Avro viewer
To open a Avro file, drop it in the box below. It opens straight away, even with no extension or the wrong one. Your browser opens it on your device: nothing is uploaded.
What you see
| Avro in the viewer | |
|---|---|
| Codecs | null, deflate, Snappy and Zstandard |
| Types | Every Avro type, with dates, timestamps and decimals written out |
| Size | Files up to 1 GB |
| Files with no extension | Opened from their bytes (Obj 01) |
| Extensions | .avro |
| Upload | None: opened on your device |
What is a Avro file?
Avro is a row format with its schema inside the file, used by Kafka, Hadoop and data pipelines for records that travel between systems.
The records in a table you can sort, filter and search, nested records and lists as JSON. Schema lists the columns and shows the schema itself as a tree. Details lists the rows, blocks and codec.
How to open a Avro file
- Add your Avro. Drop the file in the box, choose it or paste it.
- Look at it. The records in a table you can sort, filter and search, nested records and lists as JSON. Schema lists the columns and shows the schema itself as a tree. Details lists the rows, blocks and codec.
- Take it further. Open in hands it, in a new tab, to File converter.
Questions
Drop it here. The schema in the file says what each field is, so the records open as a table straight away.
Each nested record, list or map is one cell of JSON text, and keeps its structure when saved as JSON.
No. The viewer runs in your browser and opens the file on your device. Nothing is sent anywhere.