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Tabiew vs VisiData: catalog facts
Tabiew	VisiData
Free Free to use; the source is published on GitHub.	Free Free and open source under GPL-3.0, supported by donations.
Command line	macOS, Linux, Command line
Opens CSV, TSV, Parquet and Arrow files SQL queries on the loaded data	Opens dozens of data formats, including Excel and SQLite Handles millions of rows quickly
Viewer and query tool rather than a full data editor Terminal interface takes some learning	Keyboard-driven interface with many commands to learn Some formats need extra Python packages
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-3.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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