vicel

vicel (Visual Cell editor) is a free and open source TUI spreadsheet editor. You can read, modify and save data stored in rows and columns. It aims to be an alternative to the well-known proprietary spreadsheet program for non-professional use.

• Edit CSV-like grids interactively in the terminal.
• Numbers, text and formulas.
• Keyboard-focused, Vim-style motions, plus mouse support.
• Configuration through a Lua file (read with conf.h).
• Small code base: the fewer the lines, the better.

The build needs the Lua development headers and libraries. Set LUA to pick a different Lua pkg-config module.

$ make                  # debug build
$ make clean install    # release build, installed to ~/.local/bin

It is also available through the pm user repository.

The reference manual (PDF) documents the installation, the motions and the formulas.

vicel can run in a browser through ttyd. The web/start.sh script serves it at http://localhost:8080:

$ cd web
$ ./start.sh

• Source code (GPL-3.0)