xleak – Excel files in your terminal

xleak brings Excel spreadsheets to your command line with beautiful rendering, powerful export capabilities, and a feature-rich interactive TUI.

No Microsoft Excel is required.

This is free and open source software.

Features include:

• Core Functionality:
  • Beautiful terminal rendering with formatted tables.
  • Interactive TUI mode – full keyboard navigation with ratatui.
  • Smart data type handling – numbers right-aligned, text left-aligned, booleans centered.
  • Multi-sheet support – seamlessly navigate between sheets (Tab/Shift+Tab).
  • Excel Table support – list and extract named tables (.xlsx only).
  • Multiple export formats – CSV, JSON, plain text.
  • Blazing fast – powered by calamine, the fastest Excel parser in Rust.
  • Multiple file formats – supports .xlsx, .xls, .xlsm, .xlsb, .ods.
• Interactive TUI Features:
  • Full-text search – search across all cells with /, navigate with n/N.
  • Clipboard support – copy cells (c) or entire rows (C) to clipboard.
  • Formula display – view Excel formulas in cell detail view (Enter key).
  • Jump to row/column – press Ctrl+G to jump to any cell (e.g., A100, 500, 10,5).
  • Large file optimization – lazy loading for files with 1000+ rows.
  • Progress indicators – real-time feedback for long operations.
  • Visual cell highlighting – current row, column, and cell clearly marked.

Website: github.com/bgreenwell/xleak
Support:
Developer: Ben Greenwell
License: MIT License

xleak is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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