OpenRefine is a Java-based power tool that allows you to load data, understand it, clean it up, reconcile it, and augment it with data coming from the web. All from a web browser and the comfort and privacy of your own computer.
Latest development version, packaged for:
If you have cloned this repository to your computer, you can run OpenRefine with:
./refine
on Mac OS and Linuxrefine.bat
on Windows
This requires JDK 11, Apache Maven and NPM.
OpenRefine is open source software and is licensed under the BSD license
located in the LICENSE.txt. See the folder licenses
for information on open source
libraries that OpenRefine depends on.
This software was created by Metaweb Technologies, Inc. and originally written and conceived by David Huynh dfhuynh@google.com. Metaweb Technologies, Inc. was acquired by Google, Inc. in July 2010 and the product was renamed Google Refine. In October 2012, it was renamed OpenRefine as it transitioned to a community-supported product.
See CONTRIBUTING.md for instructions on how to contribute yourself.