univer-cli

Terminal-native spreadsheet engine for Excel-compatible .xlsx operations — read, write, format, formula, charts, and multidimensional tables via CLI.

Terminal-native spreadsheet engine for Excel-compatible .xlsx files.

Install

npm i -g univer-cli

Verify:

unv --version

Core Capabilities

• Read/write .xlsx — full Excel compatibility without Excel
• Formulas — evaluate and edit formulas from the CLI
• Formatting — cells, styles, number formats
• Charts & shapes — generate or manipulate visual elements
• Multidimensional tables — bitable-style operations
• Interactive preview — live preview and viewer review comments
• Versioning — built-in versioning support for spreadsheets
• Pipe in/out — shell-native roundtrips: cat file.xlsx | unv run --formula SUM(A:A)

Common Commands

# Inspect a workbook
unv inspect file.xlsx

# Run a formula/script
unv run file.xlsx --formula "SUM(A1:A10)"

# Export to different format
unv convert file.xlsx --output result.csv

# Interactive viewer
unv view file.xlsx

# Create from template
unv create --template budget --name "Q1 Report"

Usage in OpenClaw

Load this skill when the user asks to:

• Analyze, edit, or convert Excel/.xlsx files
• Work with spreadsheet data from the CLI
• Generate charts or formatted reports from data
• Process multiple spreadsheets in a pipeline

// Example: inspect and extract summary
const { execSync } = require('child_process');
const result = execSync('unv inspect report.xlsx --json').toString();

Notes

• Requires Node.js 18+
• All operations are local (no cloud dependency)
• Supports headless/automated workflows