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csvkit	GNU datamash
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free software from the GNU Project under the GPL.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Runs SQL queries directly against CSV files with csvsql Converts Excel and JSON into CSV so the same pipeline handles everything	Group-by, mean, standard deviation and more in one command Works in shell pipelines with seq, sort and other tools
Python and pandas-free, so it is slow on very large files Development has been quiet in recent years	Command line only, no graphical interface Basic statistics rather than a full analysis environment
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: GPL-3.0-or-later
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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