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 *Libraries for working with office suite documents.*
 
 * [ExcelAnt](https://github.com/Wisembly/ExcelAnt) - A library for manipulating Microsoft Excel documents.
-* [PHPExcel](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPExcel) - A library for working with Microsoft Excel documents. *unmaintained* 
 * [PHPPowerPoint](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPPresentation) - A library for working with Microsoft PowerPoint Presentations.
 * [PHPWord](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord) - A library for working with Microsoft Word documents.
 * [PHPSpreadsheet](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet) - A pure PHP library for reading and writing spreadsheet files (successor of PHPExcel)