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xlwings

At the time of this writing, a new contender in the Python-Excel integration world has

emerged: xlwings. xlwings provides almost all the functionality for interacting with and

scripting Excel spreadsheets with Python. It is, in contrast to the DataNitro solution, an

open source library and can be freely shipped with any spreadsheet. The receiver of an

xlwings “powered” spreadsheet only needs a (minimal) Python installation. One

advantage of xlwings is that it works with Excel both on Windows and Apple/Mac

operating systems. In addition, it is well documented, although it is only in early release

(0.3 at the time of this writing). The whole solution and approach look promising. and

anybody interested in integrating Python and Excel should give it a try.