MiniExcel VS ExcelDataReader

Compare MiniExcel vs ExcelDataReader and see what are their differences.

MiniExcel

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

ExcelDataReader

Lightweight and fast library written in C# for reading Microsoft Excel files (by ExcelDataReader)
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MiniExcel ExcelDataReader
1 11
2,387 3,792
3.4% -
7.3 4.4
6 days ago 14 days ago
C# C#
Apache License 2.0 MIT License
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MiniExcel

Posts with mentions or reviews of MiniExcel. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-03-30.

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.

What are some alternatives?

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

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.

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

Report-From-DocX-HTML-To-PDF-Converter - .NET Core library to create custom reports based on Word docx or HTML documents and convert to PDF

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

PureExcel - A lightweight excel parser