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cell
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garritfra / cell

cell

A fast terminal spreadsheet editor with Vim keybindings

3Distinct people
13Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
330GitHub stars
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What it is

A fast terminal spreadsheet editor with Vim keybindings

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Where it is used

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What people are saying

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 7:24:48 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by hour13 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2026-04-27 11:39:49 UTC to 2026-04-27 21:22:59 UTC.

0123452026-04-27 11:00:00 UTC to 2026-04-27 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 commentsApr 27, 11:002026-04-27 12:00:00 UTC to 2026-04-27 13:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-04-27 13:00:00 UTC to 2026-04-27 14:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2026-04-27 14:00:00 UTC to 2026-04-27 15:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments2026-04-27 15:00:00 UTC to 2026-04-27 16:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-04-27 16:00:00 UTC to 2026-04-27 17:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsApr 27, 16:002026-04-27 17:00:00 UTC to 2026-04-27 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-04-27 18:00:00 UTC to 2026-04-27 19:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-04-27 19:00:00 UTC to 2026-04-27 20:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2026-04-27 20:00:00 UTC to 2026-04-27 21:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 0 submissions, 5 comments2026-04-27 21:00:00 UTC to 2026-04-27 22:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsApr 27, 21:00

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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Apr 27, 11:002026-04-27 11:00:00 UTC2026-04-27 12:00:00 UTC110
Apr 27, 12:002026-04-27 12:00:00 UTC2026-04-27 13:00:00 UTC000
Apr 27, 13:002026-04-27 13:00:00 UTC2026-04-27 14:00:00 UTC202
Apr 27, 14:002026-04-27 14:00:00 UTC2026-04-27 15:00:00 UTC303
Apr 27, 15:002026-04-27 15:00:00 UTC2026-04-27 16:00:00 UTC000
Apr 27, 16:002026-04-27 16:00:00 UTC2026-04-27 17:00:00 UTC000
Apr 27, 17:002026-04-27 17:00:00 UTC2026-04-27 18:00:00 UTC000
Apr 27, 18:002026-04-27 18:00:00 UTC2026-04-27 19:00:00 UTC000
Apr 27, 19:002026-04-27 19:00:00 UTC2026-04-27 20:00:00 UTC101
Apr 27, 20:002026-04-27 20:00:00 UTC2026-04-27 21:00:00 UTC505
Apr 27, 21:002026-04-27 21:00:00 UTC2026-04-27 22:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

5 sources
This looks good, but, I noticed: > Supported Functions (v1) > SUM, AVERAGE, COUNT, MIN, MAX, IF I would recommend switching to numerically stable algorithms for adding numbers and taking their averages sooner rather than later. Looking at the code[1], it looks like you are simply summing the numbers and dividing by count. If that is indeed the case, please switch to a stable average[2]. See also [3]. Additionally, I tried to test the executable[4] on Windows, but there is something wrong with input. Using Windows Terminal Version: 1.24.10921.0, characters are doubled on input. Regular Vim compiled using Visual C++ does not have this issue. When I press `:`, I get `::` in the COMMAND line. Then, every key I press gets doubled. This means I cannot `:q!`. :-) [1]: https://github.com/garritfra/cell/blob/99b0afc7a60a871b27452... [2]: https://w
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