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excelize vs LittleLink
excelize has 21,036 GitHub stars, 1,984 forks, 131 open issues and last shipped yesterday. LittleLink has 3,119 stars, 1,559 forks, 1 open issues and last shipped 3 months ago. excelize leads on adoption by 574% (21,036 vs 3,119 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 | 2026-11-02 | 2026-07-29 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.0K | ⑂ 1.6K |
| 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 Introduction Excelize is a library written in pure Go providing a set of functions that allow you to write to and read from XLAM / XLSM / XLSX / XLTM / XLTX files. Supports reading and writing spreadsheet documents generated by Microsoft Excel™ 2007 and later. Supports complex components by high compatibility, and provided streaming API for generating or reading data from a worksheet with huge amounts of data. This library needs Go version 1.25.0 or later. The full docs can be seen using go's built in documentation tool, or online at go.dev and docs reference. Basic Usage Installation If your…
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About LittleLink
LittleLink The DIY self hosted LinkTree alternative. LittleLink has more than 100 branded button styles you can easily use, with more regularly added by our community in this repo and in LittleLink Extended. 🆕 LittleLink Button Builder Want to make your own buttons for LittleLink but you're not too sure where to start? Check out our new Button Builder. This new builder lets you preview button styles and with a single click, copy the generated CSS code to put in css/brands.css , and copy the generated HTML code to put in index.html . This builder also helps automate accessibility features by checking contrast…
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Frequently asked questions
Is excelize or LittleLink more popular?
excelize has 21,036 GitHub stars and LittleLink has 3,119. 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 (21,036 stars) or its BSD-3-Clause licence terms. Choose LittleLink if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.