Show HN: Parqeye – A CLI tool to visualize and inspect Parquet files

Summary

parqeye parqeye lets you peek inside your Parquet files. Instantly inspect their contents, schema, and metadata — right from your terminal. Features Interactive Data Visualization - Browse through your Parquet data in a table view with keyboard navigation. - Browse through your Parquet data in a table view with keyboard navigation. Schema Explorer - Inspect column types, nested structures, and field definitions. - Inspect column types, nested structures, and field definitions. File Metadata - View Parquet file-level metadata including version, created by, encoding stats and more. - View Parquet file-level metadata including version, created by, encoding stats and more. Row Group Statistics - Examine row group-level metadata, statistics, and data distribution across groups. - Examine row group-level metadata, statistics, and data distribution across groups. Tab-based Interface - Quickly switch between Visualize, Schema, Metadata, and Row Groups views. - Quickly switch between Visualize, Schema, Metadata, and Row Groups views. Terminal-native - Works directly in your terminal. Usage Run parqeye by providing the path to the .parquet file. parqeye <path-to-parquet-file> Installation Direct Download You can download the latest release from the Releases page. Build from Source You can build from source by downloading the repository and running the following command: cargo build --release Build from Cargo If you use Rust, build directly from crates.io cargo install parqeye License This package is released under the MIT License. Acknowledgements csvlens for the inspiration TODOs