Show HN: A terminal spreadsheet editor with Vim keybindings

Source: Hacker News

Overview

While speccing out this spreadsheet tool, I realized that I never had to think about the keybindings. It all just came naturally from Vim: normal/insert/visual modes, hjkl navigation, dd/yy/p, :w, :q. The usual muscle memory works.

Features

• Vim‑style keybindings for navigation and editing.
• Supports CSV/TSV import and export, plus a native .cell format that preserves formulas.
• Formula engine includes SUM, AVERAGE, COUNT, MIN, MAX, and IF with range references.

Architecture

The codebase is a Cargo workspace:

• cell-sheet-core: a pure library (no TUI dependency).
• cell-sheet-tui: a terminal UI built on top of ratatui.

Early days, but it’s usable.

Installation

cargo install cell-sheet-tui

Feedback

Feedback of any kind is greatly appreciated!

Comments

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