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kasparsd/mini-sheets-php
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Library for creating the most basic Office Open XML and Excel XLSX files.

0.1.0(6y ago)111.5k1[2 issues](https://github.com/kasparsd/mini-sheets-php/issues)MITPHP

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MiniSheets
==========

[](#minisheets)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/0f8717a280c42a94db15fccfc2288262d634779f151b8160dfaaa62a237844ca/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e636f6d2f6b617370617273642f6d696e692d7368656574732d7068702e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.com/kasparsd/mini-sheets-php)

Extremely minimal and limited PHP library for creating the most basic Office Open XML and Microsoft Excel XLSX files.

Created as a learning excerise for creating the most basic possible XLSX file. See [this blog post for the origin story](https://kaspars.net/blog/excel-xlsx-xml-php).

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- [`ZipArchive`](https://www.php.net/manual/en/class.ziparchive.php) for creating XLSX files which are actually ZIP files (TODO: add support for any ZIP library).

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Install it as a Composer dependency:

```
composer require kasparsd/mini-sheets-php

```

See [examples](examples) for how to use it.

Contribute
----------

[](#contribute)

All contributions are welcome! Please create [an issue](https://github.com/kasparsd/mini-sheets-php/issues/new) or [open a pull request](https://github.com/kasparsd/mini-sheets-php/pulls) with the suggested changes.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

Created by [Kaspars Dambis](https://kaspars.net).

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance16

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity25

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity49

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2539d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![kasparsd](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/169055?v=4)](https://github.com/kasparsd "kasparsd (13 commits)")

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Tags

excelopenxmlphpphp-libraryxlsx

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