The Aspose.Cells for .NET components do not require Microsoft Excel to be installed either on the client or on the server side.
Supported Operating Systems
Windows
Microsoft Windows 2000 ( x64, x86)
Microsoft Windows XP ( x64, x86)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 ( x64, x86)
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 ( x64, x86)
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 ( x64, x86)
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 ( x64, x86)
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 ( x64, x86)
Microsoft Windows Vista ( x64, x86)
Microsoft Windows 7 ( x64, x86)
Microsoft Windows 8 ( x64, x86)
Microsoft Windows 10 ( x64, x86)
Microsoft Windows 11
Windows Azure
Linux
Linux (Ubuntu, openSUSE, CentOS, Debian, Alpine and others)
Mac
Mac OS X, macOS High Sierra, etc.
.NET Framework versions supported
Aspose.Cells for .NET supports .NET and Mono frameworks as follows:
.NET Frameworks
.NET Framework 2.0
.NET Framework 3.0
.NET Framework 3.5
.NET Framework 4.0
.NET Framework 4.5
.NET Framework 4.5.1
.NET Framework 4.5.2
.NET Framework 4.6
.NET Framework 4.6.1
.NET Framework 4.6.2
.NET Framework 4.7.1
.NET Framework 4.7.2
.NET Framework 4.8
.NET Framework 4.8.1
.NET Standard
.NET Standard 2.0 (.NET Core 2.1/3.1).
.NET 5.0
.NET 6.0
.NET 7.0
.NET 8.0
The nuget packages referenced by Aspose.Cells For .NET Standard
System.Drawing.Common, 5.0.3.
System.Text.Encoding.CodePages, 4.7.0.
System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs, 5.0.1.
The nuget packages referenced by Aspose.Cells For .NET6, .Net7 and .Net8
System.Text.Encoding.CodePages, 4.7.0.
System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs, 6.0.3.
System.Drawing.Common, 6.0.0 (on windows system).
SkiaSharp, 2.88.3 (on non-windows systems).
Mono Framework
Mono 1.2 or newer.
Development Environments
You can use Aspose.Cells for .NET to develop applications in any development environment that targets the .NET platform, but the following environments are explicitly supported:
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
Microsoft Visual Studio 2008
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
Microsoft Visual Studio 2012
Microsoft Visual Studio 2013
Microsoft Visual Studio 2015
Microsoft Visual Studio 2017
Microsoft Visual Studio 2019
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022
To use Aspose.Cells, the machine doesn’t need to have Microsoft Excel installed for the library itself is a spreadsheet management engine. However, to view the excel file generated by the component, you need to have at least Microsoft Excel Viewer installed on your machine.
Aspose.Cells Grid Suite System Requirements
The Aspose.Cells Grid Suite is composed of three controls:
Aspose.Cells.GridDesktop
Aspose.Cells.GridWeb
Aspose.Cells.GridJs
The system requirements of the controls are described separately.
To use these controls, the machine to run Aspose.Cells.GridDesktop and Aspose.Cells.GridWeb doesn’t need to have Microsoft Excel installed as Aspose.Cells.GridDesktop and Aspose.Cells.GridWeb can open and save Excel spreadsheets without any need for Microsoft Excel.
Aspose.Cells.GridDesktop
.NET Framework
.NET Framework 4.0
.NET Framework 4.5
.NET Framework 4.5.1
.NET Framework 4.5.2
.NET Framework 4.6
.NET Framework 4.6.1
.NET Framework 4.6.2
.NET Framework 4.7.1
.NET Framework 4.7.2
.NET Framework 4.8
.NET Framework 4.8.1
.NET Core
.NET Core 3.1
.NET 7.0 windows
The nuget packages referenced by Aspose.Cells.GridDesktop For .NET Core 3.1
System.Drawing.Common, 6.0.0.
System.Text.Encoding.CodePages, 4.7.0.
System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs, 5.0.1.
The nuget packages referenced by Aspose.Cells.GridDesktop For .Net7
System.Text.Encoding.CodePages, 4.7.0.
System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs, 6.0.3.
System.Drawing.Common, 7.0.0 (on windows system).
Development Tools
Microsoft Visual Studio 2012
Microsoft Visual Studio 2013
Microsoft Visual Studio 2015
Microsoft Visual Studio 2017
Microsoft Visual Studio 2019
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022
Operating System
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows 7,
Microsoft Windows 8, 8.1
Microsoft Windows 10
Microsoft Windows 11
Aspose.Cells.GridWeb
.NET Framework
.NET Framework 4.0
.NET Framework 4.5
.NET Framework 4.5.1
.NET Framework 4.5.2
.NET Framework 4.6
.NET Framework 4.6.1
.NET Framework 4.6.2
.NET Framework 4.7.1
.NET Framework 4.7.2
.NET Framework 4.8
.NET Framework 4.8.1
.NET Core
.NET 6.0 windows and non-windows systems
.NET 7.0 windows
.NET 8.0 windows
The nuget packages referenced by Aspose.Cells.GridWeb For .NET Core
System.Drawing.Common, 7.0.0 (on windows system).
SkiaSharp, 2.88.3 (on non-windows systems).
System.Text.Encoding.CodePages, 4.7.0.
System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs, 6.0.3.
Development Tools
Microsoft Visual Studio 2012
Microsoft Visual Studio 2013
Microsoft Visual Studio 2015
Microsoft Visual Studio 2017
Microsoft Visual Studio 2019
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022
Browsers
Chrome
Edge
Mozilla Browsers (including Firefox, Netscape Browser, etc.)
Safari
Opera
Operating System
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows 7,
Microsoft Windows 8, 8.1
Microsoft Windows 10
Microsoft Windows 11
Aspose.Cells.GridJs
.NET Standard
.NET Standard 2.0
The nuget packages referenced by Aspose.Cells.GridJs For .NET Standard
System.Drawing.Common, 6.0.0 (on windows system).
SkiaSharp, 2.88.3 (on non-windows systems).
System.Text.Encoding.CodePages, 4.7.0.
System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs,5.0.1.
Aspose.Cells,(always keep same version with GridJs)
Development Tools
Microsoft Visual Studio 2012
Microsoft Visual Studio 2013
Microsoft Visual Studio 2015
Microsoft Visual Studio 2017
Microsoft Visual Studio 2019
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022
Browsers
Chrome
Edge
Mozilla Browsers (including Firefox, Netscape Browser, etc.)
Safari
Opera
Operating System
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows 7,
Microsoft Windows 8, 8.1
Microsoft Windows 10
Microsoft Windows 11
Linux
Linux (Ubuntu, openSUSE, CentOS, Debian, Alpine and others)