canvas-datagrid vs SlickGrid

canvas-datagrid

Canvas based data grid web component. Capable of displaying millions of contiguous hierarchical rows and columns without paging or loading, on a single canvas element. (by TonyGermaneri)

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SlickGrid

A lightning fast JavaScript grid/spreadsheet (by 6pac)

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canvas-datagrid		SlickGrid
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2	Mentions	4
1,378	Stars	1,760
-	Growth	-
5.7	Activity	9.3
4 months ago	Latest Commit	9 days ago
JavaScript	Language	TypeScript
BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License	License	MIT License

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canvas-datagrid

Posts with mentions or reviews of canvas-datagrid. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-04-05.

I wrote an HTML canvas based data grid, here's what I wish I knew when I started.
1 project | /r/webdev | 6 Sep 2022

I've used https://github.com/TonyGermaneri/canvas-datagrid a few times. Def very good strat for tabular large datasets.
Show HN: Datagridxl2.js – No-nonsense fast Excel-like data table library
8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 5 Apr 2022

I'm biased because I'm the maintainer, but canvas-datagrid is uh, canvas-based datagrid (https://github.com/TonyGermaneri/canvas-datagrid), which can easily handle millions of rows. It's FOSS, and although in need of improvement (and better type annotations), it's well-document (https://canvas-datagrid.js.org/) and actively maintained.

SlickGrid

Posts with mentions or reviews of SlickGrid. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-04.

The Design Philosophy of Great Tables (Software Package)
7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 4 Apr 2024

If anyone is looking for a great open source table, I recommend slick grid: https://github.com/6pac/SlickGrid it has all the features shown in the article and has proven itself capable of everything I've needed for the last 2+ years.
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8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 22 Oct 2022

Leaving it unmaintained allows for a fork to emerge.
For example, "SlickGrid" https://github.com/mleibman/SlickGrid was popular but hadn't seen an update in many years. Someone else forked and a number of people migrated over to https://github.com/6pac/SlickGrid .
In a world where the original author instead decides to relicense and commercialize, the author suddenly has a different and much more contentious relationship with anyone who tries to keep a community fork.
Show HN: Datagridxl2.js – No-nonsense fast Excel-like data table library
8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 5 Apr 2022
Show HN: 7GUIs in Vanilla HTML, CSS, JavaScript
7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 20 Sep 2021

> because I've longed for an open source, liberally licensed, spreadsheet component for the web
I assume SlickGrid (https://github.com/6pac/SlickGrid/wiki/Examples) didn't satisfy your requirements?

What are some alternatives?

When comparing canvas-datagrid and SlickGrid you can also consider the following projects:

Glide Data Grid - 🚀 Glide Data Grid is a no compromise, outrageously react fast data grid with rich rendering, first class accessibility, and full TypeScript support.

ag-Grid - The best JavaScript Data Table for building Enterprise Applications. Supports React / Angular / Vue / Plain JavaScript.

lighthouse - Automated auditing, performance metrics, and best practices for the web.

React Data Grid - Feature-rich and customizable data grid React component

Tabulator - Interactive Tables and Data Grids for JavaScript

HANDSONTABLE - JavaScript data grid with a spreadsheet look & feel. Works with React, Angular, and Vue. Supported by the Handsontable team ⚡

regular-table - A regular <table> library, for async and virtual data models.

SheetJS js-xlsx - 📗 SheetJS Spreadsheet Data Toolkit -- New home https://git.sheetjs.com/SheetJS/sheetjs

react-kapsule - React wrapper for kapsule-style web components

Jspreadsheet CE - Jspreadsheet is a lightweight vanilla javascript plugin to create amazing web-based interactive tables and spreadsheets compatible with other spreadsheet software.

vue-datatables-net - Vue jQuery DataTables.net wrapper component

ExcelJS - Excel Workbook Manager