Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to ThingieQuery
An Excel plugin that makes using SQL in Excel easy
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. ThingieQuery launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Seamlessly convert any database into Excel report
2021 · its alternatives →
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Hiya HN! TextQuery is my sabbatical project that I have been working on for the past six months. It was born out of a personal pain point. Anytime I wanted to analyze raw CSV data, I had to create a schema first before I could import it for querying. And to create charts, I had to use yet another tool. I also disliked how bad charts from popular tools like Excel, Google Sheets looked like. I wanted an easier way to do this and TextQuery was my solution: an all-in-one tool to query CSV files using SQL and create beautiful visualizations as well. Currently, it's a macOS app and focused on CSV…
2025 · textquery.app · its alternatives →
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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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Osquery▲67SQL powered operating system instrumentation and analytics.
2014 · osquery.io · its alternatives →
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Rows▲511Import business data and analyze it using plain language.
2021 · rows.com · its alternatives →
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sqanything▲89Query any data tables on the Web with SQL
2021 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Anyquery▲110Query anything with SQL (e.g. Notion, GitHub, JSON)
2024 · anyquery.dev · its alternatives →
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2015 · thingiequery.com · its alternatives →
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2017 · spreadsheetdb.io · its alternatives →
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I've built a plugin for Excel that lets you use SQL inside Excel. Here are two demo/tutorial videos I've made: Damo 1 -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld-mbyAGsow Damo 2 -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vjlEd2-bJQ The website is here: http://thingiequery.com/ I've already posted about it a week ago, but kinda clumsily so this is a repost (it says in the guide that an occasional repost is fine, so here's one). This is the original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9359128 And here is a Reddit thread on the plugin:…
2015 · its alternatives →
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Features Spreadsheet-like interface All you want is here • Cell Editing: Directly click and edit content within cells. • Formula Support: Input mathematical and logical formulas to auto-calculate values. • Data Sorting and Filtering: Sort data based on a column or multiple columns; use filters to view specific rows of data. • Aggregation Function: Automatically summarize statistics for each column, providing instant calculations like sum, average, count, max, and min for streamlined data analysis. • Data Formatting: formatting numbers, dates, etc. • Grouping: Organize rows into collapsible…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hello HN! I've developed a tool named SheetSQL that allows you to query, join, export, and schedule your queries to Google Sheets through a straightforward SQL interface in the browser. This tool is a simple, first iteration of the idea, so I'm eager to receive feedback on it. You can contact me at taras [at] sheetsql.io :D. I'd love to find out if it could be useful for folks out there! As someone working in fintech, I constantly deal with sheets and often find it challenging to perform seemingly simple tasks like JOINs natively. However, I'm familiar with SQL, which inspired the creation…
2024 · sheetsql.io · its alternatives →
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TABLUM.IO▲159Turn CSV, XML & JSON into a live analysis-ready SQL database
2023 · tablum.io · its alternatives →
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A SQL spreadsheet desktop app that queries and visualizes CSV files using SQL.
2021 · superintendent.app · its alternatives →
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2014 · sqlsmash.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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WhatTheDuck is an in-browser sql tool to analyze csv files that uses duckdb-wasm under the hood. Please provide feedback/issues/pull requests.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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QueryCraft▲76Lightspeed query generation for SQL and Pandas
2023 · lifeontrack.co · its alternatives →
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2021 · spanrr.com · its alternatives →
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A desktop CSV editor for data publishers
2016 · comma-chameleon.io · its alternatives →
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