Comparison
excelize vs go-streams
Verdict
Pick excelize when license: excelize is BSD-3-Clause, go-streams is MIT; pick go-streams when license: go-streams is MIT, excelize is BSD-3-Clause.
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Trust & integrity
| Signal | excelize | go-streams |
|---|---|---|
| Maintenance | Very active (4d since push) As of 4d · github_public_v1 | Slowing (181d since push) As of today · github_public_v1 |
| Provenance | Not a fork · Organization account As of 4d · github_public_v1 | Not a fork · Personal account As of today · github_public_v1 |
| OSV dependency advisories | Published findings As of 4d · osv@v1 | No lockfile (source not queried) As of today · osv@v1 |
| deps.dev advisories | Not queried deps.dev@v1 | Not queried deps.dev@v1 |
| OpenSSF Scorecard | Not queried openssf-scorecard@v1 | Not queried openssf-scorecard@v1 |
Tagline
- excelize
- Go language library for reading and writing Excel spreadsheets
- go-streams
- A lightweight stream processing library for Go
Stars
- excelize
- 21k
- go-streams
- 2.2k
Forks
- excelize
- 1.9k
- go-streams
- 174
Open issues
- excelize
- 127
- go-streams
- 11
Language
- excelize
- Go
- go-streams
- Go
Adopt for
- excelize
- Excellize is a Go library focused on efficient, comprehensive manipulation of Excel files
- go-streams
- -
Persona
- excelize
- -
- go-streams
- -
Runtime
- excelize
- -
- go-streams
- -
License
- excelize
- BSD-3-Clause
- go-streams
- MIT
Last pushed
- excelize
- Jul 6, 2026
- go-streams
- Jan 14, 2026
Categories
- excelize
- Data & Retrieval
- go-streams
- Data & Retrieval
Trust and health
Maintenance
- excelize
- Very active (96%)
- go-streams
- Slowing (36%)
Days since push
- excelize
- 4d
- go-streams
- 181d
Open issues (now)
- excelize
- 127
- go-streams
- 11
Owner type
- excelize
- Organization
- go-streams
- User
OSV dependency advisories
- excelize
- Published findings
- go-streams
- No lockfile (source not queried)
Full report
- excelize
- Trust report
- go-streams
- Trust report
Choose excelize if…
- License: excelize is BSD-3-Clause, go-streams 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 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
Choose go-streams if…
- License: go-streams is MIT, excelize is BSD-3-Clause.
- Tags unique to go-streams: aerospike, data-pipeline, data-stream, etl.
- Leaner open-issue backlog (11).
When NOT to use go-streams
- Last GitHub push was 182 days ago (slowing maintenance, Jan 14, 2026). Validate activity before betting a new project on go-streams.
- Data & Retrieval: Skip a heavy ingestion framework when your corpus is small and static; a script plus the embedding API is enough.
Explore
Sources
Every stat on this page traces to a dated GitHub sync, license file, enrichment field, or trust scan.
- GitHub stars (qax-os/excelize) · observed Jul 11, 2026
- GitHub forks (qax-os/excelize) · observed Jul 11, 2026
- Last push (qax-os/excelize) · observed Jul 6, 2026
- License file (BSD-3-Clause) · observed Jul 11, 2026
- Decision facts (enrichment) · observed Jul 11, 2026
- Trust scan (lockfile / OSV) · observed Jul 11, 2026
- GitHub stars (reugn/go-streams) · observed Jul 15, 2026
- GitHub forks (reugn/go-streams) · observed Jul 15, 2026
- Last push (reugn/go-streams) · observed Jan 14, 2026
- License file (MIT) · observed Jul 15, 2026
- Trust scan (lockfile / OSV) · observed Jul 15, 2026
GitHub stars on cards: excelize 21k · go-streams 2.2k (synced Jul 11, 2026).
Common questions
- What is the difference between excelize and go-streams?
- excelize: Go language library for reading and writing Excel spreadsheets. go-streams: A lightweight stream processing library for Go. See the comparison table for live GitHub stats and shared categories.
- When should I choose excelize over go-streams?
- Choose excelize over go-streams when License: excelize is BSD-3-Clause, go-streams 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 choose go-streams over excelize?
- Choose go-streams over excelize when License: go-streams is MIT, excelize is BSD-3-Clause; Tags unique to go-streams: aerospike, data-pipeline, data-stream, etl; Leaner open-issue backlog (11).
- 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
- When should I avoid go-streams?
- Last GitHub push was 182 days ago (slowing maintenance, Jan 14, 2026). Validate activity before betting a new project on go-streams. Data & Retrieval: Skip a heavy ingestion framework when your corpus is small and static; a script plus the embedding API is enough.
- Is excelize or go-streams more popular on GitHub?
- excelize has more GitHub stars (20,757 vs 2,174). Stars measure visibility, not whether either tool fits your constraints.
- Are excelize and go-streams open source?
- Yes - both are open-source projects on GitHub (excelize: BSD-3-Clause, go-streams: MIT).
- Where can I find alternatives to excelize or go-streams?
- GraphCanon lists graph-backed alternatives at excelize alternatives and go-streams alternatives (excelize markdown twin, go-streams markdown twin), 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 mirrors this page for agents and LLM crawlers, with the same stats table and FAQ answers.
- Which is better maintained, excelize or go-streams?
- excelize: Very active. go-streams: Slowing. 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 excelize and go-streams?
- GraphCanon publishes per-repo trust reports with dated maintenance, provenance, and scan summaries: excelize trust report; go-streams trust report.