--- title: "brunch vs excelize" type: "comparison" canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/compare/brunch-brunch-vs-qax-os-excelize" tools: ["brunch-brunch", "qax-os-excelize"] --- # brunch vs excelize *GraphCanon updated Jul 15, 2026* ## Verdict Pick brunch when brunch is primarily JavaScript; excelize is Go; pick excelize when excelize is primarily Go; brunch is JavaScript. [brunch](https://brunch.github.io) reports 6.8k GitHub stars, 425 forks, and 0 open issues, last pushed Apr 19, 2026. [excelize](https://xuri.me/excelize) has 21k stars, 1.9k forks, and 127 open issues, last pushed Jul 6, 2026. Figures are from public GitHub metadata via [brunch's repository](https://github.com/brunch/brunch) and [excelize's repository](https://github.com/qax-os/excelize). | | [brunch](/tools/brunch-brunch.md) | [excelize](/tools/qax-os-excelize.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Tagline | 🍴 Web applications made easy. Since 2011. | Go language library for reading and writing Excel spreadsheets | | Stars | 6,756 | 20,757 | | Forks | 425 | 1,916 | | Open issues | 0 | 127 | | Language | JavaScript | Go | | Adopt for | - | Excellize is a Go library focused on efficient, comprehensive manipulation of Excel files | | Persona | - | - | | Runtime | - | - | | License | MIT | BSD-3-Clause | | Categories | Data & Retrieval | Data & Retrieval | ## Trust and health _Sourced signals - not a safety guarantee. No winner column._ | | [brunch](/tools/brunch-brunch.md) | [excelize](/tools/qax-os-excelize.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Maintenance | Steady (60%) | Very active (96%) | | Days since push | 86d | 4d | | Open issues (now) | 0 | 127 | | Full report | [trust report](/tools/brunch-brunch/trust.md) | [trust report](/tools/qax-os-excelize/trust.md) | ## Decision facts: excelize - **Pricing:** freemium - Excellize is free and open-source under the BSD-3-Clause license, which allows reuse in both commercial and non-commercial applications without royalty payments. - **Requirements:** Min 1 GB RAM; Operating system requirements are aligned with what is supported by Go itself. - **Adopt for:** Excellize is a Go library focused on efficient, comprehensive manipulation of Excel files ## Choose when ### Choose brunch if… - brunch is primarily JavaScript; excelize is Go. - License: brunch is MIT, excelize is BSD-3-Clause. - Tags unique to brunch: brunch, build-automation, javascript, pipeline. ### Choose excelize if… - excelize is primarily Go; brunch is JavaScript. - License: excelize is BSD-3-Clause, brunch is MIT. - Pricing: Excellize is free and open-source under the BSD-3-Clause license, which allows reuse in both commercial and non-commercial applications without royalty payments.. - Requirements: Min 1 GB RAM; Operating system requirements are aligned with what is supported by Go itself.. - Tags unique to excelize: analytics, chart, excel, formula. - When developing applications in Go that require robust capabilities for reading and writing Excel spreadsheets including support for formulas, charts, tables, and VBA macros. ## When NOT to use brunch - Data & Retrieval: Skip a heavy ingestion framework when your corpus is small and static; a script plus the embedding API is enough. ## When NOT to use excelize - If the development environment strictly avoids using languages like Go, since Excellize requires a Go runtime. - When working on projects where Excel files are rarely needed for data processing, another more generic file handling library might be preferable to minimize dependencies and complexity ## Common questions ### What is the difference between brunch and excelize? brunch: 🍴 Web applications made easy. Since 2011.. excelize: Go language library for reading and writing Excel spreadsheets. See the comparison table for live GitHub stats and shared categories. ### When should I choose brunch over excelize? Choose brunch over excelize when brunch is primarily JavaScript; excelize is Go; License: brunch is MIT, excelize is BSD-3-Clause; Tags unique to brunch: brunch, build-automation, javascript, pipeline. ### When should I choose excelize over brunch? Choose excelize over brunch when excelize is primarily Go; brunch is JavaScript; License: excelize is BSD-3-Clause, brunch is MIT; Pricing: Excellize is free and open-source under the BSD-3-Clause license, which allows reuse in both commercial and non-commercial applications without royalty payments.; Requirements: Min 1 GB RAM; Operating system requirements are aligned with what is supported by Go itself.; Tags unique to excelize: analytics, chart, excel, formula; When developing applications in Go that require robust capabilities for reading and writing Excel spreadsheets including support for formulas, charts, tables, and VBA macros. ### When should I avoid brunch? Data & Retrieval: Skip a heavy ingestion framework when your corpus is small and static; a script plus the embedding API is enough. ### When should I avoid excelize? If the development environment strictly avoids using languages like Go, since Excellize requires a Go runtime. When working on projects where Excel files are rarely needed for data processing, another more generic file handling library might be preferable to minimize dependencies and complexity ### Is brunch or excelize more popular on GitHub? excelize has more GitHub stars (20,757 vs 6,756). Stars measure visibility, not whether either tool fits your constraints. ### Are brunch and excelize open source? Yes - both are open-source projects on GitHub (brunch: MIT, excelize: BSD-3-Clause). ### Where can I find alternatives to brunch or excelize? GraphCanon lists graph-backed alternatives at [brunch alternatives](/tools/brunch-brunch/alternatives) and [excelize alternatives](/tools/qax-os-excelize/alternatives) ([brunch markdown twin](/tools/brunch-brunch/alternatives.md), [excelize markdown twin](/tools/qax-os-excelize/alternatives.md)), ranked by typed relationship edges rather than popularity votes. ### Is there a machine-readable version of this comparison? Yes. The markdown twin at [this comparison](/compare/brunch-brunch-vs-qax-os-excelize.md) mirrors this page for agents and LLM crawlers, with the same stats table and FAQ answers. ### Which is better maintained, brunch or excelize? brunch: Steady. excelize: Very active. Compare maintenance labels, days since push, and release cadence in the trust section below - stars alone do not measure maintenance. ### Where are the full trust reports for brunch and excelize? GraphCanon publishes per-repo trust reports with dated maintenance, provenance, and scan summaries: [brunch trust report](/tools/brunch-brunch/trust); [excelize trust report](/tools/qax-os-excelize/trust). --- **Machine-readable endpoints** - JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=brunch-brunch`](/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=brunch-brunch) - LLM index: [/llms.txt](/llms.txt) - Full corpus: [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt) _GraphCanon - The knowledge graph for AI development. https://www.graphcanon.com/_