[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":161},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-en-reogrid-excel-like-library":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":7,"date":142,"description":143,"extension":144,"meta":145,"navigation":146,"path":147,"seo":148,"stem":150,"tags":151,"thumbnail":159,"__hash__":160},"blog_en/blog/en/reogrid-excel-like-library.md","Embed Excel in Your App? An \"Excel-Like\" Library for .NET Developers — ReoGrid",null,{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":134},"minimark",[10,18,22,38,45,48,54,57,60,67,81,84,90,93,110,113,119,122,125],[11,12,14],"h2",{"id":13},"what-is-an-excel-like-library",[15,16,17],"strong",{},"What Is an Excel-Like Library?",[19,20,21],"p",{},"It's a component that lets you embed an Excel-style spreadsheet view inside your application. Even without Excel installed, your app can deliver full spreadsheet functionality on its own.",[23,24,25,29,32,35],"ul",{},[26,27,28],"li",{},"Enter values into cells",[26,30,31],{},"Compute with formulas",[26,33,34],{},"Apply borders, merged cells, and cell formatting",[26,36,37],{},"Read and write Excel files",[19,39,40],{},[41,42],"img",{"alt":43,"src":44},"reogrid-snapshots","/images/reogrid-net-snapshot.png",[19,46,47],{},"In other words, from your users' perspective, it's as if \"Excel is built into the app.\"",[11,49,51],{"id":50},"what-is-reogrid",[15,52,53],{},"What Is ReoGrid?",[19,55,56],{},"ReoGrid is an Excel-like library for .NET applications. Since its release in 2014, it has been adopted by companies and research projects in Japan and abroad.",[19,58,59],{},"Its appeal is in its simple, approachable architecture. Just add a single DLL and you can drop a spreadsheet onto your form right away.",[19,61,62,63,66],{},"But its biggest strength is ",[15,64,65],{},"performance",".",[23,68,69,72,75,78],{},[26,70,71],{},"Smooth scrolling and rendering even with millions of rows",[26,73,74],{},"Lightweight, with no unnecessary dependencies",[26,76,77],{},"Reads and edits Excel (.xlsx) files",[26,79,80],{},"Supports both WinForms and WPF",[19,82,83],{},"\"Faster than other Excel-like libraries\" is feedback we hear regularly from real-world projects.",[11,85,87],{"id":86},"where-does-it-shine",[15,88,89],{},"Where Does It Shine?",[19,91,92],{},"ReoGrid is at its best in scenarios like these:",[23,94,95,98,101,104,107],{},[26,96,97],{},"Internal systems that need Excel-style data entry and display",[26,99,100],{},"Displaying or printing complex business forms",[26,102,103],{},"Importing and exporting Excel files",[26,105,106],{},"Turning Excel-based tools into standalone apps for distribution",[26,108,109],{},"Using Excel files directly as the application UI",[19,111,112],{},"It's used across manufacturing process control, financial-system data viewers, government business forms, and many more domains.",[11,114,116],{"id":115},"summary",[15,117,118],{},"Summary",[19,120,121],{},"ReoGrid is one of Japan's leading libraries answering these needs — fast, easy to work with, and battle-tested.",[19,123,124],{},"If you've ever thought \"I want to open an Excel file inside my app,\" or \"I want to give my app an Excel-like feel,\" give ReoGrid a try.",[19,126,127,128],{},"👉 Learn more: ",[129,130,131],"a",{"href":131,"rel":132},"https://reogrid.net/",[133],"nofollow",{"title":135,"searchDepth":136,"depth":136,"links":137},"",2,[138,139,140,141],{"id":13,"depth":136,"text":17},{"id":50,"depth":136,"text":53},{"id":86,"depth":136,"text":89},{"id":115,"depth":136,"text":118},"2025-08-25","An introduction to ReoGrid, an Excel-like library that answers the need: \"It would be so much easier to use if we could show this data in an Excel-style screen.\"","md",{},true,"/blog/en/reogrid-excel-like-library",{"title":5,"description":149},"An introduction to ReoGrid, a component for embedding spreadsheet functionality into .NET applications. No Excel installation required — provides cell editing, formulas, formatting, and Excel file read/write.","blog/en/reogrid-excel-like-library",[152,153,154,155,156,157,158],"reogrid","spreadsheet",".net","excel","c#","winforms","wpf","/images/articles/b85a74e058888008a2fa5c40a1eab4fe.webp","LAewVPXhRWtnp5zpWvMBrbVJGhyKiXWPqNylqOEOpY4",1780378957763]