visidata
A terminal spreadsheet multitool for exploring and arranging tabular data from various formats.
What is visidata?
VisiData is a terminal spreadsheet multitool designed for discovering and arranging tabular data. It provides a keyboard-driven interface to explore, filter, and manipulate data from various formats like CSV, JSON, SQLite, and Excel directly in the command line. It solves the problem of needing a lightweight, efficient tool for data analysis without relying on graphical applications.
Data analysts, developers, and researchers who work with tabular data in the terminal and prefer keyboard-driven workflows over GUI tools.
Developers choose VisiData for its speed, simplicity, and ability to handle multiple data formats in a unified terminal interface, offering powerful data manipulation capabilities without the overhead of traditional spreadsheet software.
Overview
A terminal spreadsheet multitool for discovering and arranging data
Use Cases
Best For
- Quickly exploring CSV or JSON files in the terminal
- Filtering and transforming tabular data without writing scripts
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