# Acknowledgements
## Inspiration
**[VisiData](https://www.visidata.org)** by [Saul Pwanson](https://github.com/saulpw)
([saul@visidata.org](mailto:saul@visidata.org)) — MIT License
tuitab was directly inspired by VisiData, a terminal-based spreadsheet multitool
that reimagines how tabular data can be explored interactively from the command line.
VisiData's approach to keyboard-driven navigation, sheet stacking, and column
aggregators shaped the core design of tuitab.
If you enjoy tuitab, please consider trying VisiData — it has a much broader
feature set, supports more formats, and has a thriving community.
## Built with
tuitab is built on top of several excellent open source libraries:
- **[ratatui](https://github.com/ratatui/ratatui)** — TUI framework for Rust
- **[Polars](https://github.com/pola-rs/polars)** — fast DataFrame library for Rust
- **[crossterm](https://github.com/crossterm-rs/crossterm)** — terminal manipulation
- **[clap](https://github.com/clap-rs/clap)** — command-line argument parsing
- **[calamine](https://github.com/tafia/calamine)** — Excel file reader
- **[rusqlite](https://github.com/rusqlite/rusqlite)** — SQLite bindings