Have you looked at these other somewhat similar Rust projects?
https://github.com/logisky/LogiSheets
https://github.com/natefduncan/excel-emulator
https://github.com/jiradaherbst/XLFormula-Engine
IronCalc – Open-Source Spreadsheet Engine
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Re: IronCalc – Open-Source Spreadsheet Engine
#112Is this similar to pysheets? From a quickscan it seems that its running client-side via rust/wasm but where are the data stored?
Interesting to see all those different takes on the spreadsheet metaphor.
Re: IronCalc – Open-Source Spreadsheet Engine
#113Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm a software developer with extremely bad marketing skills... This project targets both end spreadsheet users and developers. In its first an engine (a Rust crate) then a full fledged product. FWIW, I'm over them moon this project is getting some traction :)
I agree that the bullet points feel like ChatGPT output. Whether an LLM was involved or not, it's good practice nowadays to avoid that AI style as many are getting used to spotting it and frown about it.
I'm not sure what you mean by 'that AI style'. What are some examples?
Re: IronCalc – Open-Source Spreadsheet Engine
#114Hey! This is my project! Amazed to see this here. I'll try to answer questions people might have
Where were you when I started writing my code ;_; I have also written a spreadsheet engine in Rust from scratch, for an app built with the iced GUI library! I'll take a deep dive through your repo and compare notes later this week. Congrats on the huge lift!!
Re: IronCalc – Open-Source Spreadsheet Engine
#115It's interesting that the Iron prefix means rust now. It used to mean .NET
Agree with your comment. I almost didn't click on it because I wouldn't be interested in a C# or .Net project and was very pleasantly surprised. I don't love the name.
Re: IronCalc – Open-Source Spreadsheet Engine
#116Hey! This is my project! Amazed to see this here. I'll try to answer questions people might have
nice project ! and attempt to modernize the spreadsheet tech stack. be warned though, that the feature-set of the modern spreadsheet is gigantic, with tentacles in hundreds of nooks and corners. Any attempt to play catch-up is a losing proposition. Hence you could position it so as not to directly compete with excel - in areas that are new or emerging. trivia: js based https://ethercalc.net/ is in turn is derived fro…
Fun fact: Audrey Tang, creator of Ethercalc, went on to become Minister for Digital Affairs for the Taiwanese government.
Re: IronCalc – Open-Source Spreadsheet Engine
#117Awesome project! Looking forward to following this.
I've been looking out for projects like this over the years and I'm glad to see that this one takes Excel compatibility seriously! Also love the choice of Rust and WASM!
For me Dynamic Array support is a blocker and I can't play with it until you've got that. Very glad to see that's your top priority though[1]! That and everything in the Logical, Lookup and Reference, and Information sections (in that order). That covers probably over 95% of my work and I spend most of my time in Excel.
Re: IronCalc – Open-Source Spreadsheet Engine
#118Awesome project! Looking forward to following this. I've been looking out for projects like this over the years and I'm glad to see that this one takes Excel compatibility seriously! Also love the choice of Rust and WASM! For me Dynamic Array support is a blocker and I can't play with it until you've got that. Very glad to see that's your top priority though[1]! That and everything in the Logical, Lookup and Referenc…
What would be quite cool would be a small utility that one can run over ones workooks and that produces a csv or json file of all the Excel functions used and their count.
People could submit those and you'd get real usage stats of what functions people actually use in real world workbooks rather than guessing.
Users could also then use this to run a compatibility check to see if they could move over to your engine or not.
Re: IronCalc – Open-Source Spreadsheet Engine
#119A 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/
How tightly coupled are the React app and the Rust backend?
I hope the backend engine can be used standalone embedded in other apps.