IronCalc
Main engine of the IronCalc ecosystem
Runssource: GitHubhomepageRustApache-2.0commit fd3b8515d6ba
Rust, Apache-2.0 licensed. The project labels itself: react, rust, self hosted and spreadsheet.
IronCalc runs. An Argusic agent installed it in 8 minutes and hit no errors on a clean machine with no GPU, and the whole session was recorded.
IronCalc builds from source with cargo, all 2516 Rust tests pass (0 failures), examples produce valid .xlsx files with correct OOXML structure, and the xlsx import/export/validation binaries run successfully against real test data.
What the agent ended up with on a clean machine, in its own words. How this is measured
Measured by Argusic on a fresh machine every time. Every number links to its evidence. Argusic Score 100 of 100 (the mean of this project's run scores).
At a glance
Subject data from GitHub, linked at the top of this page, refreshed . Test data by Argusic (CC BY 4.0); every number links to a run page with the full log, the recording, and their sha256 hashes.
What was measured
From the run that decided this verdict. Every line is a recorded value, not an estimate.
- Install time
- 8 minutes
- Cold machine to finish
- 22 minutes
- Errors hit and fixed
- 0 hit, 0 fixed with no human help
- How the result was proved
- cargo test exited 0, 2516 passed (2447 base + 41 xlsx + 1 font_color_import + 1 font_name_import + 3 ironcalc doc-tests + 23 ironcalc_base doc-tests); cargo run --example hello_calc produced 54KB xlsx with correct OOXML structure confirmed by Python zipfile inspection; /work/repo/target/release/test /work/repo/xlsx/tests/basic_text.xlsx exited 0 and generated a valid output xlsx; /work/repo/target/release/xlsx_2_icalc /work/repo/xlsx/tests/basic_text.xlsx exited 0 and generated a .ic file
- Model tokens used
- 84,683
- Exact commit tested
- fd3b8515d6ba
- Container image
- sha256:cdd920bce783
What was not measured
The other half, so you can see exactly how far this evidence goes. A gap is printed as a gap and never filled in.
- Peak GPU memory
- this ran on a CPU machine, so there was no GPU to sample
- Behaviour over a long run
- each attempt uses the smallest documented settings and a fixed time budget, so this measures whether it runs, not how it holds up under load
Watch the session
The whole run, from a clean machine, at the speed it actually happened. Nothing is cut and nothing is sped up.
A recording of attempt 2, run , the attempt that decided the verdict above. The terminal recording it was made from is the evidence, stored with a sha256 fingerprint; the video is a rendering of it. Nothing loads from the video host until you press play.
The end of the recording
The last lines of the terminal session that decided this verdict, exactly as they were recorded.
/work/repo/basic_text.ic Now let me clean up artifacts and compile the final report. 2026-09-17T13:37:36.827773Z ERROR codex_core::tools::router: error=exec_command failed: CreateProce… Let me check the elapsed time: exec /bin/sh -lc 'date +%s' in /work/repo succeeded in 0ms: 1789652267 Here is my complete report. tokens used 84,683 Here is my complete report.
Replay the whole session, every command from a clean machine to this point.
How it was tested
One agent, one container, no human help. It installs the project the way its own documentation says to, runs it, and fixes what breaks. Everything below is recorded as it happened: the terminal session, the log and the exact commit. The full method.
Strengths and limits
Measured facts, not opinions. How this is written.
What went well
- Reached a running state on a clean machine, with the session recorded.
- Installed in 8 minutes.
- Nothing broke on the way: zero errors between clone and running.
- Ran without a GPU, so it does not need one to start.
- Licensed Apache-2.0, as reported by its host.
- Measured 2 times, so the result is not a one-off.
What it is a reasonable choice for
- Trying it on a laptop or a small server: it reached a running state without a GPU.
- A quick evaluation: it was running 8 minutes after the clone.
- Following its own README: the documented path worked with nothing to fix.
Run history
Topics (from GitHub)
Embed the badge
Markdown for the project README. It links back here; terms on the terms page.
[](https://argusic.com/subject/ironcalc)Questions
- Does IronCalc run?
- Yes. IronCalc runs. Argusic installed and launched it on a clean machine in 8 minutes, hitting 0 errors on the way, and recorded the session.
- How did Argusic test IronCalc?
- On a fresh, disposable machine, with every command recorded and the repository pinned at commit fd3b8515d6ba. 2 attempts are recorded, and the full method is on the methodology page.
- What did it cost to test IronCalc?
- The run that produced this verdict cost $0.07: real compute and model cost, not a list price per million tokens. It is recorded on that run's page.
- How long does IronCalc take to install?
- 8 minutes in the run that decided this verdict, from a clean machine to a running state. That is one measured attempt, not an average.
- Does IronCalc need a GPU?
- Not to start. Argusic reached a running state on a machine with no GPU.
- What goes wrong when installing IronCalc?
- Nothing did, in the recorded run: zero errors between clone and running.
- Where is the evidence for IronCalc?
- All 2 recorded runs are on this page, each linking to its full log and terminal recording, stored with a sha256 fingerprint so it cannot be quietly altered.