Clea - CSV Light Edit with AI

A high-performance CSV editing application for Mac, built with Tauri and React.

Overview

Clea is a lightweight yet powerful desktop application designed to handle CSV files efficiently. Built with Rust backend (Tauri) and React frontend, it provides a smooth editing experience even with large datasets.

Features

• Fast File Loading: Efficiently load and process CSV files of various sizes
• Intuitive Table View: Clean, spreadsheet-like interface for viewing and editing data
• File Information Panel: Quick access to file metadata including row count, column count, file size, delimiter, and encoding
• Advanced Filtering: Apply filters to narrow down data
• Sorting & Search: Sort columns and search across your data
• Data Quality Tools: Built-in quality checks and validation rules
• Multiple Export Formats: Export data to CSV, TSV, Markdown tables, or JSON (array/object format)
• Column Management: View and manage all columns at a glance

Screenshots

Initial screen with no file loaded

CSV file loaded with table view and file information panel

Export data in multiple formats

Technology Stack

• Backend: Rust with Tauri v1
• Frontend: React 19 with TypeScript
• UI Components: shadcn/ui
• Styling: Tailwind CSS

Development

Setup

cd app
pnpm install        # Install dependencies

# Optional: Configure AI settings
cd src-tauri
cp .env.example .env  # Copy and edit as needed
cd ../..

# Run development server
cd app
pnpm tauri dev

AI Configuration

AI features can be customized via environment variables. See detailed configuration guide:

• AI Configuration Documentation
• .env.example template

Quick setup:

cd app/src-tauri
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env to customize AI settings

Build

cd app
pnpm build          # Build frontend
pnpm tauri build    # Build release version

Keyboard Shortcuts

For a complete list of keyboard shortcuts and comparison with Google SpreadSheet and Excel, see:

• Keyboard Shortcuts Documentation