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OpenRefine

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OpenRefine is a power tool for working with messy data, cleaning it up, transforming it from one format into another, extending it with web services, and linking it to databases like Freebase.

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License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Country of Origin

  • US flagUnited States

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
4.5 / 5 Avg rating (2)
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Features

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  1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
  2.  Data Cleansing

 Tags

  • etl-tool
  • business-analytics
  • business-tool
  • messy-data
  • Data Analysis
  • programming
  • etl

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OpenRefine information

  • Developed by

    US flagOpenRefine
  • Licensing

    Open Source (BSD-3-Clause) and Free product.
  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.5
  • Alternatives

    12 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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Development

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  •  11,382 Stars
  •  2,064 Forks
  •  672 Open Issues
  •   Updated Jun 11, 2025 
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Our users have written 2 comments and reviews about OpenRefine, and it has gotten 28 likes

OpenRefine was added to AlternativeTo by Thelle Christensen on Jan 26, 2012 and this page was last updated Apr 9, 2025. OpenRefine is sometimes referred to as Google Refine, GoogleRefine, Open Refine.

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Top Positive Comment
Alan Thorne
Mar 27, 2021
0

I like OpenRefine because it's free, open source, and pretty easy to use.

Jonathan Brier
Jan 24, 2019
0

A must have tool for mass data cleaning and has WikiData integration for semantic linking!

What is OpenRefine?

OpenRefine is a power tool for working with messy data, cleaning it up, transforming it from one format into another, extending it with web services, and linking it to databases like Freebase.

This tool was previously known as Freebase Gridworks.

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