# westonganger/spreadsheet_architect

Spreadsheet Architect is a library that allows you to create XLSX, ODS, or CSV spreadsheets super easily from ActiveRecord relations, plain Ruby objects, or tabular data.

Repository: https://github.com/westonganger/spreadsheet_architect
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/spreadsheet_architect
Language: Ruby
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: spreadsheet, xlsx, ods, csv, export, ruby, activerecord, rails, excel, excel-export
Last push: 2026-08-04T20:19:18+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 80/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 49, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3841, "days_push": 29, "days_rel": 129, "gap_med": 474, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1349, forks 44 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:27.946972+00:00)

## What it is
Spreadsheet Architect is a Ruby library for generating XLSX, ODS, and CSV spreadsheet files from ActiveRecord relations, plain Ruby objects, or raw tabular data. It supports styling, multi-sheet workbooks, and includes ActionController renderers for Rails while also working without Rails.

## Use cases
- export activerecord records to xlsx in rails
- generate csv files from ruby arrays
- create styled excel spreadsheets from ruby objects
- export ods spreadsheets from a ruby app
- download spreadsheet reports from a rails controller
- convert tabular data to excel without rails

## When to choose
- you need to export XLSX, ODS, or CSV from Ruby or Rails with minimal setup
- your data lives in ActiveRecord relations or plain Ruby objects
- you want styling, multi-sheet support, and Rails renderers in one gem

## When to avoid
- you need to read or parse existing spreadsheet files rather than create them
- you need advanced Excel features like formulas, charts, or pivot tables
- you are not working in Ruby

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: serialization, csv
- domain: developer-tools, web-development, files
- platform: ruby, cross-platform
- tags: spreadsheet, xlsx, ods, excel-export, activerecord, rails

## Member repositories
- westonganger/spreadsheet_architect (main) score 80

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:27.946972+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 2026-08-30T04:42:23.810603+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/westonganger/spreadsheet_architect (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:27.946972+00:00, sha 72a232883c49)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.