How does it store data? Is it some nosql database that stores cells?
"I created from scratch" love these words...
18 years of creativity, awesome.
What does MtCellEdit set apart from the standard spreadsheet program apart from its lightweightness? Any special features?
Probably using CSV data format which is great. Can be used for example in Obsidian.
By the look of it, I think the answer has to be "no, and that's that point".
For the non-GUI guys there is visidata.
That is not even close to being a spreadsheet.
The docs at https://www.visidata.org/docs/ seem to contain any trivially remembered functionality for what I think of from a spreadsheet tool. I'm not a power user and couldn't describe how to use pivot tables, for example. Are there low-hanging features you miss from that page?
I agree that this is not going to satisfy something like 80-90% of people who just wanted Excel because a TUI is a nonstarter. I do think calling it "not even close" is unfair if we were strictly talking about functionality.
> Are there low-hanging features you miss from that page?
It doesn’t mention ‘formula’, and that is something that the original had in 1979 (http://www.bricklin.com/history/vcexecutable.htm)
This looks more like a database interface and less like a tabular calculator.
Supposedly part of excels good design is it was always agnostic as to whether you're using it as a spreadsheet, poor man's database, or pretty table maker.
A little off topic but I am looking for a lightweight word processor program. For MacOS. One that can edit docx documents with some minimal features. Most word processors like LibreOffice are very bloated.
You should try Pages. The Apple office apps -Pages, Numbers, and Keynote- are often overlooked, but they can edit simple docx, xlsx, and pptx files.
For example, Pages can also serve as a basic desktop publishing software as it supports page layouts with text box flow, and Numbers has the best spreadsheet UI that I’ve used (why any other spreadsheet software doesn’t allow to handle “floating” spreadsheets as Numbers? Once you use it is so evident and natural).
Have you tried Pages that come free with macOS? I find it to be pretty capable.
You can try WPS Office....
How do you measure weight? Apple’s Pages app works on macOS, can edit docx files, and has some minimal features.