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Posted by matthewgapp 7 hours ago

Show HN: Nobie – an Excel-compatible runtime for agents and humans(nobie.com)
68 points | 35 commentspage 2
SirFatty 5 hours ago|
Maybe the title should mention MacOS not "agents and humans"?
njaremko 5 hours ago|
CLI works on linux too. Windows CLI will be out this week.

The GUI already runs on linux, but we didn't want to muddy the launch page today. It will likely be out this week.

Sorvad 5 hours ago||
Would love a good, modern Excel alternative. A few feature requests: - Ability to set european number style as standard - Ability to import/open csv
njaremko 5 hours ago|
- We had a bet internally about how long it'd take for someone to complain about default number styles, we'll get this in by tomorrow

- CSV import can be done today either by using claude / codex and telling them to load the CSV into nobie (we install an MCP on first boot of the app, and we have a really nice built-in terminal, you can click the claude / codex buttons in the top button bar to launch them), or using the CLI. We're working on a GUI workflow for it, but CSV is a cursed format, so we want to do it better than Excel

bewal416 3 hours ago||
It’s honestly welcoming to simply see a modern Numbers alternative- I never liked how Numbers handles filters, sorting, and views all different… all agentic AI stuff sound like a bonus to me
njaremko 2 hours ago|
We were tired of the Mac being a second class experience for working with spreadsheets (we're gonna be shipping this for all platforms soon though).

We're going to keep making this thing better and better until people look back on Excel wondering why people ever put up with it.

I hope you'll take Nobie for a spin, and give us whatever feedback comes to mind :)

HPsquared 4 hours ago||
Can it handle dynamic array formulas and LET, LAMBDA etc?
njaremko 4 hours ago|
Yep :)

We fully support the formula language, and workbook semantics.

The main deficiency we have right now is not letting people create / edit pivot tables. We support what-if scenario analysis, conditional formatting, cycles, lambdas, arrays, spills, lets, etc.

ckrapu 5 hours ago||
Very cool. Excited to try this out sometime!
matthewgapp 3 hours ago|
let us know your thoughts. we're shipping updates every day
phonon 4 hours ago|
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