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IronCalc – Open-Source Spreadsheet Engine

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Re: IronCalc – Open-Source Spreadsheet Engine

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Post by nhatcher »

mgkimsal wrote: post #84

Can't tell by the docs (but I've not dug in much yet) but... @nhatcher... here's a use case question. Admins use the ironcalc UI to create their formulas. Is there a way to get those formulas to a backend and run the calcs on the server itself (separate from the user's browser) to get results based on input from other sources? The UI half looks great so far. I have a colleague I was going to recommend this to, but th…

Yes, IronCalc is first a spreadsheet engine. Meaning it is a library you can consume from Rust or Python without any UI.

Re: IronCalc – Open-Source Spreadsheet Engine

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Post by Onavo »

nhatcher wrote: post #63
hitradostava wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Amazing project. The question I have is why rust? Is the compiled WASM significantly faster than JS?

Yes, the compiled WASM is significantly faster. Easily by an order of magnitude. I might be completely wrong about this but I _think_ if the brilliant folks at Microsoft research in the calc intelligence group would have waited a few years they might have used wasm instead of TypeScript ( https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/garage/wall-of-fame/calc-ts-... ) As for Rust, could have been C or Zig. I just needed a language…

There might be some tricks from Row Zero that you can borrow

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39551064

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41512270

Re: IronCalc – Open-Source Spreadsheet Engine

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Post by ksec »

nhatcher wrote: post #44
ericra wrote: post #30

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Great project. I particularly love the: 1) mit license 2) using plausible instead of Google analytics. Practically speaking, uBO is going to block both by default, but for non-tech users this is great. 3) appreciate how the app respects your pc when the web app is running in the background. Very low footprint, no random CPU spikes or anything. Wish you guys the best.

If you are curious, I just made the analytics public: https://plausible.io/ironcalc.com I think more than one folk in HN might be interested. All traffic is because of this post. I had no visitors as of today. This was work in progress :)

It will be HN user who dont block the analytics. That is with no DNS or uBlock solution.

I would imagine both solution being much more popular on Desktop / Laptop. Hence 75% of all views counted are actually from Smartphones.

Re: IronCalc – Open-Source Spreadsheet Engine

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Post by nine_k »

kaathewise wrote: post #2

A spreadsheet engine. It's a React app with a Rust backend, but it impressed me how snappy it was[0]. Of course, it's not nearly as feature rich as Google Sheets, not to mention Excel. [0]: https://app.ironcalc.com/

What Google Sheets functionality you're missing there?

Of course there's a lot missing, but what's interesting is what you've reached for and could not find.

Re: IronCalc – Open-Source Spreadsheet Engine

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Post by fragmede »

nhatcher wrote: post #44
ericra wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Great project. I particularly love the: 1) mit license 2) using plausible instead of Google analytics. Practically speaking, uBO is going to block both by default, but for non-tech users this is great. 3) appreciate how the app respects your pc when the web app is running in the background. Very low footprint, no random CPU spikes or anything. Wish you guys the best.

If you are curious, I just made the analytics public: https://plausible.io/ironcalc.com I think more than one folk in HN might be interested. All traffic is because of this post. I had no visitors as of today. This was work in progress :)

What do your logs say for breakdown on user agent?

Re: IronCalc – Open-Source Spreadsheet Engine

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Post by nhatcher »

eviks wrote: post #92
nhatcher wrote: post #5

Hey! This is my project! Amazed to see this here. I'll try to answer questions people might have

Cool project! Do you have a detailed list tracking compatibility with Excel? Do you have any great ideas where you can surpass it (in one way you can use yours without UI)?

Thanks!

There is not a detailed tracking of all Excel features. But we track:

1. Function implementations: https://github.com/ironcalc/IronCalc/labels/Functions 2. Dynamic arrays, defined names, pivot tables, ...

Excel is huge we only aim at implementing a subset.

Re: IronCalc – Open-Source Spreadsheet Engine

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Post by eviks »

nhatcher wrote: post #109
eviks wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Cool project! Do you have a detailed list tracking compatibility with Excel? Do you have any great ideas where you can surpass it (in one way you can use yours without UI)?

Thanks! There is not a detailed tracking of all Excel features. But we track: 1. Function implementations: https://github.com/ironcalc/IronCalc/labels/Functions 2. Dynamic arrays, defined names, pivot tables, ... Excel is huge we only aim at implementing a subset.

Exactly because Excel is huge it'd be nice to have such a detailed reference, grouped by type: functions, UI, scripting, built in analysis tools etc

And some features could reduce pressure re compatibility in other areas. For example, if you had some kind of wasm plugin system, then people could easily write the lacking functions in their favorite language without having to wait for the core to add such a function.

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