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Tad vs Bobby: catalog facts
Tad	Bobby
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0-or-later licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Linux
Opens CSV, Parquet, SQLite and DuckDB data in one app Pivot table view for exploring data without code	Simple native viewer for SQLite files Search across tables and views of any size
Hobby project with known bugs and rough edges Releases are infrequent; the latest is from June 2024	Focused on viewing; not a full database administration tool SQLite only
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: GPL-3.0-or-later
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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