File compatibility
Import
Section titled “Import”| Format | Becomes |
|---|---|
| CSV / TSV (auto-detected) | Table |
| Parquet | Table |
| JSON / JSONL | Table |
| gzip of the above | Table |
| XLSX | Editable sheets |
Imports are streamed and reviewed in a side pane with column types and samples before commit. Drag and drop or pass a path on the command line.
Export
Section titled “Export”| Source | Formats |
|---|---|
| Any table or filtered view | CSV, Parquet, JSON lines |
| Sheets | XLSX, with a report of anything XLSX cannot hold |
XLSX round-trip
Section titled “XLSX round-trip”Formatting (bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, sizes, colours, borders, alignment, wrap, number formats, merged cells) and layout (frozen rows and columns, sizes, hidden rows and columns) are kept through XLSX import and export.
Storage
Section titled “Storage”Every workbook is a DuckDB file plus sheet data in a plain directory (--data-dir,
default ./alephgrid-data). Nothing is uploaded anywhere: backups are file copies, covered in
the operations guide.