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GridCraft: ArtCraft's Excel-Style App
Last verified November 1, 2026
Quick verdict
- Safe?
- From official GitHub releases, signed and checksummed
- Free?
- Yes, open source
- For
- Trying a free Excel-style tool; not yet for critical pro work
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GridCraft
| Latest release (Nov 1, 2026) | v0.14.2 |
|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ~7,000 |
| Status | Alpha |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Official links | getartcraft.com · github.com/storytold/gridcraft |
Download gridcraftSource: github.com/storytold (official)
GridCraft is "an open-source, clean-room spreadsheet (Microsoft Excel-style) in pure Rust" (GitHub). Per its README:
- Familiar: ribbon, formula bar, Name Box, sheet tabs, fill handle, Format Cells, Paste Special, conditional formatting, tables, charts
- Compatible: XLSX is the native format (styles, formulas including dynamic arrays, tables, charts, pivot tables round-trip); CSV/TSV; legacy .xls opens with values, formulas and number formats (formatting and objects not yet); XLSB and ODS data import
- Capable: 500+ worksheet functions plus LET, LAMBDA, MAP, REDUCE, SCAN, BYROW, BYCOL, MAKEARRAY
- Native on macOS, Windows, Linux and BSD, plus browser
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Frequently asked questions
Is GridCraft an Excel clone?
It's a clean-room, Excel-style spreadsheet from the ArtCraft team. It isn't affiliated with Microsoft.
Can GridCraft open .xlsx files?
Yes. XLSX is its native format.