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It's pretty neat but does have a number of bugs. The packaged version also doesn't have xls support compiled in (at least on Fedora) which is unfortunate, though building is fairly easy[2]. I love the idea of it though, so I'm really hoping these issues get ironed out! I'm happy to help contribute if maintainers are willing. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/i", "context": "Fedora user", "use_case": "terminal spreadsheet", "switched_from": "", "story": "sc-im Spreadsheets in Your Terminal"}, {"id": 762505856, "item_id": 47656616, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47656616", "by": "halosghost", "date": "2026-04-05", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "one of the older / more-robust entrants in this space", "excerpt": "See also, one of the older / more-robust entrants in this space [0], and one of the more innovative (still from a hot-second ago now\u2026) [1]. 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Most notably: https://github.com/andmarti1424/sc-im Has been in HN often, most recently: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47662658 New takes: https://github.com/zaphar/sheetsui https://github.com/garritfra/cell", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "L123: A Lotus 1-2-3\u2013style terminal spreadsheet with modern Excel compatibility"}, {"id": 766825184, "item_id": 47926574, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47926574", "by": "cassepipe", "date": "2026-04-27", "version": null, "stance": "compare", "quote": "It seems like it is similar software written in C", "excerpt": "https://github.com/andmarti1424/sc-im Saved you all a search: It seems like it is similar software written in C", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: A terminal spreadsheet editor with Vim keybindings"}, {"id": 766753089, "item_id": 47922068, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47922068", "by": "garritfra", "date": "2026-04-27", "version": null, "stance": "compare", "quote": "Cell is heavily inspired by this project", "excerpt": "Cell is heavily inspired by this project. 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It's pretty neat but does have a number of bugs. The packaged version also doesn't have xls support compiled in (at least on Fedora) which is unfortunate, though building is fairly easy[2]. I love the idea of it though, so I'm really hoping these issues get ironed out! I'm happy to help contribute if maintainers are willing. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/i", "context": "Fedora user", "use_case": "terminal spreadsheet", "switched_from": "", "story": "sc-im Spreadsheets in Your Terminal"}, {"id": 762505856, "item_id": 47656616, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47656616", "by": "halosghost", "date": "2026-04-05", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "one of the older / more-robust entrants in this space", "excerpt": "See also, one of the older / more-robust entrants in this space [0], and one of the more innovative (still from a hot-second ago now\u2026) [1]. All the best, 0. https://github.com/andmarti1424/sc-im 1. https://www.syntax-k.de/projekte/teapot/", "context": "", "use_case": "Terminal spreadsheets", "switched_from": "", "story": "Sheets Spreadsheets in Your Terminal"}, {"id": 759309936, "item_id": 47456871, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47456871", "by": "zie", "date": "2026-03-20", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "There is SC and now sc-im", "excerpt": "There is SC and now sc-im: https://github.com/andmarti1424/sc-im You can also literally run Lotus 123 if you want. Someone has binaries to make it work on linux. or under dosemu", "context": "", "use_case": "Terminal spreadsheet", "switched_from": "", "story": "VisiCalc Reconstructed"}]}