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A native port of Lotus 1-2-3 to Linux.

18 mentions on Hacker News by 14 people: 2 stories, 16 comments · first 2022-05-21 · latest 2026-04-27

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  1. …I still use it regularly. It uses some tricks to get the original UNIX binaries working on Linux: https://github.com/taviso/123elf I had been thinking about how to add UTF-8 support, it only supports LMBCS (Lotus Multi-Byte Character Set)…
    comment by taviso · 2026-04-27 · in L123: A Lotus 1-2-3–style terminal spreadsheet with modern Excel compatibility
  2. I use Lotus 1-2-3 in a Terminal https://github.com/taviso/123elf
    comment by etc-hosts · 2026-04-07 · in Sheets: Terminal based spreadsheet tool
  3. You can run Lotus 1-2-3 for Unix in modern Linux : https://github.com/taviso/123elf
    comment by captn3m0 · 2026-04-06 · in Sheets: Terminal based spreadsheet tool
  4. …live in a world where all the vintage Curses like apps work on modern systems. Just like Lotus 123 https://github.com/taviso/123elf
    comment by chiffre01 · 2025-09-11 · in A desktop environment without graphics (tmux-like)
  5. >> I never used Lotus If anyone is curious, there is a Linux port of Lotus123: https://github.com/taviso/123elf
    comment by thesuperbigfrog · 2025-08-05 · in Customizing tmux
  6. Can it run Lotus 1-2-3, though? https://github.com/taviso/123elf
    comment by notpushkin · 2025-04-30 · in Linux in Excel
  7. Mandatory link to 1-2-3 running on Linux https://github.com/taviso/123elf?tab=readme-ov-file
    comment by chiffre01 · 2025-03-31 · in Debugging Lotus 1-2-3 by fax
  8. Lotus 1-2-3: https://github.com/taviso/123elf cointop: https://github.com/cointop-sh/cointop
    comment by hggh · 2024-05-06 · in Ask HN: Interesting TUIs (text user interfaces), maybe forgotten ones?
  9. According to https://github.com/taviso/123elf/issues/105 there is no real chance for getting a FOSS license here.
    comment by phoe-krk · 2023-05-04 · in Lotus 1-2-3 for Linux
  10. …is pretty enjoyable. The tool written to redefine symbols in a COFF file is called "coffsyrup" :) https://github.com/taviso/123elf/blob/main/coffsyrup.c
    comment by gattilorenz · 2023-05-04 · in Lotus 1-2-3 for Linux
  11. The user documentation in the wiki is great! https://github.com/taviso/123elf/wiki/Getting-Started
    comment by layer8 · 2023-05-04 · in Lotus 1-2-3 for Linux
  12. …in Sixels within a terminal :) And before you ask, yes I've enjoyed way too much reading about https://github.com/taviso/123elf and the history behind it!
    comment by csdvrx · 2023-04-19 · in User: Junnn11
  13. 123 was indeed ported to UNIX, I have that working as well! https://github.com/taviso/123elf (Although it was more likely procalc - a popular low-end lotus clone) I'm also working on porting dBase IV, another popular package from the era :)
    comment by taviso · 2023-04-12 · in WordPerfect for Unix character terminals
  14. Tell him about my Linux port, I'm updating it regularly and fixing bugs :) https://github.com/taviso/123elf/wiki/Getting-Started
    comment by taviso · 2022-08-04 · in Excel never dies (2021)
  15. …task of it all. How would you go about it in the first place? EDIT: ah, their coffsyrup tool ( https://github.com/taviso/123elf/blob/main/coffsyrup.c ) with help from objdump (it's more powerful that I gave it credit for) does the…
    comment by sph · 2022-05-21 · in Lotus 1-2-3 For Linux
  16. I fixed some spelling mistakes: https://github.com/taviso/123elf/pull/1
    comment by edward · 2022-05-21 · in Lotus 1-2-3 For Linux