# simple-excel

> A streaming, dependency-free xlsx reader and writer for browsers and Node, built for large files that must open cleanly in Excel, Google Sheets, LibreOffice and Numbers.

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## Table of Contents

- [Comparison](https://simple-excel.getjetstream.app/docs/comparison): How simple-excel differs from SheetJS, ExcelJS, @office-kit/xlsx and write-excel-file, and when to use each.
- [Compatibility](https://simple-excel.getjetstream.app/docs/compatibility): Which applications and readers the files were checked against, and how that checking is done.
- [Contributing](https://simple-excel.getjetstream.app/docs/contributing): Repository layout, the commands, and how the fixture corpus, oracle and benchmark fit together.
- [Dates and values](https://simple-excel.getjetstream.app/docs/dates-and-values): The value model, date serials and their historical quirks, string escaping, number precision, booleans and error cells.
- [Errors](https://simple-excel.getjetstream.app/docs/errors): Every XlsxErrorCode, when it fires, and what the message is written to tell the user.
- [Install](https://simple-excel.getjetstream.app/docs/install): Package, entry points, module formats and the platform features simple-excel needs.
- [simple-excel](https://simple-excel.getjetstream.app/docs/intro): A streaming, dependency-free xlsx reader and writer for browsers and Node.
- [Node](https://simple-excel.getjetstream.app/docs/node): The /node entry — fromFile, toFile, toWritable and nodeDeflater.
- [Reading](https://simple-excel.getjetstream.app/docs/reading): openWorkbook, sources, sheet listing, array and object rows, head() and every read option.
- [Streaming and memory](https://simple-excel.getjetstream.app/docs/streaming-and-memory): How the writer and reader stay flat, how back-pressure works, and which sink to use for a very large file.
- [Writing](https://simple-excel.getjetstream.app/docs/writing): createWorkbookWriter, sinks, sheets, rows, styles and every writer option.