Show HN: Doxx – Terminal .docx viewer inspired by Glow

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Found: August 17, 2025

ID: 911

Description

CLI Tool

Show HN: Doxx – Terminal .docx viewer inspired by Glow I got tired of open file.docx → wait 8 seconds → close Word just to read a document, so I built a terminal-native Word viewer!

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

Still early but handles most Word docs I throw at it. Always wanted a proper Word viewer in my terminal toolkit alongside `bat`, `glow`, and friends. Let me know what you think!

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