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A plain-text spreadsheet format and an app. Use formulas, multiple sheets, and number formats while keeping your workbook in a readableord file. Open source and easy for AI agents to work with.

PH · launched Oct 15, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 67%) · 0 views

Niche: spreadsheet tools and extensions · 138 launches, 6 in the last 7 days ▼ -67% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags

  • Horizontal
  • Dev tools
  • Prosumer
  • Not AI
  • Commercial product
  • Productivity
  • Spreadsheets
  • GitHub

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Could you build this?

Partial Designing a reliable text-based spreadsheet file spec, formula parsing engine, and multi-sheet evaluation graph requires deep algorithm and compiler/interpreter knowledge.

What it would actually take: A functional spreadsheet engine requires an Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) parser for cell formulas, a Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) for dependency tracking and topological cycle detection, and precision number formatting. While a basic web grid can be vibe-coded, an engine that robustly evaluates formulas and reconciles text serialization requires strong compiler and algorithmic engineering expertise.

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 209 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #120 of 210 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 294 days after the earliest competitor.

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