# natergj/excel4node

Node module to allow for easy Excel file creation

Repository: https://github.com/natergj/excel4node
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/excel4node
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2022-07-22T01:55:41+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4445, "days_push": 1504, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1363, forks 209 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:30.512948+00:00)

## What it is
A Node.js library for programmatically creating native Excel (.xlsx) files with formatting, styles, and multiple worksheets. The original repository is no longer maintained; development has moved to the advisr-io/excel4node fork.

## Use cases
- generate xlsx reports from node.js
- export data to excel files in a web app
- create spreadsheets with formatting programmatically
- build excel workbooks from  data
- generate downloadable excel reports from an api

## When to choose
- you need to generate .xlsx files from Node.js without Excel installed
- you want fine-grained control over cell styles, formulas, and worksheets
- you are okay using the actively maintained advisr-io fork

## When to avoid
- you need to read or parse existing Excel files (this only creates them)
- you require guaranteed bug fixes or new features from the original repo, which is unmaintained
- you need streaming generation of very large spreadsheets

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: file-system, serialization
- domain: spreadsheets, files, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: excel, xlsx, spreadsheet-generation, unmaintained, javascript, nodejs

## Member repositories
- natergj/excel4node (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:30.512948+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:41:25.843396+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/natergj/excel4node (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:30.512948+00:00, sha dc9961c7e943)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.