# Visidata (open-source office app)

> Visidata is a free, open-source command-line office tool for Windows, macOS and Linux. A terminal spreadsheet multitool for discovering and arranging data. It has 9,324 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0 license. Its source code is on GitHub at saulpw/visidata.

A terminal interface for exploring and arranging tabular data. VisiData supports tsv, csv, sqlite, json, xlsx (Excel), hdf5, and many other formats.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/saulpw/visidata |
| Platforms | Linux, macOS, Windows |
| Interface | command line |
| GitHub stars | 9,324 |
| License | GPL-3.0 (open source) |
| Replaces | n/a |
| Language | Python |
| Website | none listed |
| Official | no |
| Category | Office & spreadsheets |
| Latest release | v3.4 (Jul 1, 2026) |
| Last commit | Sep 29, 2026 |

## Install

### Homebrew (macOS)

```sh
brew install visidata
```

Package page: https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/visidata

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