Live stock quotes, crypto prices, FX rates, and sparkline charts — always visible on your desktop. No browser tabs. No subscription fees. Just glance at your wallpaper.
Install extensions to pull live data directly into cells. No API keys needed for most.
stocks: AAPL
Live price, daily change (▲▼), 52-week range, volume via Yahoo Finance. Batch mode: stocks: AAPL, MSFT, GOOGL for comparison tables. Auto-refreshes every 60s.
price: bitcoin
Real-time crypto prices from CoinGecko. Supports 10,000+ coins. Shows USD price, 24h change, market cap. No API key required.
fx: USD/EUR
Live foreign exchange rates. Track currency pairs relevant to your positions. Auto-refresh keeps you current without switching windows.
s: 142,145,143,148,152
Unicode block-bar charts in a single cell. Visualize price trends, volume patterns, or P/L history. Compact and always visible.
w: https://api.example.com/quote
Pull any JSON endpoint into a cell. Build custom feeds from your broker's API, economic calendars, or earnings data.
ext: worldtm NY,London,Tokyo
Multiple time zones with business-hours indicators (🟢 open / 🔴 closed). Know when NYSE, LSE, and TSE are trading at a glance.
Here's what a QuickSheet trading dashboard looks like in your CSV:
| A | B | C | D |
|---|---|---|---|
| ── Portfolio ── | ── Watchlist ── | ||
| stocks: AAPL | ▲ +1.82% | stocks: NVDA | ▲ +3.14% |
| stocks: MSFT | ▼ -0.45% | stocks: AMD | ▲ +1.27% |
| stocks: GOOGL | ▲ +0.91% | price: bitcoin | ▲ +2.8% |
| stocks: TSLA | ▼ -2.11% | price: ethereum | ▼ -0.4% |
| ── FX ── | ── Sparklines ── | ||
| fx: USD/EUR | 0.9215 | s: 142,145,143,148,152,149 | AAPL 5d |
| fx: USD/JPY | 154.32 | s: 890,920,915,945,960,982 | NVDA 5d |
| ── Market Hours ── | |||
| ext: worldtm NY | 🟢 Open | ext: worldtm London | 🔴 Closed |
No Bloomberg terminal costs. No monthly SaaS. Free and open-source forever. Uses free public APIs (Yahoo Finance, CoinGecko).
Your positions live on your wallpaper. No need to switch windows, open browser tabs, or check your phone. Glance at your desktop — done.
Uses ~30MB RAM. No Electron bloat. No web browser overhead. Starts instantly. Runs silently in the background while you focus on execution.
Build your own data feeds. The extension protocol is JSON-lines over stdin/stdout — plug in any API, any language. Custom alerts, custom formulas, custom views.
Compact unicode charts show price trends at a glance. No need for full charting software to spot momentum or reversals. One cell, one trend.
Works on Windows (WinForms) and Linux (X11). Same CSV, same extensions, same workflow. Your watchlist travels with you.
git clone https://github.com/cemheren/QuickSheet && cd QuickSheet && dotnet build
ext: github:cemheren/quicksheet-stocks — it installs automatically. Repeat for quicksheet-fx and quicksheet-price.
stocks: AAPL in cell A1, price: bitcoin in A2, fx: USD/EUR in A3. Data flows in automatically.
dotnet run -c Release --project ExcelConsole.csproj -- --desktop| Feature | QuickSheet | Bloomberg | Ticker (CLI) | Browser Tabs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost | Free | $24,000/yr | Free | Free |
| Always visible | ✓ Wallpaper | ✓ Dedicated screen | ✗ Terminal only | ✗ Behind windows |
| Custom data sources | ✓ Extensions | ✓ BQL | ✗ Yahoo only | Varies |
| Sparklines | ✓ In-cell | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| FX + Crypto + Stocks | ✓ All three | ✓ | Stocks only | Multiple sites |
| RAM usage | ~30 MB | ~2 GB | ~15 MB | ~500+ MB |
| Cross-platform | Win + Linux | Win only | All | All |
Open-source. Zero cost. Your market data, your wallpaper.
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