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csvq vs xan: catalog facts
csvq	xan
Free Free and open source under the MIT license.	Free The open-source application is available without a license fee.
Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Reads and edits CSV data with SQL-like queries Supports several delimited and JSON formats	Composable CSV operations and a query expression language
Keeps query data in memory Not intended for very large datasets	Advanced transformations require learning its expression syntax.
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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