[dev] [DISCUSS] New JavaScript/TypeScript library for ODF document generation

Hi,

I wanted to let the ODF Toolkit community know about a new open-source project that complements 
your work in a different language ecosystem.

odf-kit is a TypeScript library for generating ODF documents (.odt files) in Node.js. It's 
write-only — focused purely on document generation, not reading or parsing. It targets 
JavaScript/TypeScript developers who need to produce ODF output programmatically.

To be clear, this is a very different project from ODF Toolkit. ODF Toolkit is a mature, 
full-featured Java library for both reading and writing ODF. odf-kit is a lightweight 
generation-only tool for the JS ecosystem, where no maintained option existed — the only prior 
library (simple-odf) was abandoned in 2021 and lacked table support.

What odf-kit does today (v0.1.0):

- Generates spec-compliant ODF 1.2 .odt files (ZIP packaged, proper namespaces and manifest)
- Text with formatting (bold, italic, underline, fonts, colors, highlights)
- Tables with borders, backgrounds, column widths, and cell merging
- Page layout (size, margins, orientation, headers, footers, page numbers)
- Bullet and numbered lists with nesting
- Embedded images, hyperlinks, and bookmarks
- Single runtime dependency, full TypeScript type definitions, 102 tests

The API is designed for developers who don't know the ODF spec:

typescript

import

{

OdtDocument

}

from

"odf-kit"

;

const

doc

=

new

OdtDocument

(

)

;

doc

.

addHeading

(

"Report"

,

1

)

;

doc

.

addParagraph

(

"Revenue exceeded expectations."

)

;

doc

.

addTable

(

[

[

"Division"

,

"Revenue"

]

,

[

"North"

,

"$2.1M"

]

,

[

"South"

,

"$1.8M"

]

,

]

,

{

border

:

"0.5pt solid #000000"

}

)

;

const

bytes

=

await

doc

.

save

(

)

;

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/odf-kit
- GitHub: https://github.com/GitHubNewbie0/odf-kit
- License: Apache 2.0

ODS, ODP, and ODG support are planned.

I have a lot of respect for the work the ODF Toolkit team has done. If it would be appropriate, I'd 
be grateful to be listed as a related project on odftoolkit.org for developers working in the 
JavaScript ecosystem. Either way, I'd welcome any feedback from people who know the ODF 
specification as well as your community does.

Thanks for your time.

Scott GitHub: GitHubNewbie0
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