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salaheddine Ennouami
salaheddine Ennouami

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From CSV to insights: building an open-source analytics SaaS

I wanted something fast, simple, and browser-based — no Excel, no heavy BI tools, no setup.
Just upload a CSV and immediately understand the data.

🚀 What the tool does

  • Upload any CSV file
  • Automatically analyze columns and data types
  • Generate charts and distributions
  • Provide dataset profiling and quick insights
  • Clean, SaaS-style UI focused on speed

🔗 Open-source on GitHub

https://github.com/boj1ck/saas-csv-analytics

🤔 Why not Excel or traditional BI tools?

Excel works, but it’s slow and manual.
BI tools are powerful, but often heavy, complex, and overkill for quick exploration.

I wanted something:

  • Instant
  • Web-based
  • Developer-friendly
  • Focused on exploration, not configuration

🛠 Tech stack (high-level)

  • Frontend: modern React-based UI
  • Data parsing & profiling
  • Charts & visual analytics
  • SaaS-style architecture with performance in mind

💬 Feedback welcome

This is an active project and I’m improving it continuously.
If you have ideas, feedback, or feature requests, I’d love to hear them.

If you find it useful, a GitHub star helps a lot 🙏

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