visidata 1.3

curses interface for exploring and arranging tabular data

# VisiData v1.3 [](https://circleci.com/gh/saulpw/visidata/tree/stable)

A terminal interface for exploring and arranging tabular data.

## Dependencies

- Linux or OS/X
- Python 3.4+
- python-dateutil
- other modules may be required for opening particular data sources
- see [requirements.txt](https://github.com/saulpw/visidata/blob/stable/requirements.txt) or the [supported sources](http://visidata.org/man/#loaders) in the vd manpage

## Getting started

### Installation

Each package contains the full loader suite but differs in which loader dependencies will get installed by default.

The base VisiData package concerns loaders whose dependencies are covered by the Python3 standard library.

Base loaders: tsv, csv, json, sqlite, and fixed width text.

|Platform |Package Manager | Command | Out-of-box Loaders |
|-------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|Python3.4+ |[pip3](https://visidata.org/install#pip3) | `pip3 install visidata` | Base |
|Python3.4+ |[conda](https://visidata.org/install#conda) | `conda install --channel conda-forge visidata` | Base, http, html, xls(x) |
|MacOS |[Homebrew](https://visidata.org/install#brew) | `brew install saulpw/vd/visidata` | Base, http, html, xls(x) |
|Linux (Debian/Ubuntu) |[apt](https://visidata.org/install#apt) | [full instructions](https://visidata.org/install#apt) | Base, http, html, xls(x) |
|Linux (Debian/Ubuntu) |[dpkg](https://visidata.org/install#dpkg) | [full instructions](https://visidata.org/install#dpkg) | Base, http, html, xls(x) |
|Windows |[WSL](https://visidata.org/install#wsl) | Windows is not directly supported (use WSL) | N/A |
|Python3.4+ |[github](https://visidata.org/install#git) | `pip3 install git+https://github.com/saulpw/visidata.git@stable` | Base |

Please see [/install](https://visidata.org/install) for detailed instructions, additional information, and troubleshooting.

### Usage

$ vd [<options>] <input> ...
$ <command> | vd [<options>]

VisiData supports tsv, csv, xlsx, hdf5, sqlite, json and more (see the [list of supported sources](http://visidata.org/man#sources)).

Use `-f <filetype>` to force a particular filetype.


### Documentation

* [VisiData v1.2 Getting Started Tutorial](https://jsvine.github.io/intro-to-visidata/) by [Jeremy Singer-Vine](https://www.jsvine.com/)
* Quick reference: `Ctrl+H` within `vd` will open the [man page](http://visidata.org/man), which has a list of all commands and options.
* [/docs](http://visidata.org/docs) contains a collection of howto recipes.

### Help and Support

If you have a question, issue, or suggestion regarding VisiData, please [create an issue on Github](https://github.com/saulpw/visidata/issues).

## vdtui

The core `vdtui.py` can be used to quickly create efficient terminal workflows. These have been prototyped as proof of this concept:

- [vgit](https://github.com/saulpw/vgit): a git interface
- [vsh](http://github.com/saulpw/vsh): a collection of utilities like `vping` and `vtop`.
- [vdgalcon](https://github.com/saulpw/vdgalcon): a port of the classic game [Galactic Conquest](https://www.galcon.com)

Other workflows should also be created as separate apps using vdtui. These apps can be very small and provide a lot of functionality; for example, see the included [viewtsv](bin/viewtsv).


## License

The innermost core file, `vdtui.py`, is a single-file stand-alone library that provides a solid framework for building text user interface apps. It is distributed under the MIT free software license, and freely available for inclusion in other projects.

Other VisiData components, including the main `vd` application, addons, loaders, and other code in this repository, are available for use and distribution under GPLv3.

## Credits

VisiData is conceived and developed by Saul Pwanson `<[e-mail]>`.

Anja Kefala `<[e-mail]>` 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.