Excel add-in · Open source · MIT

Navigate Excel sheets like files in a sidebar.

Sheet Navigator adds a side panel to Excel that lists every sheet in your workbook. Clickable, searchable, pinnable, with folder grouping via the > character (e.g. Region > France). Built on Office.js, works on Mac, Windows and Excel for the Web.

Mac · Windows · Web Free, no account required No data sent anywhere

Everything Excel is missing for big workbooks

Sheet Navigator covers what tools like Kutools do for sheet management — without the toolbar bloat and without a paid license.

Accent-insensitive search

Type "resume" to find "Résumé". Type "key 24" to find "Key 2024". Filter your sheet list instantly, even with 200+ entries.

Per-workbook pinning

Pin the sheets you visit constantly. Pins are stored inside the workbook itself, so they survive close/open cycles and follow the file when shared with a colleague.

Folder hierarchy via >

Name a sheet Region > France and it appears as a child of an expandable "Region" folder. Drag between folders to rename automatically. Collapse state persisted per workbook. We use > because Excel forbids / in sheet names.

Drag-and-drop reorder

Reorder sheets from the side panel. Much faster than the bottom tabs, especially when there are thirty sheets and you have to scroll horizontally.

Hidden sheets, your call

Show or hide the hidden sheets in one click. Toggle visibility per-sheet via the eye icon. Useful for workbooks with lots of intermediate calculation sheets.

Real-time sync

The list updates automatically as you add, delete, rename or activate sheets. No manual refresh, no stale state.

Cross-platform, no heavy install

Sheet Navigator is a modern Office Add-in. It runs in a web sandbox embedded in Excel — no system installer, no admin privileges.

Excel Mac Excel Windows Excel for the Web Excel iPad

No VBA script, no .xlam, no macro to unblock. The panel appears in the Home ribbon as soon as the manifest is installed.

Tech stack

Strict TypeScript · React 18 · Fluent UI v9 · Webpack 5 · Office.js
Hosted on Clever Cloud Static · Let's Encrypt cert on a dedicated domain
Auto-deployed via GitHub Actions

Install Sheet Navigator

Two minutes on Windows, three steps on Mac. No account required.

See install instructions →