There’s a new “Why docx4j?” section on this site, for anyone deciding how to work with Word documents from Java. The centrepiece is docx4j vs POI vs Aspose.Words: a practical comparison of the three main options, covering
how completely each models the file format (including the Microsoft extension schemas beyond ECMA-376), what’s underneath — JAXB POJOs versus XMLBeans store-backed views versus a format-independent DOM — and what each choice means for fidelity, for dropping to raw XML when you need to, and for how well AI coding assistants can help you.

Two companion pages: Why Source Access Matters for LLM-Assisted Programming makes the general argument behind that last point — an AI assistant is only as good as what it can read, which dramatically favours open source libraries and the economics of contributing upstream. And docx4j from Python is for Python shops weighing a JPype bridge to docx4j against python-docx or docxtpl. All three are linked from the “Why docx4j?” menu above; comments and corrections welcome in the forum.