xlwt

How often 10 AI models recommend xlwt, what they say about it, and who they recommend instead, on the 1 buying question where it came up.

Mention rate

60%of all answers on this question

Best standing

#8of 42 on Best Python libraries for reading and editing Excel files

Buying questions

1where any model named it

Never named it

1of 10 models

Which models recommend it

Share of each model's answers that named it, at any position · The black tick marks the panel average

1. Gemini 4 Argon100%
2. Mistral Large 4100%
3. DeepSeek V4 Pro88%
4. MiniMax M388%
5. Kimi K375%
6. GLM-5.363%
7. Nemotron 3 Ultra63%
8. Claude Haiku 5.513%
9. GPT-6 Luna13%
10. Qwen 3.8 Flash0%

Never named it: Qwen 3.8 Flash

Tracked since October 25, 2026. Each time the panel answers these questions again, the change shows here.

What the models say

Each model's one-line reason for recommending it, from its first answer

Best Python libraries for reading and editing Excel files 8

• GPT-6 LunaWrites legacy .xls files when compatibility with old Excel is required.
• Gemini 4 ArgonDependable tool for generating and formatting legacy xls files for older systems.
• DeepSeek V4 ProWrite-only companion to xlrd for legacy .xls format generation.
• GLM-5.3Writes legacy xls files; dated but occasionally needed.
• Kimi K3Only practical writer for legacy .xls files when format is required.
• MiniMax M3Lightweight writer for legacy .xls files, simple and stable.
• Mistral Large 4Legacy option for writing old .xls format; largely superseded by XlsxWriter.
• Nemotron 3 UltraWrite-only library for legacy .xls format, still needed for old systems

Against the competition

Each question's products ranked by the share of all answers that named them, xlwt highlighted.

Best Python libraries for reading and editing Excel files

42 products named in 80 answers across 4 wordings

In nearly every answer

openpyxlpandasXlsxWriterxlrdxlwings

Contested

1. 6pyexcel78%
2. 7pyxlsb63%
3. 8xlwt60%
4. 9Python calamine43%
5. 10PyExcelerate25%

Mention rate by model and question

Share of each model's answers on the question that named it · Hover a cell for the count

Question	Claude Haiku 5.5	GPT-6 Luna	Gemini 4 Argon	Qwen 3.8 Flash	DeepSeek V4 Pro	GLM-5.3	Kimi K3	MiniMax M3	Mistral Large 4	Nemotron 3 Ultra
Best Python libraries for reading and editing Excel files	13	13	100		88	63	75	88	100	63

Does the wording matter?

Share of answers that named it under each way of asking the question · Hover a cell for the exact wording

Question	List request	Buyer asking for advice	Search query	Worth paying for?
Best Python libraries for reading and editing Excel files	65	60	55	60

Head to head

Against the products named most often on the same questions

xlwt vs openpyxlxlwt vs pandasxlwt vs XlsxWriterxlwt vs xlrdxlwt vs xlwingsxlwt vs pyexcel

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