NPOI VS ExcelDataReader

Compare NPOI vs ExcelDataReader and see what are their differences.

NPOI

a .NET library that can read/write Office formats without Microsoft Office installed. No COM+, no interop. (by nissl-lab)

ExcelDataReader

Lightweight and fast library written in C# for reading Microsoft Excel files (by ExcelDataReader)
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NPOI ExcelDataReader
16 11
5,471 3,757
1.5% -
9.0 4.4
about 11 hours ago 5 days ago
C# C#
Apache License 2.0 MIT License
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NPOI

Posts with mentions or reviews of NPOI. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-14.

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 NPOI and ExcelDataReader you can also consider the following projects:

EPPlus

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.

Open XML SDK - Open XML SDK by Microsoft

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

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

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

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

NetOffice - 🌌 Create add-ins and automation code for Microsoft Office applications.

EPPlus - EPPlus-Excel spreadsheets for .NET