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macOS • VisiData • Large tables

Large tables, fast.

A native macOS shell for VisiData, built for opening big tabular files with clarity and speed.

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Capabilities

Serious files, native shell, real VisiData on macOS.

iData keeps the desktop experience clean while preserving the real VisiData engine underneath.

Native shell

Native shell

Clean windowing, recent files, update plumbing, and a desktop experience that respects macOS conventions.

VisiData engine

VisiData engine

No imitation layer: the page clearly positions iData as a wrapper around the real data workflow experts already trust.

GZIP Supported

Open gzipped datasets without manual extraction.

Keeps large compressed tables in a direct native macOS flow, so you can start in iData immediately instead of unpacking first.

Release

Latest release, clearly.

Version, publish date, install asset, and brew path in one place.

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Install path brew install --cask laleoarrow/tap/idata
Native macOS wrapper
VisiData-native workflow
Compressed-stream aware
Release metadata in-page
Premium motion system