# Install csview with Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix, scoop

High performance csv viewer for cli. Version 1.3.4 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#csview.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:csview
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install csview
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install csview
```

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

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add csview
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: csview from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#csview
```

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

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/csview
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/csview.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:csview
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.3.4
- **Source summary:** High performance csv viewer for cli
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/wfxr/csview>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/wfxr/csview>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- csview (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.3.4
## Project history and usage

csview is a Rust command-line CSV viewer focused on fast, memory-efficient table rendering with CJK and emoji alignment support.

### Project history

The README positions csview as a formatter and viewer rather than an analysis tool, explicitly distinguishing it from xsv. The changelog shows a 1.0.0 release in February 2022 after the 0.3 series, followed by packaging and usability work such as Homebrew documentation, line numbers, alignment options, pager support, and additional Apple Silicon release targets.

### Adoption history

The official README documents installation through Homebrew, Arch AUR, NetBSD pkgsrc, Scoop, prebuilt GitHub releases, and cargo. That spread is meaningful for a small terminal viewer because users often install it as a standalone binary on machines where Python-heavy CSV tools are too slow or too large.

### How it is used

csview formats CSV, TSV, and custom-delimited data into aligned terminal tables, with styles including markdown table output. The README benchmarks it against xsv table, util-linux column, and csvkit's csvlook, emphasizing startup speed and memory use for viewing rather than transformation.

### Why package nerds care

For package nerds, csview is a compact example of the Rust single-binary CLI pattern: published to crates.io, distributed through system package managers, and aimed at replacing heavier table viewers in shell pipelines.

### Timeline

- 2020: 0.3.x releases are published on GitHub.
- 2022: 1.0.0 is released.
- 2022: Changelog notes csview entering Homebrew core documentation.
- 2024: 1.3.0 adds pager support.
- 2024: 1.3.2 adds an aarch64-apple-darwin target.

### Related projects

- csview is compared upstream with xsv, util-linux column, and csvkit csvlook; it complements CSV transformation tools by focusing on display.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/wfxr/csview#readme>
- <https://github.com/wfxr/csview/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md>
- <https://github.com/wfxr/csview/releases>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - csview: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cs/csview/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - csview - 1.3.4-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: csview from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Pretty csv viewer for cli with cjk/emoji support | https://github.com/wfxr/csview
- apk - csview-bash-completion - 1.3.4-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: csview-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Bash completions for csview | https://github.com/wfxr/csview
- apk - csview-fish-completion - 1.3.4-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: csview-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fish completions for csview | https://github.com/wfxr/csview
- apk - csview-zsh-completion - 1.3.4-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: csview-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Zsh completions for csview | https://github.com/wfxr/csview
- MacPorts - csview: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: textproc/csview/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/csview: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/csview.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/csview.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/csview.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph