ClosedXML VS PureExcel

Compare ClosedXML vs PureExcel and see what are their differences.

ClosedXML

ClosedXML is a .NET library for reading, manipulating and writing Excel 2007+ (.xlsx, .xlsm) files. It aims to provide an intuitive and user-friendly interface to dealing with the underlying OpenXML API. (by ClosedXML)

PureExcel

A lightweight excel parser (by srxqds)
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ClosedXML PureExcel
26 -
4,407 3
3.1% -
9.5 0.0
8 days ago over 7 years ago
C# C#
MIT License -
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ClosedXML

Posts with mentions or reviews of ClosedXML. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-12.

PureExcel

Posts with mentions or reviews of PureExcel. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

We haven't tracked posts mentioning PureExcel yet.
Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing ClosedXML and PureExcel you can also consider the following projects:

Open XML SDK - Open XML SDK by Microsoft

EPPlus

ExcelDataReader - Lightweight and fast library written in C# for reading Microsoft Excel files

NPOI - a .NET library that can read/write Office formats without Microsoft Office installed. No COM+, no interop.

MiniExcel - Fast, Low-Memory, Easy Excel .NET helper to import/export/template spreadsheet (support Linux, Mac)

DocX - Fast and easy to use .NET library that creates or modifies Microsoft Word files without installing Word.

BookFx - Composing Excel spreadsheets based on a tree of nested components like the HTML DOM.