visidata 2.0

curses interface for exploring and arranging tabular data

VisiData v2.0

A terminal interface for exploring and arranging tabular data.

Dependencies

• Linux or OS/X
• Python 3.6+
• python-dateutil
• other modules may be required for opening particular data sources
  • see requirements.txt or the supported sources 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
all	pip3	pip3 install visidata	Base
all	conda	conda install --channel conda-forge visidata	Base, http, html, xls(x)
MacOS	Homebrew	brew install saulpw/vd/visidata	Base, http, html, xls(x)
Linux (Debian/Ubuntu)	apt	full instructions	Base, http, html, xls(x)
Linux (Debian/Ubuntu)	dpkg	full instructions	Base, http, html, xls(x)
Windows	WSL	Windows is not directly supported (use WSL)	N/A
all	github	pip3 install git+https://github.com/saulpw/visidata.git@stable	Base
Linux (NixOS)	nix	nix-env -i visidata	Base, yaml, xls(x), hdf5, html, pandas, shp

Please see /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).

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

Documentation

• Intro to VisiData Tutorial by Jeremy Singer-Vine
• Quick reference: Ctrl+H within vd will open the man page, which has a list of all commands and options.
• /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 or chat with us at #visidata on freenode.net.

Here are some concrete ways you can help make VisiData even more awesome:

• Write a blogpost (or tweet or whatever) about a VisiData command or feature you use frequently, and share it with us!
• Expand VisiData to support .xyz proprietary data format. Creating a loader is really straightforward.
• Create and maintain new installation packages.
• Acknowledge the realities of late-stage capitalism and give regular old money.

Other applications within the VisiData ecosystem

The core interface paradigm--rows and columns--can be used to create efficient terminal workflows with a minimum of effort for almost any application. These have been prototyped as proof of this concept:

• vgit: a git interface
• vsh: a collection of utilities like vping and vtop.
• vdgalcon: a port of the classic game Galactic Conquest

Other workflows can also be created as separate apps using the visidata module. These apps can be very small and provide a lot of functionality; for example, see the included viewtsv.

License

VisiData, including the main vd application, addons, loaders, and other code in this repository, is available for use and redistribution 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.