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roo-rb/roo

Roo provides an interface to spreadsheets of several sorts. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/roo-rb/roo · Ruby · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

46/100

  • Activity 44
  • Release rhythm 18
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 5292
  • days_rel: 336
  • days_push: 336
  • n_releases_24m: 1

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

2875 stars · 501 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Roo is a Ruby library that provides read access to common spreadsheet formats including xlsx, xlsm, ods, and CSV, with extensions for xls and Google Sheets. It offers a unified API for opening workbooks, iterating sheets, and accessing rows, columns, and cells.

Use cases

  • read data from xlsx files in ruby
  • parse ods spreadsheets
  • import csv data into a rails app
  • extract rows and columns from excel workbooks
  • process uploaded spreadsheet files
  • convert spreadsheet data to ruby arrays

When to choose

  • you need to read xlsx, xlsm, ods, or csv files in Ruby
  • you want a single unified API across multiple spreadsheet formats
  • you need to process spreadsheet uploads in a Rails application

When to avoid

  • you need to write or create spreadsheet files (use caxlsx or similar)
  • you need to edit Google Sheets (use the roo-google extension for write access)
  • you work outside the Ruby ecosystem

Facets

library · maturity stable

parser csv data-science developer-tools files spreadsheets developer-tools ruby spreadsheet-parsing xlsx ods excel ruby-gem data-engineering

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Member repositories

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