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VisiDatacsvkit
Free

Free and open source under GPL-3.0, supported by donations.

 Free

Free and open source under the MIT licence.

macOS, Linux, Command line Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
  • Opens dozens of data formats, including Excel and SQLite
  • Handles millions of rows quickly
  • Runs SQL queries directly against CSV files with csvsql
  • Converts Excel and JSON into CSV so the same pipeline handles everything
  • Keyboard-driven interface with many commands to learn
  • Some formats need extra Python packages
  • Python and pandas-free, so it is slow on very large files
  • Development has been quiet in recent years
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: GPL-3.0 License: MIT
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 23, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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