Tad
A desktop viewer for CSV and Parquet files and SQLite and DuckDB databases, with pivot tables.
These buttons open the developer's own site, repository or store listing in a new tab. wares.gg does not host downloads.
2 more ways to get Tad
Package managers
- Chocolatey
choco install tad - Homebrew
brew install --cask tad
About Tad
Tad opens tabular data files and databases in a desktop window so you can browse, sort and pivot them without writing code. It handles CSV and Parquet files as well as SQLite and DuckDB databases, and it copes with large files. Internally it uses DuckDB for processing.
It is aimed at data engineers and data scientists who want a quick look at a dataset. The developer describes it as a perpetual work-in-progress hobby project. The most recent release, 0.14.0, came out in June 2024.
Strengths
- Opens CSV, Parquet, SQLite and DuckDB data in one app
- Pivot table view for exploring data without code
- Handles large files using DuckDB
- Installers for macOS (Intel and Apple Silicon), Linux and Windows
Limitations
- Hobby project with known bugs and rough edges
- Releases are infrequent; the latest is from June 2024
- A viewer and analyser rather than a full database editor
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source under the MIT licence.
- License
- MIT
- Developer
- Antony Courtney
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Quickly inspecting and pivoting large CSV or Parquet files on the desktop
- Categories
- Database tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Tad
Compare allSoftware that can replace Tad for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
VisiData
An interactive terminal multitool for exploring, cleaning and converting tabular data in many formats.
VisiData explores CSV, JSON, Excel and SQLite data in the terminal under GPL-3.0 with histograms, but needs WSL on Windows and uses keyboard commands.
DB Browser for SQLite
Opens a SQLite file in a spreadsheet-like window so you can look at the data without writing SQL.
DB Browser for SQLite opens and edits SQLite files in a spreadsheet-style window with plotting, but does not open Parquet files or offer pivot tables.
Harlequin
A SQL IDE that runs in the terminal, with adapters for DuckDB, SQLite, Postgres and more.
Harlequin queries DuckDB and SQLite from a terminal SQL IDE instead of a graphical pivot viewer, and is installed through Python.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
DuckDB
In-process analytical database that queries CSV, JSON and Parquet directly.
Datasette
Publishes SQLite databases as an explorable website and JSON API.
Zui
A desktop application for exploring data, and the official front end to Brim Data's SuperDB.
sqlite-utils
A Python command-line tool and library for creating, querying and transforming SQLite databases.
trdsql
Query structured files with SQL from the command line.
