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Ranked 10 of 12 spreadsheets by recommenders
Free terminal spreadsheet editor with Vim keybindings; people like being able to open files in it. Common caveat: it is buggy and sometimes crashes.
Free terminal spreadsheet editor with Vim keybindings; people like being able to open files in it. Common caveat: it is buggy and sometimes crashes.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 90%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 9 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Buggy and sometimes crashes
“It's pretty neat but does have a number of bugs.”
Comment from 6 Apr 2026 in “sc-im Spreadsheets in Your Terminal” “It's also a bit buggy currently.”
Comment from 6 Apr 2026 in “sc-im Spreadsheets in Your Terminal” “lots of bugs and crashes last time I tried it”
Comment from 6 Apr 2026 in “sc-im Spreadsheets in Your Terminal”
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The four most recommended other spreadsheets, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Excel | 339 | 292 | 54% | 12 | 30 yrs12 owners | — |
| Google Sheets | 92 | 54 | 63% | 12 | 1 yr3 owners | — |
| Lotus 1-2-3 | 34 | 2 | 94% | 8 | — | Approved |
| LibreOffice Calc | 32 | 18 | 64% | 10 | 2 yrs3 owners | — |
| sc-imThis page | 9 | 1 | 90% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 12 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“you cannot pass a range of cells, only the value of one cell”
“lots of bugs and crashes last time I tried it”
“It's also a bit buggy currently.”
“Being able to open them is nice”
“It's pretty neat but does have a number of bugs.”
“This works great for that.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.