install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install csvtk

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install csvtk

MacPorts ports tree · textproc/csvtk/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#csvtk

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/cs/csvtk/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Cross-platform, efficient and practical CSV/TSV toolkit in Golang

Project links

Commands and aliases

csvtk

history

Project history and usage

csvtk is a cross-platform Go toolkit for CSV and TSV processing, originally framed for bioinformatics and data-science table workflows. It emphasizes many subcommands, compressed input support, field selection by names, pipeline integration, and prebuilt binaries.

Project history

The public release series begins with v0.1 in April 2016. The project grew from a compact CSV/TSV utility into a broad suite with commands for inspection, conversion, set operations, editing, transforms, sorting, joins, plots, and shell autocompletion.

Adoption history

The official README documents release binaries, Pixi, conda-forge, Homebrew, Go install, and Arch AUR installation. Its conda and bioinformatics-facing documentation are significant because CSV/TSV table wrangling is common in reproducible analysis pipelines where package-manager availability matters.

How it is used

csvtk is commonly used as a pipeline component for rapid table inspection and transformation: selecting or excluding fields by name, converting CSV to TSV, JSON, Markdown, reStructuredText, or XLSX, fixing malformed records, joining tables, summarizing columns, and plotting simple charts.

Why package nerds care

csvtk is package-nerd-interesting because it packages a large table-toolbox surface into a single Go binary with no runtime dependencies, while still being distributed through language, OS, and scientific package channels. It overlaps with csvkit and xsv but leans into compressed files, bioinformatics documentation, and many built-in subcommands.

Timeline

2016: v0.1 preview release.
2024: v0.31.0 improved sort and join performance and added mutate3.
2025: v0.34.0 added plot bar; v0.36.0 added shuf.
2026: v0.37.0 added LZ4 read/write support; v0.38.0 refined filtering and cut behavior.

Related projects

The README explicitly compares csvtk with csvkit and positions CSV/TSV handling beside bioinformatics FASTA/Q tooling, reflecting the author's wider ecosystem of command-line bioinformatics utilities.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`csvtk`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version0.37.0

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv0.37.0

https://github.com/shenwei356/csvtk

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:csvtk
Version	0.37.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/csvtk
Homepage	https://bioinf.shenwei.me/csvtk
Repository	https://github.com/shenwei356/csvtk
Upstream docs	https://bioinf.shenwei.me/csvtk
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/shenwei356/csvtk/archive/refs/tags/v0.37.0.tar.gz
Build dependencies	go
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	csvtk
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

csvtk

nix profile install nixpkgs#csvtk

normalized package name match
Matched by: Csvtk

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cs/csvtk/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

MacPorts95%

csvtk

sudo port install csvtk

normalized package name match
Matched by: Csvtk

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: textproc/csvtk/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/csvtk.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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