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octa

Active·★ 33·MIT·Updated 2026-10-23

Octa is a native desktop application designed for viewing, editing, and querying various data files and sources in a spreadsheet-like interface. It supports numerous formats, allows in-place editing, SQL-based data reshaping, and integrates with cloud storage and live databases.

#Data Viewer#Data Editor#SQL Query Tool#File Converter#Spreadsheet Application#Cloud Storage Integration#Database Client#CLI Tool
$ Install
$ curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/thorstenfoltz/octa/master/get-octa.sh | bash -s -- ~/.local
↗ Visit site★ GitHub
01

Features

01Spreadsheet-like data viewing and editing with sorting, filtering, and search.
02In-place data editing, row/column manipulation, find/replace, and column transformations with undo support.
03SQL-based data querying and reshaping of any open table using an embedded DuckDB engine.
04Extensive support for over 20 data file formats (e.g., Parquet, CSV, JSON, Excel) and conversion between them.
05Direct integration with cloud object storage (Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage) and 12 SQL database engines.
06Built-in chat assistant powered by LLMs (local or cloud) for data analysis within open tabs.
02

Compatibility

Linux
OS
Verified via docs
macOS
OS
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Windows
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Docker
Container
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SQL Databases
Integration
Verified via docs
Cloud Object Storage
Integration
Verified via docs
03

Quick start

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$ curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/thorstenfoltz/octa/master/get-octa.sh | bash -s -- ~/.local
04

Use cases

↳Quickly view, explore, and analyze various data files without specialized database or spreadsheet software.
↳Perform ad-hoc data cleaning, manipulation, and transformation on diverse file types.
↳Run complex SQL queries to aggregate, join, and reshape data from local files or connected databases.
↳Convert data between different file formats (e.g., CSV to Parquet, Excel to JSON).
↳Browse and analyze data directly from cloud object storage buckets or live SQL database tables.
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thorstenfoltz /
octa
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Fast native desktop app for exploring 20+ data formats like Parquet, DuckDB, SQLite, Excel, Arrow, GeoJSON, Jupyter and more, plus connections to Postgres, Snowflake, BigQuery, GCS, S3 and more. DuckDB SQL, charts, schema diffs, and an MCP server so AI agents query the same data.

33MIT
Last commit5d ago
StatusActive
CategoryData Processing
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