Buckwheat CSV

A viewer for (big) CSV files.

Why this program is useful

This program is useful if:

• You want to preview a CSV file.
• The file is too big for Microsoft Excel or LibreOffice Calc, or it takes too much time to open the file in one of these programs.

Buckwheat CSV:

• Will not load the whole file into memory.
• Does not have a limit on the size of the file. However, there is a limit on the number of rows that can be displayed in a grid (see below).

Limitations

• Maximum number of rows that can be displayed in a grid is 2,147,483,647. If a file has more rows, only first 2,147,483,647 rows are displayed, and the user is notified.
• CSV files must be UTF-8 encoded.

Getting started

• Download zip file of the latest release from https://github.com/gennadiy1g/BuckwheatCsv2/releases.
• Unzip into a folder of your choice.
• On Windows:
• Open Windows Explorer and navigate to the folder containing BuckwheatCsv.exe.
• Double click on BuckwheatCsv.exe.
• On Linux:
• Open terminal and change the shell's current working directory to the folder containing BuckwheatCsv.
• Add read and execute permissions for all by typing chmod a+rx ./BuckwheatCsv and pressing Enter. This step needs to be done only once.
• Then start the program by typing ./BuckwheatCsv and pressing Enter.
• After Buckwheat CSV started, click File->Open ..., or drag and drop a CSV file onto Buckwheat CSV's window.

Credit and licenses for embedded code

This project includes code from outside sources:

• Boost
• wxWidgets