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I've been intending to create a lightweight csv viewer for some time now and I was even learning Qt for that purpose, so I will definitely be checking this out.

I've been intending to create a lightweight csv viewer for some time now and I was even learning Qt for that purpose, so I will definitely be checking this out. On windows, I use Nirsoft's csvfileview to rapidly review my files but on Linux, I haven't found anything that loads as rapidly and without friction.

dgudkov 6y ago
Nirsoft's csvfileview is neat but pretty basic. For advanced filtering and multiple file loading check out my forever free CSViewer (https://csviewer.com https://csviewer.com).
p4bl0 6y ago
I use sqlitebrowser for that. Pretty handy if you know SQL.
social_quotient 6y ago
I am not sure if I recommend this tool as it’s a paid tool and not Linux but it’s gotten me out of a lot of tricky multi GB csv files in the past. (Windows and win server only) http://www.delimitware.com/ http://www.delimitware.com/ Of particular note is this set of extraction features which is where I spend a lot of time http://www.delimitware.com/help.html#_File_Extract_Dialog http://www.delimitware.com/help.html#_File_Extract_Dialog
app4soft 6y ago
> I've been intending to create a lightweight CSV viewer for some time now and I was even learning Qt for that purpose, so I will definitely be checking this out. > ... but on Linux, I haven't found anything that loads as rapidly and without friction As for GUI-based CSV editor projects, I may highly recommend you also take a look mtCellEdit (C++/Qt[0]) and Tabulator (C++/Qt[1] & Python/Qt[2]) apps. Both projects are cross-platform & FLOSS (free and open-source software), so available for Linux, macOS, Windows, etc. FTR, mtCellEdit has a lot of functions especially useful for spreadsheet/CSV data analyzing.[3,4] [0] https://github.com/matyler/mtCellEdit https://github.com/matyler/mtCellEdit [1] https://github.com/notnypical/tabulator-qt https://github.com/notnypical/tabulator-qt [2] https://github.com/notnypical/tabulator-qtpy https://github.com/notnypical/tabulator-qtpy [3] https://doc.marktyler.org/mtcelledit/en_GB/chap_00.html https://doc.marktyler.org/mtcelledit/en_GB/chap_00.html [4] http://web.archive.org/web/20190913184255/http://marktyler.blogspot.com/2017/02/mtcelledit-30-screenshots.html http://web.archive.org/web/20190913184255/http://marktyler.b...
- robochat 6y ago
  I will try all of them. Previously, I've tried Tad [1] which is good but I'd like something lighter and faster (ie. not electron based) and also visidata [2] which is terminal based but sometimes I just want to see my data in a gui. [1] https://www.tadviewer.com https://www.tadviewer.com [2] https://www.tadviewer.com https://www.tadviewer.com
  - app4soft 6y ago
    JFTR, No need to add two references to same link; one reference link would be enough ;) Correct [2], as it is actually the same as [1].
  - robochat 6y ago
    sorry, the second link should have been [2] https://www.visidata.org/ https://www.visidata.org/
- robochat 6y ago
  Am I right that tabulator-qt and tabulator-qtpy are still under development since they don't seem to load csv files yet? But they certainly look like the type of specialised viewer that I have been looking for.
  - app4soft 6y ago
    > Am I right that tabulator-qt and tabulator-qtpy Ask its developer via issues tracker on GitHub.
rakoo 6y ago
It's not a native application, but datasette (https://datasette.io/ https://datasette.io/) can get you pretty far thanks to the power of SQL

dgudkov 6y ago

Nirsoft's csvfileview is neat but pretty basic. For advanced filtering and multiple file loading check out my forever free CSViewer (https://csviewer.com https://csviewer.com).

p4bl0 6y ago

I use sqlitebrowser for that. Pretty handy if you know SQL.

social_quotient 6y ago

I am not sure if I recommend this tool as it’s a paid tool and not Linux but it’s gotten me out of a lot of tricky multi GB csv files in the past. (Windows and win server only) http://www.delimitware.com/ http://www.delimitware.com/ Of particular note is this set of extraction features which is where I spend a lot of time http://www.delimitware.com/help.html#_File_Extract_Dialog http://www.delimitware.com/help.html#_File_Extract_Dialog

app4soft 6y ago

> I've been intending to create a lightweight CSV viewer for some time now and I was even learning Qt for that purpose, so I will definitely be checking this out. > ... but on Linux, I haven't found anything that loads as rapidly and without friction As for GUI-based CSV editor projects, I may highly recommend you also take a look mtCellEdit (C++/Qt[0]) and Tabulator (C++/Qt[1] & Python/Qt[2]) apps. Both projects are cross-platform & FLOSS (free and open-source software), so available for Linux, macOS, Windows, etc. FTR, mtCellEdit has a lot of functions especially useful for spreadsheet/CSV data analyzing.[3,4] [0] https://github.com/matyler/mtCellEdit https://github.com/matyler/mtCellEdit [1] https://github.com/notnypical/tabulator-qt https://github.com/notnypical/tabulator-qt [2] https://github.com/notnypical/tabulator-qtpy https://github.com/notnypical/tabulator-qtpy [3] https://doc.marktyler.org/mtcelledit/en_GB/chap_00.html https://doc.marktyler.org/mtcelledit/en_GB/chap_00.html [4] http://web.archive.org/web/20190913184255/http://marktyler.blogspot.com/2017/02/mtcelledit-30-screenshots.html http://web.archive.org/web/20190913184255/http://marktyler.b...

robochat 6y ago
I will try all of them. Previously, I've tried Tad [1] which is good but I'd like something lighter and faster (ie. not electron based) and also visidata [2] which is terminal based but sometimes I just want to see my data in a gui. [1] https://www.tadviewer.com https://www.tadviewer.com [2] https://www.tadviewer.com https://www.tadviewer.com
- app4soft 6y ago
  JFTR, No need to add two references to same link; one reference link would be enough ;) Correct [2], as it is actually the same as [1].
- robochat 6y ago
  sorry, the second link should have been [2] https://www.visidata.org/ https://www.visidata.org/
robochat 6y ago
Am I right that tabulator-qt and tabulator-qtpy are still under development since they don't seem to load csv files yet? But they certainly look like the type of specialised viewer that I have been looking for.
- app4soft 6y ago
  > Am I right that tabulator-qt and tabulator-qtpy Ask its developer via issues tracker on GitHub.

rakoo 6y ago

It's not a native application, but datasette (https://datasette.io/ https://datasette.io/) can get you pretty far thanks to the power of SQL