Table of Contents

• Colvert
  • Installation
  • Usage
  • Documentation
  • License
  • FAQ
    • What does Colvert mean?

THIS PROJECT IS IN EARLY DEVELOPMENT

colvert is a Frontend for DuckDB a fast and lightweight in-memory database designed for analytical queries. It's design to be a simple and easy to use tool for data analysis and visualization.

It's a web frontend running on top of DuckDB. It's support SQL queries and visualization using Plotly. Even if it's a web frontend it's designed to be used locally on your machine like a Jupyter notebook.

It's support loading data from CSV, Parquet, and JSON files.

We recommend installing colvert using pipx:

pipx install colvert

Pipx is a tool to install Python applications in isolated environments. It's a great way to install Python applications without cluttering your system Python environment.

colvert  open samples/test.csv 

This will detect the type of the file and open it in a new browser tab.

Once colvert is installed, you can access the documentation from the web interface. You can also access the documentation in the [colvert/docs] folder.

colvert is distributed under the terms of the Apache 2.0 license.

Colvert is the french name for the Mallard Duck. It's a reference to DuckDB the database engine used by Colvert and the fact the author is French and born in the region of France where Mallard Duck are important.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallard