Audience
Anyone interested in a fast, efficient tool to view and analyze large tabular datasets
About Tad
Tad is a free (MIT Licensed) desktop application for viewing and analyzing tabular data. It is a fast viewer for CSV and Parquet files and SQLite and DuckDb databases that support large files. It's a Pivot Table for analyzing and exploring data. Internally, Tad uses DuckDb for fast, accurate processing. Designed to fit into the workflow of data engineers and data scientists. Tad includes updates to DuckDb 1.0, the ability to export filtered tables as Parquet (as well as CSV), a fix for formatting numbers in scientific notation, and other minor bug fixes and dependent package upgrades. A packaged installer for Tad is available for macOS (x86 and Apple Silicon), Linux, and Windows.
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Starting Price:
Free
Free Version:
Free Version available.
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Tad
United States
www.tadviewer.com
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Platforms Supported
Windows
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Linux
Training
Documentation
Support
Online
Tad Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What kinds of users and organization types does Tad work with?
Tad works with these users and organization types: Mid Size Business, Small Business, Enterprise, Freelance, Nonprofit, Government, and Startup.
Q: What languages does Tad support in their product?
Tad supports these languages: English.
Q: What kind of support options does Tad offer?
Tad offers support via online.
Q: What other applications or services does Tad integrate with?
Tad integrates with: Apache Parquet, DuckDB, Electron, Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, HTML, React, SQLite, and Blueprint.
Q: What type of training does Tad provide?
Tad provides training in the form of documentation.
Q: How much does Tad cost?
Pricing for Tad starts at Free.
