docs.xiv.zone/content/format/exd.md

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title: "Excel Data (.exd)"
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{{< info "'Excel' here has nothing to do with Microsoft's Excel." >}}
{{< note "This documentation is incomplete." >}}

The data file for an Excel sheet.

I recommend reading the ["Excel Data" section](https://xiv.dev/game-data/file-formats/excel#excel-data-.exd) on xiv.dev's Excel docs.

# Alternative Implementations

* [xivModdingFramework (C#)](https://github.com/TexTools/xivModdingFramework/blob/master/xivModdingFramework/Exd)
* [Lumina (C#)](https://github.com/NotAdam/Lumina/blob/master/src/Lumina/Data/Files/Excel/ExcelDataFile.cs)
* [Physis (Rust)](https://github.com/redstrate/physis/blob/main/src/exd.rs)