qsv pro Spotlight

qsv pro

Tier: Beginner

qsv pro is the desktop GUI companion to qsv. If you'd rather drop a file and click around than type into a terminal, qsv pro is for you.

It uses the same qsv engine under the hood (so same speed, same correctness), with a graphical layer on top: drag-and-drop file opening, interactive data exploration, AI assistant, charts, and a pro command in qsv itself that bridges the CLI to the GUI.

What it adds over the CLI

Feature	CLI (qsv)	qsv pro (GUI)
Open a CSV	qsv lens data.csv (TUI)	Drag-and-drop into the window
Statistical profile	qsv stats --everything	Auto-runs on open, displayed as cards
Filter / search	qsv search --select X 'pattern'	Click filter panel
Pivot	qsv pivotp	Pivot wizard with drag-target dropzones
Charts	external tool	Built-in plotting
AI assistant	qsv describegpt	Conversational sidebar
Export	qsv to parquet, qsv to xlsx, …	Export menu
Workflow recording	Manual shell history	Visual Workflow panel

The Workflow panel records every action you take and emits a reproducible script — bridging the GUI experience to a CLI artifact you can commit and re-run.

Download

qsv pro homepage has the download badges. Direct links by platform:

• macOS: qsv.dathere.com/download/qsv-pro/macos
• Windows: qsv.dathere.com/download/qsv-pro/windows
• Linux (deb): qsv.dathere.com/download/qsv-pro/linux-deb
• Linux (rpm): qsv.dathere.com/download/qsv-pro/linux-rpm
• Linux (AppImage): qsv.dathere.com/download/qsv-pro/linux-appimage

Bridge: the pro command

qsv has a built-in pro command that talks to a running qsv pro instance on the same machine. Two subcommands:

• qsv pro lens <file> — opens a CSV in csvlens inside an Alacritty terminal (Windows only).
• qsv pro workflow <file> — imports a file into qsv pro's Workflow panel.

qsv pro workflow ~/Downloads/data.csv
# qsv pro must be running on the same machine.

Accepts CSV, TSV, SSV, TAB, XLSX, XLS, XLSB, XLSM, ODS — qsv pro auto-converts.

See Integrations → qsv pro bridge for the command details.

When to pick qsv pro

Use qsv pro when:

• You prefer a graphical interface
• You're onboarding non-technical users who'd struggle with the CLI
• You want a visual Workflow record of an analysis to share
• You want charts inline without involving another tool

Stick with the CLI when:

• You want scriptable, reproducible analytics in CI / Make / shell
• You're processing data at scale (qsv pro is designed for interactive exploration; the CLI handles 100 GB+ files comfortably)
• You're inside a notebook (Jupyter / Polars) — embed qsv via subprocess instead

You can switch between them on the same file — qsv pro is just the CLI engine with a UI on top.

Plans

Some features (workflow saving, large file processing, ...) may require a paid plan. See qsvpro.dathere.com for current pricing.

See also

• qsv pro homepage
• Integrations → qsv pro bridge — the bridge command
• Selection & Inspection → lens — the CLI's interactive viewer (TUI)
• Claude Cowork Plugin — alternative interactive layer (via Claude Desktop)
• MCP Server — alternative for AI-driven workflows
• Integrations
• Binary Variants