Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

Datasette Publish is a dev tool that converts CSV files into a SQLite-backed JSON API. Users can upload their own CSV data and immediately query it through a JSON interface without needing to set up a database… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Datasette Publish – Turn CSVs into a SQLite-Backed JSON API launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Datasette – Create and publish an API for SQLite databases▲269

   I just shipped the first public version of datasette, a new tool for creating and publishing JSON APIs for SQLite databases. You can try out out right now at fivethirtyeight.datasettes.com, …

   2017 · simonwillison.net · its alternatives →

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   Datasette Desktop, macOS App for SQLite and CSVs▲22

   2021 · datasette.io · its alternatives →

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   Quick API▲348

   Convert your CSV data into API product

   2022 · quickapi.io · its alternatives →

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   TABLUM.IO▲159

   Turn CSV, XML & JSON into a live analysis-ready SQL database

   2023 · tablum.io · its alternatives →

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   Dropbase▲227

   Turn your CSV and Excel files to live databases, instantly.

   2020 · its alternatives →

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   Sqlify▲191

   JSON, CSV and SQL converter

   2017 · its alternatives →

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   Squirrelbyte – a SQLite-based JSON document server▲118

   2021 · squirrelbyte.com · its alternatives →

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   Csvbox.io – CSV import button for a web app, SaaS or API▲155

   Drop a production-ready CSV, Excel, and PDF importer into your SaaS in minutes. Handle up to 2 million rows per import, with column mapping, validation, webhooks, and clean data delivered to your API.

   2021 · csvbox.io · its alternatives →

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   SQLite Plugin for Jekyll▲227

   I love Jekyll, especially the Datafiles[0] feature, which lets you use CSV/JSON/YAML files and iterate through them. Mixed with the Jekyll Data Pages generator[1], which lets you create a page for every row in your dataset, it is a very powerful combination. However, Liquid is a terrible language for data-mangling, and simple filtering/sorting/merging can become very annoying. So I wrote a Jekyll SQLite plugin that lets you use the same data interface in Jekyll/Liquid, but backed by a SQLite file(s). It gives you the simplicity of the Baked Data pattern[2], and the…

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    I built jq-like scriptable tool to query CSV and JSON with SQLite▲11

    Convert and query JSON, JSONL, CSV, and SQLite with ease! - chand1012/sq

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Jsonify▲197

    Transform XLSX/CSV files into clean, usable JSON

    2024 · jsonify.net · its alternatives →

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    SQLSite – serve simple websites, APIs and files directly from SQLite▲52

    NO LONGER MAINTAINED! A tool for serving simple websites, JSON APIs and static files directly from a SQLite database - j4mie/sqlsite

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Transform a CSV into a JSON and vice versa▲125

    2021 · jsonmatic.com · its alternatives →

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    Dropbase by Castodia▲110

    Turn your CSV files into live databases in seconds

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    Distributed SQLite on FoundationDB▲150

    Hello HN! I'm building mvsqlite, a distributed variant of SQLite with MVCC transactions, that runs on FoundationDB. It is a drop-in replacement that just needs an `LD_PRELOAD` for existing applications using SQLite. I made this because Blueboat (https://github.com/losfair/blueboat) needs a native SQL interface to persistent data. Apparently, just providing a transactional key-value store isn’t enough - it is more easy and efficient to build complex business logic on an SQL database, and it seems necessary to bring a self-hostable distributed SQL DB onto the platform.…

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Graphweaver – Instant GraphQL API on Postgres, MySQL, SQLite and More▲74

    Graphweaver is an open-source GraphQL API Server that can connect many data sources to create a single API. Create a headless CMS, API Gateway, BaaS or use it as a BFF.

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Dropbase – Turn your CSV files into live databases in seconds▲26

    2020 · dropbase.castodia.com · its alternatives →

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    CSVshare – Instantly share data with anyone and make it searchable▲50

    2017 · csvshare.com · its alternatives →

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    ExcelJSON – Convert JSON To/from CSV, TSV Easily▲50

    2017 · exceljson.com · its alternatives →

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    Datamorph – A clean JSON ⇄ CSV converter with auto-detect▲26

    Hi everyone, I built a small web tool called Datamorph because I kept running into JSON/CSV converters that either broke with nested data, required login, or added weird formatting. Datamorph is a minimal, fast, no-login tool that can: • Convert JSON → CSV and CSV → JSON • Auto-detect structure (arrays, nested objects, mixed data) • Handle uploads or manual text input • Beautify / fix invalid JSON • Give clean, flat CSV output for real-world messy data It’s built with React + Supabase + serverless functions. Everything runs client-side except file parsing, so nothing is stored. I…

    Nov 2025 · datamorphio.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    tap▲9

    From CSV files to production-ready APIs in seconds

    2025 · tapintodata.com · its alternatives →

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    SNKV – SQLite's B-tree as a key-value store (C/C++ and Python bindings)▲36

    SQLite has six layers: SQL parser → query planner → VDBE → B-tree → pager → OS. (https://sqlite.org/arch.html) For key-value workloads you only need the bottom three. SNKV cuts the top three layers and talks directly to SQLite's B-tree engine. No SQL strings. No query planner. No VM. Just put/get/delete on the same storage core that powers SQLite. Python: pip install snkv from snkv import KVStore with KVStore("mydb.db") as db: db["hello"] = "world" print(db["hello"]) # b"world" C/C++ (single-header, drop-in): #define SNKV_IMPLEMENTATION #include "snkv.h" KVStore…

    Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    We built a developer-first open-source CSV import platform▲25

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24AU
    A Usable CSV and JSON to SQL Converter in Elm and Phoenix▲8

    2017 · sqlify.io · its alternatives →

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