libxlsxwriter AlternativesSpreadsheet Apps like libxlsxwriter

Apps similar to libxlsxwriter include LibXL. It's paid, but Excelize and XLSX I/O are free. Other options are libxls and readxl. In total there are five Spreadsheet Apps like libxlsxwriter for Windows, Linux, Mac, self-hosting and the web.

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  1. LibXL icon
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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

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Since

    • Since 2020

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • iPhone
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  2. Excelize icon
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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

    Application type

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    • Since 2022

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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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 (MIT)

    Since

    • Since 2025

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    libxls, 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).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2025

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  5. readxl icon
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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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    • Since 2025

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
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