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excelize vs LittleLink
excelize has 20,918 GitHub stars, 1,949 forks, 131 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. LittleLink has 3,084 stars, 1,536 forks, 1 open issues and last shipped 2 months ago. excelize leads on adoption by 578% (20,918 vs 3,084 stars). excelize is written in Go under BSD-3-Clause; LittleLink is written in HTML under MIT. excelize has attracted 9% as many forks as stars, LittleLink 50%. excelize was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| excelize | LittleLink | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 21K | ★ 3.1K |
| License | BSD-3-Clause | MIT |
| Written in | Go | HTML |
| Last push | 2026-09-16 | 2026-07-29 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.9K | ⑂ 1.5K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick excelize if
- You weight community size — 21K stars and counting
- You want the BSD-3-Clause license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick LittleLink if
- You want the LittleLink feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches HTML
- You evaluated both and LittleLink fits your workflow better
About excelize
Excelize is a pure Go library for reading and writing XLAM, XLSM, XLSX, XLTM and XLTX spreadsheets, built for Go developers who need to generate or parse Microsoft Excel 2007 and later workbooks directly from their own code.
read the full excelize overview →
About LittleLink
LittleLink is a lightweight, self hosted link in bio project in HTML and CSS, released under the MIT license. It is a DIY alternative to Linktree in the marketing and customer engagement ecosystem, where users collect public links in one page. The project solves the problem of presenting multiple branded destinations without a hosted service or a large framework, because a user can fork the repository, edit basic HTML, and publish on their own infrastructure.
read the full LittleLink overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is excelize or LittleLink more popular?
excelize has 20,918 GitHub stars and LittleLink has 3,084. excelize has the larger community by that measure.
Are excelize and LittleLink free?
Both are open source. excelize is licensed under BSD-3-Clause and LittleLink under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between excelize and LittleLink?
excelize is written in Go and LittleLink in HTML. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, excelize or LittleLink?
Choose excelize if you want the larger community (20,918 stars) or its BSD-3-Clause licence terms. Choose LittleLink if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.