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Getting Started

To get started using ParquetViewer checkout the Basics page. It contains information on how to open parquet files and navigate them.

Running SQL Queries

To learn more about how to query your parquet data using predicates, checkout the Running Queries page.

Video Tutorials

Video tutorials created by the community can be found below

• Introduction on how to use ParquetViewer
• How to install .NET Desktop Runtime 7 and run ParquetViewer for the first time

Learn More

To learn more about ParquetViewer and its features, take a look at these other pages in the wiki.

• Tips For Large Files
• Useful Tools
• User Settings
• Privacy Policy
• Make Default App for .parquet Files

Self Contained Executable

Differences between app variants are shown in the following table:

	ParquetViewer.exe	ParquetViewer_SelfContained.exe
App Startup Speed	Fast	Slow
Needs .NET Desktop Runtime	Yes	No

Both versions of the app are equivalent in performance when it comes to opening parquet files.