ExcelDataReader
Lightweight and fast library written in C# for reading Microsoft Excel files (by ExcelDataReader)
EPPlus
EPPlus-Excel spreadsheets for .NET (by EPPlusSoftware)
Our great sponsors
| ExcelDataReader | EPPlus | |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | 16 | |
| 3,792 | 1,687 | |
| - | 2.0% | |
| 4.4 | 9.5 | |
| 13 days ago | 5 days ago | |
| C# | C# | |
| MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
ExcelDataReader
Posts with mentions or reviews of ExcelDataReader.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-11.
- Use spreadsheet as data source?
- Creating a Web App using Excel
-
C# Excel Interop quit and releasecomobjects after the user closed excel
https://github.com/ExcelDataReader/ExcelDataReader works with all versions
-
What's the best way to read an Excel file into a DataGrid in WinUi 3?
ExcelDataReader is the way forward. I dont know what you mean when you say??
- Easiest Way to Read and Import Excel File Data into DataTable C#
- Dot net libraries/tools that are usefull in many projects
-
Read Excel file in .NET 6 deployed on Linux?
Have you tried https://github.com/ExcelDataReader/ExcelDataReader ?
- Coming from Python and wondering if I should use Pandas.NET or learn built-in Dataframe stuff
-
.NET MiniExcel simple and efficient Excel tool to avoid OOM(out of memory).
ExcelDataReader
- How should I go about reading excel data and converting it to JSON in C#?
EPPlus
Posts with mentions or reviews of EPPlus.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-06.
-
Automate Excel with only powershell?
Like others, I recommend using the ImportExcel module. It uses and wraps EPPlus Software (EPPlus - Create advanced Excel spreadsheets using .NET (GitHub Project Old / New)) which is a DLL that is included with the ImportExcel PowerShell Module.
- Exporting ASPX values to an Excel Template
- Need help reading an excel file with c# epplus :)
-
EPPlus Question
Their documentation looks okay. I doubt you're going to get many people familiar with a specific library here.
-
I need a Data-Grid that I can copy/paste excel data with
If you're copypasting stuff from excel, another approach I used in a different project is this package: https://github.com/EPPlusSoftware/EPPlus - which works in Blazor. You'd just let users drag/drop or upload their excel and import it, instead of copypasting
- adding cell color in Excel file using c#
-
Kinda new to C#, could use some input.
There is one Excel Library that I would recommend using in C# and that EPPlus. Its great and its free for non-commercial use. The API is simple to use and its got great documentation.
- Exporting data to CSV
-
Does Microsoft have an official NuGet package to open and write to existing Excel Spreadsheets? (.Net 5)
There is a Getting Started section in GitHub and complete API documentation on the home page
-
Theres some way that i can make a .xlsx like this exporting data from a database using Windows Form ?
I've personally had a great experience working with EPPlus. It has both commercial and non-commercial/free licenses: https://epplussoftware.com/
What are some alternatives?
When comparing ExcelDataReader and EPPlus you can also consider the following projects:
EPPlus
NPOI - a .NET library that can read/write Office formats without Microsoft Office installed. No COM+, no interop.
Open XML SDK - Open XML SDK by Microsoft
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.
BulkPDF - BulkPDF is a free and easy to use open source software, which allows to automatically fill an existing PDF form with differen values. Only a spreadsheet (Microsoft Excel 2007/2010/2013, LibreOffice or OpenOffice Calc) with the desired values is required.
Sylvan.Data.Excel - The fastest .NET library for reading Excel data files.
Dropbox.NET - The Official Dropbox API V2 SDK for .NET
MiniExcel - Fast, Low-Memory, Easy Excel .NET helper to import/export/template spreadsheet (support Linux, Mac)
.NET-Obfuscator - Lists of .NET Obfuscator (Free, Freemium, Paid and Open Source )
ExcelDataReader vs EPPlus
EPPlus vs NPOI
ExcelDataReader vs NPOI
EPPlus vs Open XML SDK
ExcelDataReader vs ClosedXML
EPPlus vs BulkPDF
ExcelDataReader vs Open XML SDK
EPPlus vs ClosedXML
ExcelDataReader vs Sylvan.Data.Excel
EPPlus vs Dropbox.NET
ExcelDataReader vs MiniExcel
EPPlus vs .NET-Obfuscator