Xleak
Terminal Excel viewer with interactive TUI and search
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Hi HN! I just released xleak, a terminal-based Excel viewer written in Rust.I was inspired by working with spreadsheets and word documents on the command line and wanted something faster than opening Excel/LibreOffice. It supports .xlsx, .xls, .xlsm, .xlsb, and .ods files.Key features: - Interactive TUI with full keyboard navigation (vim-style search with / and n/N) - View Excel formulas in cells - Copy cells/rows to clipboard - Export to CSV, JSON, or text - Lazy loading for large files (1000+ rows) - Jump to any cell (e.g., "A100", "500", or "10,5")Built with the calamine crate for fast Excel parsing and ratatui for the TUI.Installation: cargo install xleak, or Homebrew, Nix, or pre-built binaries.Would love feedback on features or use cases I'm missing!GitHub: https://github.com/bgreenwell/xleak
HN · launched Nov 9, 2025 · 6 upvotes (top 73%) · 0 views
Niche: developer data and local file viewers · 49 launches, 9 in the last 7 days · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Analytics & BI
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes This is a terminal UI spreadsheet viewer utilizing existing spreadsheet parsing libraries and standard Rust TUI frameworks like Ratatui.
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