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Tablecruncher/tablecruncher

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A lightweight, powerful CSV editor for macOS, Windows and Linux — with built-in JavaScript macros. observed · 2026-09-30

github.com/Tablecruncher/tablecruncher · homepage · C++ · GPL-3.0 (copyleft) observed · 2026-09-30

Health v2 · maintenance only

74/100

  • Activity 97
  • Release rhythm 65
  • Longevity 38
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 495
  • age_days: 543
  • days_rel: 21
  • days_push: 21
  • n_releases_24m: 2

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1016 stars · 63 forks observed · 2026-09-30

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-09-07, confidence 0.93

Tablecruncher is a lightweight, cross-platform CSV editor built in C++ with FLTK, designed to open and edit very large CSV files quickly. It includes a built-in JavaScript macro language for automation and supports multiple text encodings.

Use cases

  • edit a 2 GB CSV file with millions of rows
  • open huge csv files without crashing
  • automate csv transformations with javascript macros
  • view and edit csv files on mac windows and linux
  • convert csv files between utf-8 utf-16 and latin-1 encodings
  • lightweight alternative to excel for csv editing

When to choose

  • you need to open or edit multi-gigabyte CSV files quickly
  • you want a native desktop CSV editor across macOS, Windows and Linux
  • you need scriptable CSV manipulation via JavaScript macros
  • you work with mixed text encodings like UTF-16 or Windows-1252

When to avoid

  • you need spreadsheet features like formulas, pivot tables or charts
  • you require xlsx or other binary spreadsheet formats
  • you want a web-based or collaborative editing experience
  • you need a stable release - the open-source version is currently beta

Facets

application · maturity active

gui csv file-system developer-tools files spreadsheets cross-platform developer-tools windows cross-platform csv-editor large-files javascript-macros fltk data-wrangling macos linux desktop

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
Tablecruncher/tablecrunchermain74

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="Tablecruncher/tablecruncher")

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