univer

The Office Harness for AI Agents

Spreadsheets · Documents · Presentations · Bases · Boards · PDFs

High-performance, fully customizable Office SDK

Build embeddable productivity experiences with a plugin architecture, Canvas-based rendering, a formula engine, and one Facade API that works in the browser and on Node.js.

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✨ What is Univer?

Univer is an open-source SDK for creating office applications inside your own product. It gives you the building blocks for spreadsheet, document, and presentation experiences without forcing you into a hosted app or a fixed UI.

Use Univer when you need to:

• Embed spreadsheet or document editing into a SaaS product, internal tool, BI workflow, or AI application.
• Run workbook/document processing on the server with the same architecture used in the browser.
• Compose only the features you need through plugins or start quickly with presets.
• Extend behavior through custom plugins, commands, services, UI components, and Facade APIs.

Univer is not a spreadsheet file viewer only. It is a framework for building your own productivity surface.

Across the Univer product family, Office tools share a runtime for storage and computation. Content can be composed and embedded across tools, with linked data and references updating together. People and AI agents can work in the same files. See the capability matrix for product coverage and Open Source and Pro for this repository's scope.

Build a collaborative tool with Univer Office SDK

Watch the demo

Built with Univer Office SDK

Featured example: Univer Workspace

Univer Workspace is an open-source, self-hostable workspace built on Univer Office SDK, where people and AI agents create, collaborate on, and review Office content. Developers can use the complete implementation as a reference, learn how to integrate the SDK, and build their own products.

• Agents can generate spreadsheet-based mini-apps, such as decision-making dashboards, interactive reports, and business dashboards.
• Metrics, charts, and controls on the web page are bound to cells, supporting data reads, writes, and collaborative updates.

Explore Univer Workspace

Other examples

These open-source projects are built with Univer Office SDK:

Each project documents its own setup and SDK licensing requirements.

🌟 Highlights

🚀 Why Univer?

• Isomorphic by design: run UI apps in browsers and headless processing in Node.js.
• Plugin-first architecture: every capability is delivered as a composable plugin, so features can be added, removed, replaced, or lazy-loaded.
• Preset mode for fast integration: use the curated plugin collections in presets/ when you want a working app quickly.
• Plugin mode for full control: manually compose packages when you need custom loading, smaller bundles, or deep integration.
• Facade API: work with workbooks, worksheets, ranges, documents, formulas, commands, and events through a higher-level API.
• Canvas rendering engine: support large editable document surfaces with a rendering layer shared across document types.
• Extensible UI: integrate with React, Vue, Web Components, and framework-specific application shells.

🤖 Office Workflows for AI Agents

Univer's AI and collaboration capabilities connect agent operations with interactive editing and human review:

• Programmatic editing: agents inspect and modify Office content through structured APIs.
• Output verification: agents check results through content inspection, rendered screenshots, and layout diagnostics.
• Worktree collaboration: agents work in isolated drafts, then people review their changes and decide what to merge.

See the AI SDK documentation for integration details. Live editing, shared revisions, and Worktree workflows require the corresponding Web SDK and collaboration capabilities; package availability and licensing vary by feature.

⚡ Quick Start

Use Plugin Mode for complete product coverage and precise composition. For supported Sheets, Docs, and Node profiles, Preset Mode provides a shorter curated setup.

pnpm add @univerjs/core @univerjs/design @univerjs/docs @univerjs/docs-ui @univerjs/engine-formula @univerjs/engine-render @univerjs/sheets @univerjs/sheets-formula @univerjs/sheets-formula-ui @univerjs/sheets-numfmt @univerjs/sheets-numfmt-ui @univerjs/sheets-ui @univerjs/ui

