Life & fun · December 22, 2025
TinyDOCX – Word/ODT library (14x smaller than docx)
After posting tinypdf here, someone opened an issue asking for Word/OpenOffice support. I understand - sometimes you need an editable document, not a PDF. I didn't want to extend the library itself, so I built tinydocx: <1K lines of TypeScript, zero dependencies, 7.7KB minified+gzipped. The popular docx package is 108KB with 5 dependencies. What's included: - Text formatting (bold/italic/underline/strikethrough, colors, custom fonts) - Headings (H1-H6) - Tables with borders and column widths - Bullet and numbered lists (with nesting) - Images (PNG, JPEG, GIF, WebP) -…
TinyDOCX – Word/ODT library (14x smaller than docx) launched on December 22, 2025 with 6 votes, #1,714 of 11,628 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.
What it does
Minimal DOCX/ODT creation library. Zero dependencies. - Lulzx/tinydocx
Minimal DOCX/ODT creation library. <1K LOC, zero dependencies. npm install tinydocx Why tinydocx? tinydocx docx Size (gzip) 8.1 KB 108.6 KB Dependencies 0 5 ~13x smaller. Everything you need: text, tables, lists, images, links, headers/footers. DEFLATE-compressedfrom github.com
In the maker’s words, at launch
After posting tinypdf here, someone opened an issue asking for Word/OpenOffice support. I understand - sometimes you need an editable document, not a PDF. I didn't want to extend the library itself, so I built tinydocx: <1K lines of TypeScript, zero dependencies, 7.7KB minified+gzipped. The popular docx package…
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