Data Preview installs statistics
By Random Fractals Inc. (3 listings) · VS Code Marketplace · Programming Languages
Data Preview ?? extension for importing ?? viewing ?? slicing ?? dicing ?? charting ?? & exporting ?? large JSON array/config, YAML, Apache Arrow, Avro, Parquet & Excel data files
Data Preview has 794,469 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, ranking #621 of 2,501 tracked listings.
Rating: 3.87 / 5 from 52 ratings
About Data Preview
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Data Preview 🈸 extension for importing 📤 viewing 🔎 slicing 🔪 dicing 🎲 charting 📊 & exporting 📥 large .json array .arrow .avro .parquet data files, .config .env .properties .ini .yml configurations files, .csv/.tsv & .xlsx/.xlsb Excel files and .md markdown tables with Perspective - streaming data analytics WebAssembly library.

🈸 Features
- Preview
.json.arrow.avro.parquet.yml.csv/.tsv&.xlsx/.xlsbdata files in a Data Grid w/Sorting & Filtering - Grid Data Summary display w/Aggregate Functions, Row & Column Pivots (a.k.a.
Group By&Split By) - Basic Charts 📊 creation w/Aggregate Functions, Row & Column Pivots
- Pluggable Charting 📊 libraries for bult-in Charts: d3fc || highcharts
- Persistent Data Preview Settings (View, Sort, Filter, Pivots, etc.) for restore of open Data View panels on VSCode Reload
- Mulptiple Spreadsheets Data Preview for
Exceldata files - Markdown tables data preview for
.mddocumentation files - Data
.schema.jsongeneration for Arrow & Avro Data Schema Text Previews in JSON format - Binary Data files
.jsongeneration for Arrow, Avro &Excelformats for Text Data Preview - Property Grid display for
.json.config.env.properties.ini&.ymlconfiguration files - Open Data Preview on Side option for slim data || config files
- Quick Launch new Data Preview input box for data files in open workspace
- Save Filtered Data Grid || Chart 📊 Data in
.arrow.csv.json(s).yml&.propertiesformats - Save & Load Data View
.configoptions - Dark, Light, Dense & High Contrast Blue Data Preview 🈸 Panel UI Themes
Next V.
- Will include large text & binary data files loading & Apache Arrow data streaming.
Note: Data Preview 🈸 is already capable of loading a few 10+MB's large data files with 100+K records & extensive list of supported Data Formats you'll be hard pressed to find on VSCode marketplace in one extension.
See data/large/... data folder for sample large data files and Data View .configs you can try in Data Preview 🈸.
Installation
Install Data Preview 🈸 via vscode Extensions tab (Ctrl+Shift+X) by searching for data preview || via VSCode marketplace search results.
List of Data Preview 🈸 extension config Settings, data.preview command(s), keyboard shortcut(s), augmented vscode UI context menus, added Data Language mappings, supported Data Files list & configurable Theme & Charts 📊 Settings:

Configuration
Create User or Workspace Settings in vscode to change default Data Preview 🈸 extension Settings:…
Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.
- arrow
- async data
- avro
- charts
- config
- Configuration
- csv
- data export
- data formatter
- data import
- data inspector 🕵️
- data preview
- data schema
- data tools
- data view
- data viewer
- dataViz
- dif
- editable grid
- env
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Listing: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=RandomFractalsInc.vscode-data-preview. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 20, 2026. See the methodology.