ExcelDataReader VS FileHelpers

Compare ExcelDataReader vs FileHelpers and see what are their differences.

ExcelDataReader

Lightweight and fast library written in C# for reading Microsoft Excel files (by ExcelDataReader)

FileHelpers

The FileHelpers are a free and easy to use .NET library to read/write data from fixed length or delimited records in files, strings or streams (by MarcosMeli)
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ExcelDataReader FileHelpers
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3,792 1,120
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4.4 0.0
12 days ago 11 months ago
C# C#
MIT License MIT License
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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.

FileHelpers

Posts with mentions or reviews of FileHelpers. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-08.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing ExcelDataReader and FileHelpers you can also consider the following projects:

EPPlus

CsvHelper - Library to help reading and writing CSV files

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

Json.NET - Json.NET is a popular high-performance JSON framework for .NET

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.

ServiceStack.Text - .NET's fastest JSON, JSV and CSV Text Serializers

Open XML SDK - Open XML SDK by Microsoft

Wire - Binary serializer for POCO objects

Sylvan.Data.Excel - The fastest .NET library for reading Excel data files.

Protobuf - Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format

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

FsPickler - A fast multi-format message serializer for .NET