Instant Terminal Dashboards for Anything.

DataDash 📊 is a blazingly fast, pipe-able command-line tool for visualizing structured data (JSON) in your terminal. Stop scrolling, start seeing.

Install for Free

From Data Stream to Dashboard. Instantly.

Pipe any JSON Lines (.jsonl) stream into DataDash and define your widgets with simple, intuitive commands. Monitor logs, system stats, API responses, and more.

💡 Have a standard JSON or CSV file?

DataDash requires the JSON Lines (.jsonl) format. You can convert any file format, including standard JSON, using our sister tool, Datamorph.

$ datamorph convert your-file.json your-file.jsonl Get Datamorph for free →

Animated demo of DataDash showing a live terminal dashboard with various widgets.

Monitor Live Log Files

Tail a log file, convert it to JSONL, and monitor key metrics in real-time with the new `timeseries` widget.

tail -f access.log | datamorph -f common-log -o jsonl | datadash --follow \
-t "Requests / min" \
-w "timeseries .timestamp by 1m"

Inspect API Responses

Instantly visualize a JSON response from any API endpoint.

curl -s 'https://api.example.com/users' | jq -c '.[]' | datadash \
-t "User Details" -w "table .name .email" \
-t "City Distribution" -w "barchart .address.city"

Analyze Local Data

Dashboard large JSON or JSONL files right on your machine.

cat data.jsonl | datadash \
-t "Total Events" -w "count" \
-t "Avg. Latency" -w "barchart avg .latency_ms by .endpoint"

Powerful Widgets for Every Need

📊 Bar & Aggregation Charts

Visualize frequency counts or aggregate numerical data (sum, avg, min, max).

🕒 Timeseries ChartsPRO

Automatically bucket time-series data into intervals (1s, 1m, 1h).

📈 Line Charts

Plot numerical data with interactive zooming and panning.

📋 Tables

Display structured data in a clean, scrollable table with column aliasing.

📈 Sparklines

Track trends of numerical data in a compact, inline format.

🔢 Big Numbers

Highlight a key metric or a single important value with large text.

⭕ Gauges

Display a value as a percentage of a whole, from 0 to 100.

🥧 Pie Charts

Show the proportion of different categories as a percentage.

Free vs. Pro

Feature	Free Tier	Pro Tier
All Core Widgets (Table, BarChart, etc.)	✅	✅
Grid, Row, and Column Layouts	✅	✅
Read from File or Stdin	✅	✅
Append Mode for Watch (`--append`)	✅	✅
Timeseries Widget	❌	✅
Live Data Watching (`--watch`)	❌	✅
Live File Tailing (`--follow`)	❌	✅
Advanced Pre-filtering (`--where`)	❌	✅
Data Sampling (`--sample-rate`)	❌	✅

Get Started in Seconds

DataDash is a single, portable binary with no dependencies. Install it with one command.

macOS & Linux (via Shell)

curl -sSL https://download.datadash.dev/install.sh | sh

Windows (via PowerShell)

irm https://download.datadash.dev/install.ps1 | iex