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24 alternatives to I built an "ilovepdf" for CSV files (and I called it ILoveCSV)
We often find ourselves waiting for Excel just to do simple tasks like merging two CSVs, checking for duplicates, or converting a PDF table to CSV. Thus, I built ilovecsv.net. It's a suite of 30+ free tools that run in your browser.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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The project is called QueryStorm. It uses Roslyn to offer C# (and VB.NET) support in Excel, as an alternative to VBA. I've posted about it before, but a lot has changed since then so figured I'd share an update. The current version includes a host of new features, namely a C# debugger, support for NuGet packages, and the ability to publish Excel extensions to an "AppStore" (which is essentially a NuGet repository). The AppStore can be used by anyone with the (free) runtime component. Another great addition is the community license, which is a free license for individuals and small companies…
2023 · querystorm.com · its alternatives →
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I have spent large parts of the last 10+ years building an SQL Editor. The tool is targeted at data analysts, a lot of effort has gone into charting, visualizing and excel export. If this sounds useful to you, it's Free, please give it a try and let me know any feedback.
2024 · timestored.com · its alternatives →
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Convert tables stored as images to an usable .csv file - artperrin/image2csv
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I built CSV GB+ by Data.olllo, a local data tool that lets you open, clean, and export gigabyte-sized CSVs (even billions of rows) without writing code. Most spreadsheet apps choke on big files. Coding in pandas or Polars works—but not everyone wants to write scripts just to filter or merge CSVs. CSV GB+ gives you a fast, point-and-click interface built on dual backends (memory-optimized or disk-backed) so you can process huge datasets offline. Key Features: Handles massive CSVs with ease — merge, split, dedup, filter, batch export Smart engine switch: disk-based "V Core" or RAM-based "P…
2025 · apps.microsoft.com · its alternatives →
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OpenSheet▲86Hi folks. I've been doing some experiments on how LLMs could get more handy in the day to day of working with files (CSV, Parquet, etc). Earlier last year, I built https://datakit.page and evolved it over and over into an all in-browser experience with help of duckdb-wasm. Got loads of feedbacks and I think it turned into a good shape with being an adhoc local data studio, but I kept hearing two main things/issues: Why can't the AI also change cells in the file we give to it? Why can't we modify this grid ourselves? So besides the whole READ and text-to-SQL flows, what seemed…
Feb 2026 · opensheet.app · its alternatives →
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Simple command-line utility to convert CSV, TSV and Excel files into a single self-contained HTML page with search, filters, and sorting - vividvilla/csvtotable
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2017 · csvshare.com · its alternatives →
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Secure, offline & privacy first PDF table extraction!
2025 · pdftableconvert.com · its alternatives →
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Edit CSV cells, convert files to Excel, JSON, or SQL, and merge CSVs into one table. 63 free tools that run in your browser — no signup.
Jul 2026 · csvtool.io · its alternatives →
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An intuitive CSV Importer and CSV File Merging tool.
2019 · mightymerge.io · its alternatives →
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SmoothCSV▲11Hi HN, I'm kohii, a software engineer from Japan. I've been building CSV editors for 15 years. This is my third rewrite from scratch, built with Tauri, Rust, and web technologies. *Why I built this:* Modern dev tools, that I use daily, are incredibly polished. CSV editors, not so much. I wanted a tool that handles CSVs as they are (messy column counts, various encodings, any delimiter or quoting style), preserves the original format, and gives you a polished spreadsheet UI with thoughtful UX. *What SmoothCSV does:* - *Fast*: Opens 100MB files in 1.6 seconds. (12x faster than Excel) -…
2025 · smoothcsv.com · its alternatives →
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CSV.ink▲5Quickly read CSV files, edit CSV tables, and convert CSV.
Jul 2026 · csv.ink · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, solo dev here. After years of frustration with how LLMs handle complex documents, especially PDFs with tables, I decided to build a solution myself. My approach uses a Markdown conversion step to preserve the table structure, which seems to work surprisingly well for chunking. This little parser is the first public piece of a much larger, privacy-focused AI platform I'm building. I'm pretty much running on fumes financially, so any feedback, critique, or support is massively appreciated. Happy to answer any questions about the approach!
Nov 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Batch convert PDFs to xlsx / csv
2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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