--- title: "excelize vs go-streams" type: "comparison" canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/compare/qax-os-excelize-vs-reugn-go-streams" tools: ["qax-os-excelize", "reugn-go-streams"] --- # excelize vs go-streams *GraphCanon updated Jul 15, 2026* ## 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. [excelize](https://xuri.me/excelize) reports 21k GitHub stars, 1.9k forks, and 127 open issues, last pushed Jul 6, 2026. [go-streams](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/reugn/go-streams) has 2.2k stars, 174 forks, and 11 open issues, last pushed Jan 14, 2026. Figures are from public GitHub metadata via [excelize's repository](https://github.com/qax-os/excelize) and [go-streams's repository](https://github.com/reugn/go-streams). | | [excelize](/tools/qax-os-excelize.md) | [go-streams](/tools/reugn-go-streams.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Tagline | Go language library for reading and writing Excel spreadsheets | A lightweight stream processing library for Go | | Stars | 20,757 | 2,174 | | Forks | 1,916 | 174 | | Open issues | 127 | 11 | | Language | Go | Go | | Adopt for | Excellize is a Go library focused on efficient, comprehensive manipulation of Excel files | - | | Persona | - | - | | Runtime | - | - | | License | BSD-3-Clause | MIT | | Categories | Data & Retrieval | Data & Retrieval | ## Trust and health _Sourced signals - not a safety guarantee. No winner column._ | | [excelize](/tools/qax-os-excelize.md) | [go-streams](/tools/reugn-go-streams.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Maintenance | Very active (96%) | Slowing (36%) | | Days since push | 4d | 181d | | Open issues (now) | 127 | 11 | | Owner type | Organization | User | | Full report | [trust report](/tools/qax-os-excelize/trust.md) | [trust report](/tools/reugn-go-streams/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 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. ### 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 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 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. ## 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](/tools/qax-os-excelize/alternatives) and [go-streams alternatives](/tools/reugn-go-streams/alternatives) ([excelize markdown twin](/tools/qax-os-excelize/alternatives.md), [go-streams markdown twin](/tools/reugn-go-streams/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/qax-os-excelize-vs-reugn-go-streams.md) 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](/tools/qax-os-excelize/trust); [go-streams trust report](/tools/reugn-go-streams/trust). --- **Machine-readable endpoints** - JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=qax-os-excelize`](/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=qax-os-excelize) - 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/_