Vex - Excel Viewer
A TUI Excel and CSV viewer in Go


Installation
Using go install (quickest)
go install github.com/odesaur/vex-tui@latest
From source
# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/odesaur/vex-tui.git
cd vex-tui
# Install dependencies
go mod download
# Build locally
go build -o vex-tui .
One-command install via Make
git clone https://github.com/odesaur/vex-tui.git
cd vex-tui
make install
Usage
# Basic usage (opens file directly)
vex-tui data.xlsx
# Start with a picker in the current directory
vex-tui
# With a specific theme
vex-tui report.csv --theme nord
# Short flag
vex-tui sales.xlsx -t tokyo-night
Keyboard Shortcuts
Press ? in the app anytime to open the built-in help with the full list. Quick reference:
| Keys |
Action |
↑/↓/←/→ or hjkl |
Move cursor |
PageUp/PageDown |
Page scroll |
Tab / Shift+Tab |
Next / previous sheet |
/, n, N |
Search, next result, previous |
Ctrl+G |
Jump to cell |
Enter |
Cell details |
c / C |
Copy cell / row |
f |
Toggle formulas |
e |
Export sheet |
t |
Theme selector |
q or Ctrl+C |
Quit |
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