Intent-based stack

CLI stack for clean CSV spreadsheet.

duckdb is a strong fit for spreadsheets & data. Good for scripts and agents. Use this page as a permalink for humans, agents, and runbooks.

Primary recommendation

4.6K homebrew installs (30d) · Agent readiness: Great for agents (85/100)

duckdb fits spreadsheets & data well, especially for local analytics, sql, and csv/parquet queries from the terminal.

4,627 homebrew installs (30d).

Good for scripts and agents.

Install

brew install duckdb

Verify

duckdb -c "select 1"

Recommended stack

1. Query tables

Verify: duckdb -c "select 1"

2. Inspect CSVs

Verify: csvkit --version

3. Transform rows

Verify: mlr --version

4. Handle JSON/YAML

Verify: jq --version

Choose this if you care more about csv inspection, transforms, and data cleaning from the terminal.

Choose this if you care more about csv wrangling, log analysis, and data transformation from the terminal.

Choose this if you care more about csv indexing, stats, and fast tabular data from the terminal.

Choose this if you care more about interactive data exploration, spreadsheets, and terminal analytics from the terminal.

Choose this if you care more about json processing, apis, and agent output parsing from the terminal.

Choose this if you care more about yaml processing, config edits, and kubernetes files from the terminal.