# Calligra Sheets review (2026): is it any good? > Desktop spreadsheet from KDE's Calligra office suite Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Calligra Sheets is the spreadsheet application of the Calligra Suite, made by KDE. It handles formulas and charts, offers templates for common cases such as invoices and balance sheets, and installs through Linux package managers or Flatpak. - **Category:** Spreadsheets & Databases - **Made by:** KDE - **Website:** https://calligra.org/sheets - **Runs on:** Linux - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you use Windows, a Mac or a phone, as only Linux is listed. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Calligra Sheets is free to use. - **Pricing model:** Free - **Free plan:** Free to install; the site asks for optional donations to KDE. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | Install from your Linux distribution or Flathub; donations to KDE are optional. | Read from https://calligra.org/components/sheets/ on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Calligra Sheets before buying. ## Key features - **Formulas and charts:** The page describes a comprehensive formula list covering economic and scientific functions, and charts. - **Templates:** Default templates for balance sheets, invoices, credit-card trackers and vacation lists. - **Shapes and mind maps:** Shares Calligra's shapes, so notes, flowcharts and mind maps can sit alongside a sheet. - **Familiar spreadsheet tools:** The page says it uses the same tools and functions as other spreadsheets and describes a responsive application that opens and saves files quickly. ## Good for - Linux desktop users who want a lightweight spreadsheet - People who prefer KDE software ## Worth knowing - The download page lists Linux only; a Windows version is described as being worked on. - No web, iOS or Android version is listed. - It is installed from distribution repositories or Flathub, and there are no published system requirements. - No cloud collaboration is described on its pages. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Calligra Sheets is KDE's free desktop spreadsheet, with formulas, charts and templates for things like invoices. It installs from Linux package managers or Flatpak, and there is no Windows, Mac, web or phone version, so it only helps if you work on Linux. - **Value for money: A.** Free to install, with optional donations to KDE. A program anyone can download and run counts as free and substantial. - **Free plan and trial: A.** No plan, no cap and no account: the whole program is free. - **Features: C.** Formulas, charts and templates for common sheets. The listing shows no cloud collaboration, which for a spreadsheet is a gap, so this is a C. - **Ease of use: B.** No store rating on record. You install it from your distribution or Flathub and open it, with nothing to set up. - **Platforms and integrations: D.** Linux only. The site says a Windows version is being worked on, and no web, iPhone or Android version is listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Calligra Sheets's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among spreadsheet and database tools - Calligra Sheets's GPA of 2.8 is higher than 30 of the 42 other spreadsheet and database tools we grade, and level with 3. - It stands best on free plan and trial (A, above 35 of 42) and worst on platforms and integrations (D, above 0). - Calligra Sheets has no paid plan. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/spreadsheets ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** Calligra Sheets is free, so making your own would save you nothing. And it is not the kind of software a weekend replaces. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.8 is higher than 30 of the 42 other spreadsheet and database tools we grade. - You could make: Templates: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: A spreadsheet engine with its formulas. - You could not: A real app for Linux. Something home-made would be a web page. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Spreadsheets, Open source, Templates ## Alternatives - [LibreOffice Calc](https://toolgpa.com/tools/libreoffice-calc): Free, open-source spreadsheet for Windows, macOS and Linux. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/calligra-sheets-vs-libreoffice-calc) - [Gnumeric](https://toolgpa.com/tools/gnumeric): Free, open-source spreadsheet program. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/calligra-sheets-vs-gnumeric) - [WPS Spreadsheet](https://toolgpa.com/tools/wps-spreadsheet): Excel-compatible spreadsheet app in the WPS Office suite. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/calligra-sheets-vs-wps-spreadsheet) - [VisiData](https://toolgpa.com/tools/visidata): Terminal spreadsheet-style tool for exploring tabular data. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/calligra-sheets-vs-visidata) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://calligra.org/components/sheets/ - https://calligra.org/download/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/calligra-sheets Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).