# VisiData

> Terminal spreadsheet multitool for exploring and arranging tabular data, with basic plotting.

- Category: [Data visualization apps & tools](https://awesomedataviz.com/categories/apps/)
- Website: http://visidata.org
- Repository: https://github.com/saulpw/visidata
- License: GPL-3.0
- Language: Python
- Status: Active (commits in the last 90 days)
- GitHub stars: 9,317
- Commits in the last 12 months: 576
- Contributors: 115
- Last commit: Sep 29, 2026
- Latest release: v3.4 (Jul 1, 2026)
- Install (PyPI): `pip install visidata`, 4.9K downloads per week
- Topics: Terminal & command-line charts

## Overview

VisiData is an open-source data visualization app released under the GPL-3.0 license. Its GitHub repository has 9,317 stars, 371 forks, and 115 contributors. It is actively developed with 576 commits in the last 12 months. The latest release, v3.4, was published on Jul 1, 2026. On PyPI it is downloaded about 4.9K times per week.

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