chabiao 0.4.1

Fast spreadsheet viewer, filter and processor - 查表，闪电般的表格查阅筛选工具

ChaBiao 查表 - Fast Spreadsheet Viewer, Filter & Processor

⚡ Lightning-fast spreadsheet viewer, filter and processor. Built for large Excel files (15MB+, 20K+ rows) that make Excel choke on filter dropdowns.

Features

• Fast Filtering: Instant column filtering - no more waiting for Excel's filter dropdowns
• Keyword Search: Full-text search across all columns with regex support
• Spotlight / Focus Cell: Highlight active row and column for easy reading (聚光灯功能)
• Multi-Sheet Tabs: Switch between sheets with tab widget (auto-hidden for single-sheet files)
• Column Sorting: Click column headers to sort ascending/descending
• Cross-Reference: Search in one table, extract columns to another (查表整合)
• Data Charts: Optional pyqtgraph chart visualization for numeric columns
• Multi-format: .xlsx, .xls, .csv, .tsv, .xlsm, .ods
• Three Interfaces: CLI, PySide6 GUI, and Web (FastAPI)
• 10 Languages: 🇨🇳 中文 · 🇺🇸 English · 🇯🇵 日本語 · 🇫🇷 Français · 🇷🇺 Русский · 🇩🇪 Deutsch · 🇪🇸 Español · 🇧🇷 Português · 🇮🇹 Italiano · 🇰🇷 한국어
• Dark Theme: Catppuccin-inspired dark theme for GUI and Web
• Pagination: 500 rows/page for smooth scrolling on large files
• Data Aggregation: Pivot tables, group-by, subtotals
• File Comparison: Merge and compare two spreadsheet files
• Export: Convert between formats (xlsx, csv, json, tsv), web export with pagination
• Agent Integration: OpenAI function-calling tools for AI agents

Requirements

• Python >= 3.10
• pandas >= 2.0
• openpyxl >= 3.1
• tabulate >= 0.9

Optional:

• PySide6 >= 6.5 (for GUI)
• pyqtgraph >= 0.13 (for charts, optional)
• FastAPI + uvicorn (for Web)

Installation

# Basic (CLI only)
pip install chabiao

# With GUI support (includes pyqtgraph for charts)
pip install chabiao[gui]

# With Web support
pip install chabiao[web]

# Everything
pip install chabiao[all]

# Development
pip install chabiao[dev]

Quick Start

CLI

# Open and inspect a spreadsheet
chabiao open data.xlsx

# Filter by column with various conditions
chabiao filter data.xlsx --column City --contains Beijing
chabiao filter data.xlsx --column Price --gt 100 --lt 500
chabiao filter data.xlsx --column Sales --top-n 10

# Search for a keyword across columns
chabiao search data.xlsx --keyword error --columns Message,Level

# Aggregate data (like Excel pivot table)
chabiao aggregate data.xlsx --group-by City --agg Sales:sum --agg Price:mean

# Compare/merge two files
chabiao compare data1.xlsx data2.xlsx --on ID --how left

# Export to different format
chabiao export data.xlsx -o output.csv --format csv

# Spotlight on a specific row
chabiao spotlight data.xlsx --row 100 --column Price

Python API

from chabiao import open_file, filter_data, search_data, spotlight_view

# Open a spreadsheet
result = open_file(input_path="data.xlsx")
print(result.success)    # True
print(result.data)       # File info and metadata

# Filter data
result = filter_data(input_path="data.xlsx", column="City", contains="Beijing")
print(result.data["total_rows"])  # Number of matching rows

# Search across columns
result = search_data(input_path="data.xlsx", keyword="error", columns=["Message"])
print(result.data["total_matches"])

# Spotlight on a row
result = spotlight_view(input_path="data.xlsx", row=100, column="Price")
print(result.data["row_data"])       # Full row data
print(result.data["column_stats"])   # Column statistics

GUI

# Launch GUI
chabiao-gui

# Open a file directly
chabiao-gui data.xlsx

# Open with dark theme and Chinese
chabiao-gui data.xlsx --theme dark --lang zh

# Custom page size
chabiao-gui data.xlsx --page-size 200

Features:

• Open file from command line: chabiao-gui data.xlsx
• CLI options: --lang zh --theme dark --page-size 200
• Multi-language support (10 languages): View → Language
• Light/Dark theme switching: View → Theme
• Instant column filter (contains/equals/regex/search)
• Spotlight mode (F6) to highlight rows and columns
• Column sorting by clicking headers
• Multi-sheet tab switching
• Chart visualization (F7, requires pyqtgraph)
• Pagination for large files (500 rows/page)
• Copy selection to clipboard (Ctrl+C)
• Export to CSV/JSON/Excel

Web Interface

chabiao-web
# or
python -m chabiao --web

Open http://localhost:8900 in your browser. Supports language (?lang=zh) and theme (?theme=dark) URL parameters. Web export supports pagination with ?start=0&limit=1000 for large datasets.

Usage

CLI Unified Flags

Flag	Description
-V, --version	Show version
-v, --verbose	Verbose output
-o, --output	Output file path
--json	Output as JSON
-q, --quiet	Suppress non-essential output

CLI Commands

Command	Description
open	Open and inspect a spreadsheet
filter	Filter data by column conditions
search	Search keyword across columns
aggregate	Aggregate data by grouping
compare	Compare/merge two spreadsheet files
export	Export data to different format
spotlight	Focus on a specific row/cell

Filter Options

Option	Description
--contains	Text contains filter
--regex	Regex pattern filter
--equals	Exact match filter
--not-equals	Not equal filter
--gt / --lt	Greater than / Less than
--ge / --le	Greater/Less than or equal
--top-n	Top N values
--bottom-n	Bottom N values
--above-avg	Above average
--below-avg	Below average

Agent Integration (OpenAI Function Calling)

from chabiao.tools import TOOLS, dispatch

# Use TOOLS in your OpenAI API call
response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="gpt-4",
    messages=[...],
    tools=TOOLS,
)

# Dispatch tool calls
for tool_call in response.choices[0].message.tool_calls:
    result = dispatch(tool_call.function.name, tool_call.function.arguments)
    print(result)

Available tools:

• chabiao_open_file - Open and inspect spreadsheet
• chabiao_filter_data - Filter with various conditions
• chabiao_search_data - Search keywords across columns
• chabiao_aggregate_data - Group and aggregate data
• chabiao_compare_data - Compare/merge two files
• chabiao_export_data - Export to different format
• chabiao_spotlight - Focus on a specific row/cell

Development

# Install in development mode
pip install -e ".[dev]"

# Run tests
pytest

# Lint and format
ruff format . && ruff check .

# Type check
mypy chabiao

# Build
python -m build

License

GPL-3.0-or-later