# davedelong/CHCSVParser

A proper CSV parser for Objective-C

Repository: https://github.com/davedelong/CHCSVParser
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/chcsvparser
Language: Objective-C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2024-07-08T19:47:42+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5876, "days_push": 786, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1272, forks 250 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:12.240961+00:00)

## What it is
CHCSVParser is an Objective-C library for parsing and writing CSV (and other single-character-delimited) files on macOS and iOS. It offers an NSXMLParser-style delegate API for reading and a CHCSVWriter for generating properly escaped output.

## Use cases
- parse csv files in an ios app
- read csv data from a url or string in objective-c
- write properly escaped csv files on macos
- parse tab-separated tsv files
- handle quoted and escaped csv fields

## When to choose
- you need a battle-tested CSV parser for Objective-C or Swift iOS/macOS projects
- you need configurable delimiters, comment handling, or backslash escapes
- you want both parsing and writing in one lightweight dependency

## When to avoid
- you are not targeting Apple platforms
- you need multi-character delimiters or streaming big-data performance
- you prefer a modern Swift-native CSV library

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: parser, serialization
- domain: files, developer-tools, parsers
- platform: cpp
- tags: csv, objective-c, tsv, delimited-data, cocoa, macos, ios

## Member repositories
- davedelong/CHCSVParser (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:12.240961+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T05:03:16.453850+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/davedelong/CHCSVParser (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:12.240961+00:00, sha 20651d52d3ac)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.