import { LocaleType, mergeLocales, Univer } from '@univerjs/core'
import { FUniver } from '@univerjs/core/facade'
import DesignEnUS from '@univerjs/design/locale/en-US'
import { UniverDocsPlugin } from '@univerjs/docs'
import { UniverDocsUIPlugin } from '@univerjs/docs-ui'
import DocsUIEnUS from '@univerjs/docs-ui/locale/en-US'
import { UniverFormulaEnginePlugin } from '@univerjs/engine-formula'
import { UniverRenderEnginePlugin } from '@univerjs/engine-render'
import { UniverSheetsPlugin } from '@univerjs/sheets'
import SheetsEnUS from '@univerjs/sheets/locale/en-US'
import { UniverSheetsFormulaPlugin } from '@univerjs/sheets-formula'
import SheetsFormulaEnUS from '@univerjs/sheets-formula/locale/en-US'
import { UniverSheetsFormulaUIPlugin } from '@univerjs/sheets-formula-ui'
import SheetsFormulaUIEnUS from '@univerjs/sheets-formula-ui/locale/en-US'
import { UniverSheetsNumfmtPlugin } from '@univerjs/sheets-numfmt'
import { UniverSheetsNumfmtUIPlugin } from '@univerjs/sheets-numfmt-ui'
import SheetsNumfmtUIEnUS from '@univerjs/sheets-numfmt-ui/locale/en-US'
import { UniverSheetsUIPlugin } from '@univerjs/sheets-ui'
import SheetsUIEnUS from '@univerjs/sheets-ui/locale/en-US'
import { UniverUIPlugin } from '@univerjs/ui'
import UIEnUS from '@univerjs/ui/locale/en-US'

import '@univerjs/design/lib/index.css'
import '@univerjs/ui/lib/index.css'
import '@univerjs/docs-ui/lib/index.css'
import '@univerjs/sheets-ui/lib/index.css'
import '@univerjs/sheets-formula-ui/lib/index.css'
import '@univerjs/sheets-numfmt-ui/lib/index.css'

import '@univerjs/engine-formula/facade'
import '@univerjs/ui/facade'
import '@univerjs/sheets/facade'
import '@univerjs/sheets-ui/facade'
import '@univerjs/sheets-formula/facade'
import '@univerjs/sheets-numfmt/facade'

const univer = new Univer({
  locale: LocaleType.EN_US,
  locales: {
    [LocaleType.EN_US]: mergeLocales(
      DesignEnUS,
      UIEnUS,
      DocsUIEnUS,
      SheetsEnUS,
      SheetsUIEnUS,
      SheetsFormulaEnUS,
      SheetsFormulaUIEnUS,
      SheetsNumfmtUIEnUS,
    ),
  },
})

univer.registerPlugin(UniverRenderEnginePlugin)
univer.registerPlugin(UniverFormulaEnginePlugin)
univer.registerPlugin(UniverUIPlugin, { container: 'app' })
univer.registerPlugin(UniverDocsPlugin)
univer.registerPlugin(UniverDocsUIPlugin)
univer.registerPlugin(UniverSheetsPlugin)
univer.registerPlugin(UniverSheetsUIPlugin)
univer.registerPlugin(UniverSheetsFormulaPlugin)
univer.registerPlugin(UniverSheetsFormulaUIPlugin)
univer.registerPlugin(UniverSheetsNumfmtPlugin)
univer.registerPlugin(UniverSheetsNumfmtUIPlugin)

const univerAPI = FUniver.newAPI(univer)
univerAPI.createWorkbook({})

pnpm add @univerjs/presets @univerjs/preset-sheets-core

import { UniverSheetsCorePreset } from '@univerjs/preset-sheets-core'
import UniverPresetSheetsCoreEnUS from '@univerjs/preset-sheets-core/locales/en-US'
import { createUniver, LocaleType, mergeLocales } from '@univerjs/presets'

import '@univerjs/preset-sheets-core/lib/index.css'

const { univerAPI } = createUniver({
  locale: LocaleType.EN_US,
  locales: {
    [LocaleType.EN_US]: mergeLocales(UniverPresetSheetsCoreEnUS),
  },
  presets: [
    UniverSheetsCorePreset({
      container: 'app',
    }),
  ],
})

univerAPI.createWorkbook({})

Your page needs a container:

<div id="app" style="height: 100vh"></div>

Learn more in the Installation & Basic Usage guide, the createUniver reference, and the Facade API reference.

🧩 Preset Mode vs Plugin Mode

Keep the @univerjs/* SDK packages in the same coordinated Univer release line on the same version. Independently released packages, including @univerjs/icons and @univerjs/icons-svg, use the compatible versions declared by package manifests instead of the SDK version. If you use Univer Pro packages, keep @univerjs-pro/* aligned with the matching coordinated release line.

For API compatibility expectations, experimental APIs, internal APIs, and deprecation rules, see the API Stability Policy.

