Sheets on the Command Line
With the availability of JS engines and the success of server-side platforms, it is possible to build standalone command-line tools from JavaScript code.
SheetJS is a JavaScript library for reading and writing data from spreadsheets.
This demo covers a number of strategies for building standalone spreadsheet processors. The ultimate goal is to use SheetJS libraries to generate CSV output from arbitrary spreadsheet files. The generated command-line tool will accept an argument, parse the specified workbook, and print CSV rows to the terminal.
> xlsx-cli.exe pres.numbers
Name,Index
Bill Clinton,42
GeorgeW Bush,43
Barack Obama,44
Donald Trump,45
Joseph Biden,46
Demos for common standalone CLI tools are included in separate pages:
- nexe - Prebuilt NodeJS packages
- pkg - Prebuilt NodeJS packages
- boxednode - NodeJS binaries with scripts, built from source
- NodeJS SEA - Single Executable Applications
- BunJS SEA - BunJS Single-file Executables
- Deno SEA - Deno Standalone Binaries
Platform Support
The following frameworks have been tested on the following platforms:
The xlsx-cli NodeJS script is available
as a package on the SheetJS CDN. It is a straightforward command-line tool for
translating files between supported spreadsheet file formats.
For most common deployment scenarios, it is possible to install a server-side platform such as NodeJS.
It is strongly recommended to use a dedicated platform when possible.
The standalone programs generated in this demo are useful when a dedicated server-side scripting platform cannot be installed on the target computer.
NodeJS
This demo has been organized by framework:
V8
The exposition has been moved to the "V8" demo.
BunJS
The exposition has been moved to a separate page.
Deno
The exposition has been moved to a separate page.
Dedicated Engines
The following demos for JS engines produce standalone programs: