macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install xleaklocal Homebrew formula metadata
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Install xleak with Homebrew, Nix, winget
Terminal Excel viewer with an interactive TUI. Version 0.2.6 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-24. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#xleak.
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Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#xleaknixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/xl/xleak/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Windows
Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id bgreenwell.xleak -eWindows Package Manager source index · bgreenwell.xleak · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com
overview
Package summary
Terminal Excel viewer with an interactive TUI
Project links
Commands and aliases
- xleak
history
Project history and usage
xleak is a cross-platform Rust command-line and terminal-interface viewer for Excel, OpenDocument, CSV, and TSV data. It combines formatted previews, interactive navigation, search, formula inspection, and export without requiring a graphical spreadsheet application.
Project history
The official changelog dates xleak's initial release to 8 January 2025. Version 0.1.0 already supported an interactive ratatui interface, several Excel and OpenDocument formats, cross-sheet search, formula display, exports, sheet selection, and lazy loading.
The 0.1.1 release added persistent TOML configuration, built-in themes, Vim-style and custom keybindings, named Excel-table extraction, and a custom config-file flag. The 0.2 series then adopted cargo-dist for multi-platform releases and continued expanding packaging and terminal behavior.
Adoption history
The upstream installation guide documents several distribution channels: Homebrew, Scoop, Debian, the Arch User Repository, NetBSD pkgsrc, Cargo, Nix, release binaries, and installer scripts. The 0.2.6 changelog records NetBSD installation plus automated AUR, WinGet, and Scoop publishing, showing deliberate growth from a Rust crate into a broadly packaged terminal utility.
How it is used
Users can preview a workbook directly in the terminal or start the interactive interface with `-i`. Keyboard workflows cover cell navigation, full-text search, sheet switching, formula details, row or cell copying, and jumps to specific addresses.
Non-interactive workflows select sheets, limit rows, extract named Excel tables, and export CSV, JSON, or plain text. A TOML file can persist themes, display limits, column width, and keybinding choices; `--config` selects an alternate file.
Why package nerds care
xleak represents the modern Rust TUI pattern: a focused data utility built on calamine for parsing and ratatui for interaction, distributed as both a Cargo package and native binaries.
Its packaging breadth is useful on servers and keyboard-driven systems where spreadsheet files are common but installing or launching a full desktop office suite is undesirable.
Timeline
- 2025-01-08: Version 0.1.0 introduced the interactive spreadsheet viewer.
- 2025-12-03: Version 0.1.1 added TOML configuration; version 0.2.0 adopted cargo-dist releases.
- 2026-05-24: Version 0.2.6 added NetBSD installation and automated AUR, WinGet, and Scoop publishing.
Related projects
- The upstream README names doxx as xleak's inspiration. It also identifies calamine as the spreadsheet parser and ratatui as the terminal-interface framework.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Linux
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/xleak/config.toml~/.config/xleak/config.toml- macOS
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/xleak/config.toml~/.config/xleak/config.toml~/Library/Application Support/xleak/config.toml- Windows
%APPDATA%\xleak\config.toml
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
xleak | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version0.2.6
manager updated2026-07-24
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:xleak |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.6 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/bgreenwell/xleak |
| Repository | https://github.com/bgreenwell/xleak |
| Last updated | 2026-07-24T11:19:41Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Nix95%
xleak
nix profile install nixpkgs#xleak- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Xleak
winget95%
bgreenwell.xleak
winget install --id bgreenwell.xleak -e- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Xleak
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation