TUI Overview¶

Knowhere provides a Vim-style terminal interface for querying data files.

Knowhere TUI Terminal interface showing query editor and results table

Features¶

Vim-style navigation - Familiar keybindings for Vim users
Split-pane layout - Query editor and results side by side
Result scrolling - Navigate large result sets
Multiple formats - CSV, Parquet, Delta Lake, SQLite

Usage¶

# Single file
knowhere data.csv
knowhere sales.parquet

# Directory (each file becomes a table)
knowhere ./data-folder/

# SQLite database
knowhere database.db

# Non-interactive mode
knowhere --query "SELECT * FROM data" data.csv

Output Formats¶

# Table format (default in TUI)
knowhere --query "SELECT * FROM data" --format table data.csv

# CSV output
knowhere --query "SELECT * FROM data" --format csv data.csv

# JSON output
knowhere --query "SELECT * FROM data" --format json data.csv