NextCell -- lightweight Excel alternative
Suliman
evermind at live.ru
Tue Mar 10 11:54:33 UTC 2026
Hi everyone,
I’ve finished work on my lightweight Excel alternative.
My spreadsheet editor is called NextCell. I previously shared a
link to an early beta version with another name.
At this point, about 90% of the work needed for practical use is
complete.
The business logic is written in D, and the entire graphical
interface is built using WinAPI.
I never originally intended to create an Excel alternative,
mainly because I never really understood Excel’s logic, even
though I constantly work with data.
What I actually wanted was a simple table editor that allows
basic operations with tabular data and has a clear and intuitive
interface. I hope I managed to achieve that.
Some interesting features:
Fuzzy Search
Database-like indexes
Easy control over date display formats
Reimagined formulas (prototype)
This is the first application I’ve managed to publish in the
Windows Store.
Due to moderation and ranking rules, it needs at least 30
installations before it starts appearing in search results.
If anyone can help by installing it, I would really appreciate it.
https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/XPDNVFT65GJJBT
For everyone else, here is the direct website link:
https://redata.dev/nextcell/
P.S. Unfortunately, the application works properly only on
Windows 11 for now. I didn’t have the opportunity to test it on
Windows 10. Most likely some system fonts are missing there.
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