readxl Alternatives

readxl is described as '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' and is a Spreadsheet app in the office & productivity category. There are seven alternatives to readxl for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Microsoft Excel and BSD apps. The best readxl alternative is Business Functions, which is free. Other great apps like readxl are Someka Excel Solutions, LibXL, libxls and XLSX I/O.

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  1. Business Functions

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    Business Functions is a function library for Microsoft Excel that's been around since 2002.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Microsoft Office Excel
     
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    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.

    35 Someka Excel Solutions alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Microsoft Excel
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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

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • iPhone
     
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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. libxls

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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

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     

  7. 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 (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • 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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  10. Excelize icon

    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

    Application type

    Platforms

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