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multiprocessio / datastation

datastation

App to easily query, script, and visualize data from every database, file, and API.

2Distinct people
44Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
3KGitHub stars
REPOSITORY AT A GLANCE

What to know before exploring

What it is

App to easily query, script, and visualize data from every database, file, and API.

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Where it is used

No documented product use has been verified yet.

What people are saying

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 3:38:16 PM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by month44 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2021-06-12 11:55:28 UTC to 2023-03-08 21:42:53 UTC.

02462021-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsJun 20212021-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments2021-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments2021-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2021-11-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 0 submissions, 4 comments2021-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 6 mentions; 1 submissions, 5 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 0 submissions, 4 comments2022-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments2022-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-04-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 7 mentions; 0 submissions, 7 comments2022-04-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 0 submissions, 5 commentsApr 20222022-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 1 submissions, 3 comments2022-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2022-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-11-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-04-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsMar 2023

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Jun 20212021-06-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-07-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Jul 20212021-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-08-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 20212021-08-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-09-01 00:00:00 UTC303
Sep 20212021-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-10-01 00:00:00 UTC303
Oct 20212021-10-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-11-01 00:00:00 UTC202
Nov 20212021-11-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-12-01 00:00:00 UTC404
Dec 20212021-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC615
Jan 20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-02-01 00:00:00 UTC404
Feb 20222022-02-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-03-01 00:00:00 UTC303
Mar 20222022-03-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-04-01 00:00:00 UTC707
Apr 20222022-04-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-05-01 00:00:00 UTC505
May 20222022-05-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-06-01 00:00:00 UTC413
Jun 20222022-06-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-07-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Jul 20222022-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-08-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 20222022-08-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-09-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 20222022-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-10-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 20222022-10-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-11-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 20222022-11-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-12-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 20222022-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-02-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 20232023-02-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-03-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 20232023-03-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-04-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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I build a desktop data IDE that helps you query files, APIs, databases; script the results; and graph/export. It was important to me to be desktop-first so that you can try it out at work without needing to go through the rigmarole required of a SaaS data analysis product. It'd be as hard to get permission for as installing Sublime or DBeaver. If I got funding or this becomes sustainable I'd be interesting in building native versions. https://github.com/multiprocessio/datastation
In Ask HN: Why aren't devs making desktop apps any more?
When I worked as an employee I contributed mostly just with docs fixes or bug reports (and not that often). I think it's mostly a mindset of seeing an issue yourself and noticing that others probably also are confused or misled by something so you go and report it! Now that I'm working full-time on open-source and my own company I can contribute more easily to projects like upgrading SQLite source in a few bindings libraries [0], [1], [2] when 3.38 came out. If anyone is interested in contributing to open-source and wants a bit more guidance though I have a number of good "first timer" projects related to data tooling for [3]. Only expectation is that you have some experience with Go. Join discord.multiprocess.io, go to the #dev channel and say hi! [0] https://github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3/pull/1019 [1] https://github.com/mapbox/node-sqlite
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In Ask HN: Do you contribute to open source projects?
In addition to jq (already mentioned) here are some other useful CLI tools for dealing with JSON data. Descriptions are directly from GitHub. Note: dsq also has a companion GUI app called DataStation[0] if you're looking for that. fx: Command-line JSON processing tool - https://github.com/antonmedv/fx dasel: JSON, YAML, TOML, XML, and CSV query and modification tool - https://github.com/TomWright/dasel dsq: CLI tool for running SQL queries against JSON, CSV, Excel, Parquet, and more - https://github.com/multiprocessio/dsq gron: Make JSON greppable - https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron jello: Filter JSON and JSON Lines data with Python syntax - https://github.com/kellyjonbrazil/jello jless: Command-line pager for JSON data - https://github.com/PaulJuliusMartinez/jless jid: Json incremental digger - https://github.com/simeji/jid jql: JSON que
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In Ask HN: Local Tools for Viewing JSON
I've got a lot of good first projects for github.com/multiprocessio/datastation and github.com/multiprocessio/dsq. If you have any experience in Go it will be easy to get you up and running. I've already had a few students and self-learners start contributing. Join #dev on discord.multiprocess.io and say hi and I'll show you some of the stuff you can help with.
In Ask HN: Who is looking for help on a project?
SEEKING WORK | NYC | Remote OK 10 years as a dev and eng manager at startups and Oracle. Take a look at notes.eatonphil.com and github.com/eatonphil please. If you still need a resume I can send one. Email phil@multiprocess.io. I'm looking for at most 20 hours a week so I can continue working on my company, multiprocess.io. I am building github.com/multiprocessio/datastation and github.com/multiprocessio/dsq in public and they are used by a number of developers. I host a hacker Discord and a monthly virtual Meetup to expose devs to internals of compilers, databases, emulators, browsers, operating systems, etc. Besides the multiprocess work, I have a numerous public Github projects and, fun fact, 10 of my technical blog posts were on the front of HN last year. I'd be particularly excited to help you out with your internally-developed compi
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lers/interpreters/databases. But I'm also happy to help out with business applications.
In Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (March 2022)
Location: NYC Remote: Yep Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Go, Python, Node/JS/TS, React, Electron; PostgreSQL, SQLite Resume/CV: 10 years as a dev and eng manager at startups and Oracle. Take a look at notes.eatonphil.com and github.com/eatonphil please. If you still need a resume I can send one. Email: phil@multiprocess.io I'm looking for at most 20 hours a week so I can continue working on my company, multiprocess.io. I am building github.com/multiprocessio/datastation and github.com/multiprocessio/dsq in public and they are used by a number of developers. I host a hacker Discord and a monthly virtual Meetup to expose devs to internals of compilers, databases, emulators, browsers, operating systems, etc. Besides the multiprocess work, I have a numerous public Github projects and, fun fact, 10 of my technical blog posts were on the
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front of HN last year. I'd be particularly excited to help you out with your internally-developed compilers/interpreters/databases. But I'm also happy to help out with business applications.
In Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2022)

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