| Metric | exceljs | xlsx | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly downloads | 10,671,893 | 9,307,386 | exceljs +15% |
| 12-month download growth | +351% | +170% | exceljs +181 pts |
| Gzip size | - | - | - |
| Minified size | - | - | - |
| Dependencies | 9 | 7 | exceljs 2 more |
| Unpacked size | 20.8 MB | 7.2 MB | xlsx 2.9x smaller |
| Latest release | 4.4.0, 19 Oct 2023 | 0.18.5, 24 Mar 2022 | exceljs 19 months more recent |
| Releases, last 12 months | 0 | 0 | Same |
| First published | 9 Dec 2014 | 6 Dec 2013 | xlsx 12 months earlier |
| GitHub stars | 15,485 | 36,348 | xlsx 2.3x higher |
| Open issues | 663 | 120 | exceljs 543 more |
| Open pull requests | 146 | 13 | exceljs 133 more |
| Contributors | - | - | - |
| Commits, last 52 weeks | 0 | 0 | Same |
| TypeScript types | Bundled | Bundled | Same |
| Module format | CommonJS | ESM + CommonJS | Differs |
| Runtimes | - | - | - |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 | Differs |
Green marks the smaller size or the more recent release. Bold marks the higher count, with no judgement implied. Sizes are for the whole package per Bundlephobia. Growth compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the 52-week series.
exceljs10.7m latest weekxlsx9.3m latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
exceljs
Major versions
- 0.0.19 Dec 2014
- 1.0.015 Mar 2018
- 2.0.05 Sept 2019
- 3.0.01 Oct 2019
- 4.0.02 Jun 2020
Last 5 releases
- 4.4.019 Oct 2023
- 4.3.021 Aug 2021
- 4.2.19 Mar 2021
- 4.2.027 Oct 2020
- 4.1.114 Jul 2020
165 releases in total, 0 in the last 12 months
xlsx
Major versions
- 0.3.36 Dec 2013
Last 5 releases
- 0.18.524 Mar 2022
- 0.18.416 Mar 2022
- 0.18.33 Mar 2022
- 0.18.215 Feb 2022
- 0.18.114 Feb 2022
108 releases in total, 0 in the last 12 months
exceljs
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xlsx
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exceljs
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xlsx
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- Need both ESM and CommonJS entry pointsxlsx (exceljs: CommonJS; xlsx: ESM + CommonJS)
- Need to load it with require()Both
- Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
- Node.js version requirementexceljs: >=8.3.0; xlsx: >=0.8 (engines field in package.json)
- Need the more recent releaseexceljs (4.4.0 on 19 Oct 2023 vs 0.18.5 on 24 Mar 2022)
- Higher weekly npm downloadsexceljs (10.7m vs 9.3m)
- Licenseexceljs: MIT; xlsx: Apache-2.0
Each line is generated from the data above.
- xlsx vs fast-formula-parserNo search data
exceljs: exceljs npm registry, exceljs npm downloads, exceljs GitHub, exceljs jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
Indexability: Indexed.