Format guide
CSV
Comma-Separated Values
CSV is plain text, one row per line, fields separated by commas. The simplest possible tabular data format, which is exactly why it remains the most portable: every spreadsheet, database, programming language, and analytics tool reads CSV. Tradeoffs: no formulas, no formatting, no multiple sheets, and various edge cases around quoting fields that contain commas or newlines.
How to open a CSV file
Excel, Google Sheets, Apple Numbers, LibreOffice Calc, any text editor, every database import wizard, every programming language with one line of code.
Primary use
Universal tabular data interchange.
Convert other formats to CSV
- XLSX → CSV
- JSON → CSV
- OFX → CSV
- QFX → CSV
- QBO → CSV
- QIF → CSV
- Apple Health → CSV
- Apple Health Heart Rate → CSV
- Apple Health Steps → CSV
- Apple Health Sleep → CSV
- Apple Health Workouts → CSV
- Kindle Clippings → CSV
- GEDCOM → CSV
- BibTeX → CSV
- RIS → CSV
- ADIF → CSV
- PGN → CSV
- WhatsApp Chat → CSV
- EML → CSV
- Twitter Archive → CSV
- Instagram Data → CSV
- SARIF → CSV
- EDI X12 → CSV
- EDIFACT → CSV
- PACER docket → CSV
- IFC → CSV (quantity takeoff)
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