Development Status
- 5 - Production/Stable
Environment
- Console
- Console :: Curses
Intended Audience
- Developers
- Science/Research
- System Administrators
License
- OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)
Operating System
- OS Independent
Programming Language
- Python :: 3
Topic
- Database :: Front-Ends
- Scientific/Engineering
- Office/Business :: Financial :: Spreadsheet
- Scientific/Engineering :: Visualization
- Utilities
VisiData v3.3
A terminal interface for exploring and arranging tabular data.
VisiData supports tsv, csv, sqlite, json, xlsx (Excel), hdf5, and many other formats.
Platform requirements
- Linux, OS/X, or Windows (with WSL)
- Python 3.8+
- additional Python modules are required for certain formats and sources
Install
To install the latest release from PyPi:
pip3 install visidata
To install the cutting edge develop branch (no warranty expressed or implied):
pip3 install git+https://github.com/saulpw/visidata.git@develop
See visidata.org/install for detailed instructions for all available platforms and package managers.
Usage
$ vd <input>
$ <command> | vd
Press Ctrl+Q to quit at any time.
Hundreds of other commands and options are also available; see the documentation.
Documentation
- VisiData documentation
- Plugin Author's Guide and API Reference
- Quick reference (available within
vdwithCtrl+H), which has a list of commands and options. - Intro to VisiData Tutorial by Jeremy Singer-Vine
Help and Support
If you have a question, issue, or suggestion regarding VisiData, please create an issue on Github or chat with us at #visidata on irc.libera.chat.
If you use VisiData regularly, please support me on Patreon!
License
Code in the stable branch of this repository, including the main vd application, loaders, and plugins, is available for use and redistribution under GPLv3.
Credits
VisiData is conceived and developed by Saul Pwanson <vd@saul.pw>.
Anja Kefala <anja.kefala@gmail.com> maintains the documentation and packages for all platforms.
Many thanks to numerous other contributors, and to those wonderful users who provide feedback, for helping to make VisiData the awesome tool that it is.
