install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install qsv

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install qsv

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

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#qsv

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

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%

sudo pacman -S qsv

Arch Linux sync databases · qsv · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%

scoop install main/qsv

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/qsv.json · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Ultra-fast CSV data-wrangling toolkit

Project links

Commands and aliases

qsv

history

Project history and usage

qsv is datHere's cross-platform Rust command-line toolkit for querying, transforming, validating, joining, analyzing, and converting tabular data.

Project history

qsv began as a command-line toolkit centered on fast CSV manipulation and has expanded into a broad tabular-data workbench. The official project now describes more than 50 commands and support for Excel, ODS, JSON/JSONL, Arrow, Parquet, SQLite, and PostgreSQL workflows in addition to CSV.

Adoption history

qsv is available across Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, Arch Linux, Scoop, and other distribution channels. Official binaries support Linux, macOS, and Windows, reflecting adoption beyond Rust's source-oriented package ecosystem.

How it is used

Users compose subcommands for tasks such as selecting columns, sorting, joining, deduplicating, computing statistics, validating schemas, converting formats, and indexing large CSV files. Commands are suitable both for one-off terminal work and repeatable data pipelines.

The official documentation describes behavior through command options and environment variables rather than a single general-purpose configuration file, so no canonical config-file path is reported. Some optional commands can use external services, but qsv as a package has no universal credentials file.

Why package nerds care

qsv appeals to package and command-line enthusiasts as a modern Rust treatment of the composable CSV-tool tradition: a single executable exposes dozens of focused subcommands while adding parallelism, indexing, Polars acceleration, and support for datasets larger than memory.

Timeline

Early project: qsv established a fast, composable toolkit for CSV processing.
Later development: The command set grew beyond CSV into spreadsheet, JSON, Arrow, Parquet, database, geospatial, scripting, and web-service workflows.
Current generation: The official site describes 50-plus commands with parallel and CPU-accelerated processing.

Related projects

Rust provides qsv's implementation platform.
Polars powers accelerated operations and broader tabular-format support.
The project maintains a separate qsv pro offering and a web playground.

Sources

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for qsv. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 3 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.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: ./.env<executable-directory>/qsv.env
Windows: .\.env<executable-directory>\qsv.env

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`qsv`	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 generated2026-09-19

manager version23.0.1

manager updated2026-09-13

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detected22.0.1

https://github.com/dathere/qsv

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:qsv
Version	23.0.1
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/qsv
Homepage	https://qsv.dathere.com/
Repository	https://github.com/dathere/qsv
Upstream docs	https://qsv.dathere.com/
License	MIT OR Unlicense
Source archive	https://github.com/dathere/qsv/archive/refs/tags/22.0.1.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-09-13T15:35:16Z
Pulse	updated
Build dependencies	cmake, pkgconf, rust
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	qsv
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%

qsv

nix profile install nixpkgs#qsv

normalized package name match
Matched by: Qsv

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

pacman95%

qsv 22.0.1-1

quicksilver data-wrangling toolkit (fork of xsv) for tabular data such as CSV

https://github.com/dathere/qsv

sudo pacman -S qsv

License: MIT AND Unlicense
Architecture: x86_64
9 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Qsv

Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: qsv from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

MacPorts95%

qsv

sudo port install qsv

normalized package name match
Matched by: Qsv

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

Scoop95%

main/qsv

scoop install main/qsv

normalized package name match
Matched by: Qsv

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/qsv.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/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/qsv.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment
pkg.so package database
pkgdb category and tag curation

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