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

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Found: November 17, 2025

ID: 2431

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CLI Tool

Show HN: Parqeye – A CLI tool to visualize and inspect Parquet files I built a Rust-based CLI/terminal UI for inspecting Parquet files—data, metadata, and row-group-level structure—right from the terminal. If someone sent me a Parquet file, I used to open DuckDB or Polars just to see what was inside. Now I can do it with one command.

Repo: https://github.com/kaushiksrini/parqeye

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