🧭 Compatibility

• Browser runtime: Univer is compiled with a Chrome 88 target and aims to work on Edge >=88, Firefox >=90, Chrome >=88, Safari >=14.1, and Electron >=12.
• Polyfills: Univer relies on Intl.Segmenter. Add a polyfill such as @formatjs/intl-segmenter if your target browser or runtime does not provide it.
• Build tools: We recommend Vite, esbuild, or Webpack 5. If your build tool does not support the exports field in package.json (common in Webpack 4), you may need extra path mapping.
• React: Univer's view layer is built on React 18, supports React 18 and 19, and provides minimal compatibility support for React 16.9+ and 17.
• Node.js runtime: Headless Univer supports Node.js >=18.17.0. Developing this monorepo requires Node.js >=22.18.

🛠️ What You Can Build

Sheets, Docs, and Slides provide spreadsheet, document, and presentation editing on Univer's shared architecture, with a consistent plugin system, command system, and Facade API.

🔓 Open Source and Pro

This repository contains Univer's open-source core and first-party OSS plugins. Univer Pro is developed separately as a commercial extension layer for advanced product surfaces, collaboration, server features, and enterprise integrations.

Pro features are documented in the Univer Pro guide. They are intentionally separated here so the OSS package surface is clear.

Boundary principles:

• OSS packages in this repository are intended to be useful on their own under the Apache-2.0 license. Univer Pro is optional and is not required to use the public OSS SDK APIs.
• Bugs, regressions, and security issues in OSS packages should be reported and fixed in the OSS repository, even when a related Pro feature exists.
• OSS documentation should not imply that Pro-only capabilities are available in public @univerjs/* packages. Pro-only APIs, packages, and deployment paths should be named explicitly.
• When an OSS feature has a Pro enhancement, the OSS behavior should remain documented independently so users can evaluate the open-source surface without reading commercial docs first.

🌐 Ecosystem

• Core SDK: dream-num/univer, this monorepo.
• Presets: this repository's presets/, curated plugin collections for browser and Node.js apps.
• AI agent skills: dream-num/univer-sdk-skills, reusable instructions for AI agents working with Univer integration, Pro features, plugin development, and Node backends. See the AI Skills guide.
• Documentation: docs.univer.ai, including Sheets, Docs, Slides, recipes, and Pro guides.
• Web SDK: embedded editors and headless processing in the browser and Node.js.
• Server SDK: collaboration and file conversion, integrated with your application's storage, identity, and permissions.
• AI SDK: agent workflows for inspecting, editing, and verifying Office content.
• API Reference: docs.univer.ai/reference, the Facade API and generated API reference.
• Examples and showcase: Univer Showcase and this repository's examples/.
• AI-native spreadsheets: dream-num/univer-mcp, Univer Platform / MCP integration for driving Univer Sheets with natural language.

📦 Repository Guide

.
├── packages/      Core packages, engines, document types, UI plugins, and feature plugins
├── examples/      All-in-one Vite workbench used for local browser development
├── common/        Shared internal tooling, storybook, and utilities
├── tests/         Additional integration test projects
└── docs/          Architecture notes, images, and repository-local documentation

Package-level READMEs live beside each package under packages/.

🧑‍💻 Development

Requirements:

• Node.js >=22.18
• pnpm >=11

git clone https://github.com/dream-num/univer.git
cd univer
pnpm install
pnpm dev

Useful commands:

Read CONTRIBUTING.md before opening a pull request.

📝 Contributor Notes

Repository-local notes worth reading before deeper changes:

• Building Isomorphic Univer: how to split browser, Node.js, UI, and shared plugin logic.
• API Stability Policy: stable, experimental, internal, deprecated, and breaking-change expectations.
• Contributing to Facade API: API design expectations for FUniver, FWorkbook, FRange, and related Facade classes.
• Naming Convention: file, folder, interface, plugin, command, and dependency injection token conventions.
• Fixing Memory Leaks: common leak patterns and debugging workflow for Univer instances.
• Architecture TLDRs: concise notes for formula engine, web worker, permission, selection, and ref-range behavior.

💬 Community

• Ask questions in GitHub Discussions.
• Chat with the community on Discord.
• Follow Twitter / X and YouTube.

Please read the Code of Conduct before participating.

🔒 Security

If you believe you have found a security issue, please follow the Security Policy.

❤️ Sponsors

Univer is supported by the community and sponsors. You can support the project through Open Collective.

📄 License

Copyright (c) 2021-present DreamNum Co., Ltd.

Licensed under the Apache-2.0 license.