Michael
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Stand up the seamless-download path for non-technical buyers:
* .github/workflows/build.yml — matrix CI (mac/win/linux) that builds
PyInstaller bundles and packages them per platform on tag push,
attaching the resulting installers to a GitHub Release.
* build/installer.iss — Inno Setup script for the Windows installer
(per-user install, optional desktop shortcut, runs on finish).
* build/macos/build_dmg.sh — wraps DataTools.app into a .dmg with a
drag-to-/Applications layout.
* build/appimage/{AppRun,datatools.desktop,build.sh} — AppImage recipe.
* src/__init__.py — single source of truth for __version__; the spec
reads it (was hardcoded), CI passes it through to all packagers.
Buyer download path now lives in the top-level README. Per-build
README documents the Phase 2 step (signing/notarization) that needs
the owner's Apple Developer + Windows code-signing credentials —
those are intentionally not in CI yet because they require setup
outside this repo.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
DataTools
Local CSV / Excel cleaning. CLI + browser GUI, no cloud, no install ceremony.
Tools
| # | Tool | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Deduplicator — exact + fuzzy match, 5 normalizers, survivor rules, audit | Ready |
| 02 | Text Cleaner — whitespace, smart chars, BOM, line endings, case ops | Ready |
| 03 | Format Standardizer — dates, phones, emails, addresses, names, currencies, booleans | Ready |
| 04 | Missing Value Handler — disguised-null detection, profile, mean/median/mode/ffill/bfill/interpolate, drop strategies | Ready |
| 05 | Column Mapper — fuzzy auto-rename, target schema with type coercion, required fields with defaults, drop/reorder | Ready |
| 06 | Outlier Detector | Coming Soon |
| 07 | Multi-File Merger | Coming Soon |
| 08 | Validator & Reporter | Coming Soon |
| 09 | Pipeline Runner — chain tools with recommended (not forced) order, save/load JSON, automate weekly cleanups | Ready |
Download (non-technical users)
Pre-built installers — no Python required:
| Platform | Download | First-launch note |
|---|---|---|
| macOS | DataTools-X.Y.Z-mac.dmg |
Drag DataTools.app into /Applications, then double-click. |
| Windows | DataTools-X.Y.Z-win-setup.exe |
Run the installer; launches from Start Menu. |
| Linux | DataTools-X.Y.Z-linux-x86_64.AppImage |
chmod +x the file, then double-click. |
Latest release: see GitHub Releases (or the Gumroad listing). The installers are ~150–200 MB; the launcher boots a local server at http://127.0.0.1:8501 and opens your browser. Nothing is sent to the cloud.
Install from source (developers)
pip install -r requirements.txt
Python 3.10+ required.
Run
GUI (recommended):
streamlit run src/gui/app.py
CLI — seven entry points:
python -m src.cli customers.csv [--apply] # dedup
python -m src.cli_text_clean messy.csv [--apply] # text clean
python -m src.cli_format intl.csv [--apply] # format standardize (auto-streams >100 MB)
python -m src.cli_missing holes.csv [--apply] # missing values
python -m src.cli_column_map vendor.csv [--apply] # column mapper
python -m src.cli_pipeline any_file.csv [--apply] # chain tools end-to-end
python -m src.cli_analyze any_file.csv [--json] # scan only
Every CLI runs preview-only by default; add --apply to write output.
Review & Normalize gate
Every uploaded file passes through a CSV-normalization gate before any tool sees it. The analyzer flags ~15 issue types (whitespace, NBSP / zero-width chars, BOM, encoding, smart punct, dirty headers, null sentinels, mojibake, …) tagged by confidence (high / medium / low) and fix action. The GUI shows each finding with Auto-fix / Skip / Customize, a live before/after preview, and an encoding-override picker. Tool pages refuse to load until the gate passes.
Output
Every run writes:
{input}_<tool>.csv— the cleaned data{input}_changes.csv(text cleaner) or{input}_match_groups.csv(dedup) — audit traillogs/<tool>_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.log— debug-level run log
Original input file is never modified.
Docs
- User Guide — install, GUI workflow, gate
- CLI Reference — every flag with recipes
- Requirements — file sizes, encodings, detectors, perf targets
- Technical — architecture, gate internals, fix registry
- Developer Guide — adding fixes / detectors / standardizers
Dependencies
pandas, openpyxl, rapidfuzz, phonenumbers, typer, loguru, charset-normalizer, streamlit. Optional: ftfy for mojibake repair.
License
Proprietary.