What is Sottaceto?
Sottaceto is an open-source spreadsheet application designed as an alternative to Microsoft Excel. It is primarily focused on data analysis, statistics, and machine learning applications rather than general-purpose spreadsheets.
Some key features of Sottaceto include:
- Spreadsheet interface allowing data entry and manipulation through formulas
- Tight integration with Python and R, enabling access to thousands of data science and ML packages
- Advanced visualization and charting capabilities such as heatmaps, contour plots, dendrograms, network graphs, and more
- Support for large datasets and high performance computing utilizing Dask
- Collaboration capabilities through Git version control integration
- Completely free and open-source software licensed under the GPLv3
The goal of Sottaceto is to bring advanced analytics and programming capabilities to spreadsheet users focused on quantitative analysis and modeling. By combining the flexibility of Python and R with the familiar spreadsheet paradigm, Sottaceto aims to make powerful data science tools more accessible for a wider audience.