built in Go)!
# Install
cargo install --git https://github.com/bgreenwell/doxx
# Use
doxx quarterly-report.docx
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