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

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