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openxlsx

Read, Write and Edit xlsx Files

v4.2.8.1 · Oct 30, 2025 · MIT + file LICENSE

Description

Simplifies the creation of Excel .xlsx files by providing a high level interface to writing, styling and editing worksheets. Through the use of 'Rcpp', read/write times are comparable to the 'xlsx' and 'XLConnect' packages with the added benefit of removing the dependency on Java.

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OK 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE May 2, 2026
NOTE 12 OK · 2 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Apr 22, 2026
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ERROR 11 OK · 2 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Apr 18, 2026
ERROR r-devel-windows-x86_64

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Installation failed.
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installed size is  7.5Mb
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    extdata   1.2Mb
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NOTE r-oldrel-macos-x86_64

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    extdata   1.2Mb
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NOTE 12 OK · 2 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 10, 2026
NOTE r-oldrel-macos-arm64

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installed size is  7.5Mb
  sub-directories of 1Mb or more:
    extdata   1.2Mb
    libs      5.1Mb
NOTE r-oldrel-macos-x86_64

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installed size is  7.2Mb
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    extdata   1.2Mb
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Reverse Dependencies (282)

imports

AHPWR AeroEvapR BLMEngineInR BayesianFitForecast BeeBDC BiostatsUHNplus CDSS CLME COINr CUFF CbKST CoTiMA CohortPlat ComBatFamQC D4TAlink.light DDESONN DIDmultiplegtDYN DIVINE DeSciDe DedooseR EvalTest FastRet GRShiny GTAPViz GWASinspector HARplus HadamardR Holomics IDEATools JDCruncheR KHQ KLINK LDAShiny LLSR LatSquare LifeInsureR LitFetchR MFO MHCtools MLMOI MLmorph MainExistingDatasets MetAlyzer MixStable NSMM NetSurvProx NormData ORFID OenoKPM One4All OpenRepGrid OpenRepGrid.ic OralOpioids PhenoSpectra PhotoGEA QTL.gCIMapping QTL.gCIMapping.GUI RALSA REDCapDM RGAP RJafroc Rtrack SEERaBomb SNPannotator SeroTrackR SimtablR Spectran StablePopulation TestAnaAPP TestGenerator aLBI act actfts aelab agena.ai agrobox anabel aoristic aquodom authordown autoGO baizer bibliometrix biodosetools blrm bulkreadr bursa cancerradarr cats compareDF condformat conmet dQTG.seq datadictionary dataframeexplorer datazoom.amazonia defineR deident do eCerto earthUI easysurv editData emdi episomer espadon estadistica export exvatools fasstr genekitr gerbil gmoTree htrSPRanalysis hybridEHR idcnrba ie2misc interca isoorbi ispdata istat izmir joinXL jsmodule jstager kidney.epi kmeRtone knitxl kutils lares leakr lessR libr lulab.utils macrocol mbX mcmsector mimsy mpindex netknitr odk openNCAI oreo presenter psidR pxmake qdap qualitycontrol rADA rCoreGage repana reproducer saeTrafo samr scaledescr sccca scimetr scorecard sdtmchecks searchAnalyzeR seasonalview sherlock shinypivottabler sistec sov splitr survout tabbitR tablespan tablexlsx tall tatoo tidyplate tigerhitteR tsg umx upstartr uteals varitas vaxineR vennDiagramLab wizaRdry xlr zoomGroupStats

Dependency Network

Dependencies Reverse dependencies Rcpp stringi zip AntibodyTiters BayesBP EpiSimR MacBehaviour coefa tablaxlsx uscoauditlog xlsx2dfs AHPWR AeroEvapR BLMEngineInR BayesianFitForecast BeeBDC BiostatsUHNplus CDSS +267 more reverse deps openxlsx

Version History

27 tracked
new 4.2.8.1 Mar 10, 2026
updated 4.2.8.1 ← 4.2.8 diff Oct 30, 2025
updated 4.2.8 ← 4.2.7.1 diff Jan 24, 2025
updated 4.2.7.1 ← 4.2.7 diff Sep 19, 2024
updated 4.2.7 ← 4.2.6.1 diff Aug 29, 2024
updated 4.2.6.1 ← 4.2.6 diff Jul 22, 2024
updated 4.2.6 ← 4.2.5.2 diff Jul 22, 2024
updated 4.2.5.2 ← 4.2.5.1 diff Feb 5, 2023
updated 4.2.5.1 ← 4.2.5 diff Oct 23, 2022
updated 4.2.5 ← 4.2.4 diff Dec 13, 2021
updated 4.2.4 ← 4.2.3 diff Jun 15, 2021
updated 4.2.3 ← 4.2.2 diff Oct 26, 2020
updated 4.2.2 ← 4.1.5 diff Sep 16, 2020
updated 4.1.5 ← 4.1.4 diff May 5, 2020
updated 4.1.4 ← 4.1.3 diff Dec 5, 2019