libxls Alternatives

libxls is described as 'A C library for reading Excel files in the nasty old binary OLE format, plus a command-line tool for converting XLS to CSV (named, appropriately enough, xls2csv)' and is an app. There are six alternatives to libxls for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD and Self-Hosted apps. The best libxls alternative is Someka Excel Solutions, which is free. Other great apps like libxls are Excelize, LibXL, XLSX I/O and readxl.

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  1. Someka Excel Solutions icon

    Someka Excel Solutions

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    Supplies downloadable Excel spreadsheet templates for managing business processes, handling personal and home tasks, creating organization charts, tracking budgets, calendars, and visualizing data efficiently with user-friendly, customizable files compatible with Excel.

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    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Microsoft Excel
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    • Someka Excel Solutions is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to libxls.

    • Someka Excel Solutions is the most popular free alternative to libxls.

    • Someka Excel Solutions is Freemium and Proprietarylibxls is Free and Open Source
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    Excelize

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    Excelize is a library written in pure Go providing a set of functions that allow you to write to and read from XLAM / XLSM / XLSX / XLTM / XLTX files. Supports reading and writing spreadsheet documents generated by Microsoft Excel™ 2007 and later.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    • Excelize is the most popular Web-based, SaaS & Self-Hosted alternative to libxls.

    • Excelize is the most popular Open Source alternative to libxls.

    • Excelize is Free and Open Sourcelibxls is also Free and Open Source
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    LibXL

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    LibXL is a library that can read and write Excel files. It doesn't require Microsoft Excel and .NET framework, combines an easy to use and powerful features.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • iPhone
     

    • LibXL is the most popular iPhone & Linux alternative to libxls.

    • LibXL is the most popular commercial alternative to libxls.

    • LibXL is Paid and Proprietarylibxls is Free and Open Source
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    Someka Excel Solutions

    Supplies downloadable Excel spreadsheet templates for managing business processes, handling personal and home tasks, creating organization charts, tracking budgets, calendars, and visualizing data efficiently with user-friendly, ...

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  6. XLSX I/O

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    XLSX I/O aims to provide a C library for reading and writing .xlsx files. The .xlsx file format is the native format used by Microsoft(R) Excel(TM) since version 2007.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    readxl

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    The readxl package makes it easy to get data out of Excel and into R. Compared to many of the existing packages (e.g. gdata, xlsx, xlsReadWrite) readxl has no external dependencies, so it’s easy to install and use on all operating systems.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     

  8. libxlsxwriter

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    Libxlsxwriter is a C library that can be used to write text, numbers, formulas and hyperlinks to multiple worksheets in an Excel 2007+ XLSX file. It supports features such as:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
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