open source multimodal data IDE

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Give your data files an intuitive, visual sense

Plug and play

SmooSense works directly on your folders and files (local or S3) for maximum flexibility. It fits seamlessly into your existing workflow, bringing intuitive visual understanding to your data.

Purpose-built for multimodal

Specially optimized for browsing and exploratory analysis of multimodal data.

Clear at a glance. Full details just a click away.

All in one place

Stop juggling between tools. Turn your FolderBrowser, Table and Gallery into visual workspaces.

Built-in support for common modalities

Image along with optional mask and overlaid annotations. Audio with Mel-spectrogram automatically computed. Video, robotics motion, 3d objects, json, pdf etc.

Bring your own visual

Need a custom visualization? Build it your way and embed it as iframes.

Interactive slice-n-dice

Stay in flow: explore distributions, apply filters, and see updates instantly

SmooSense automatically translates your UI actions into optimized SQL, runs queries in parallel, and refreshes plots on the fly.

Effortless SQL

Powered by DuckDB, it runs directly on your data files on your laptop. Slice and dice instantly at anywhere, no query engine, no ingestion.

Clear view of missing data

A dedicated chart highlights missing percentages at a glance, while a separate view keeps the real distribution visible—even when missing values dominate.

Parallel & Scalable

Easily scale to tens of million rows on your laptop. Go billions on the cloud.

Graphical analysis and drill-through

Effortlessly move between big picture and fine details

Explore patterns visually, and one-click to see samples.

Auto drill-through

Single click to see associated samples with visuals.

Flexible plugin

Unique data? Bring in your own visualizer as iframe.

Large scale

Designed to handle 10+ million rows on laptop and billion-row on cloud.

When you should choose SmooSense?

See how we compare to other data analysis solutions

Compare with BI (Business Intelligence) software

Examples: Tableau, Power BI, SuperSet

Feature	SmooSense	BI software
Common	Interactive analysis. GUI optimized for non-technical users. Generic software for multiple domains.
Data Types	Multimodal native Built-in visuals. AI context focused.	Numerical data focus Primarily numerical data Business context focused
Coder friendly	Open source SDK Easy to integrate with your code Customizable and extensible	Primarily manual operations Limited integration with code workflows (e.g., Python).
Customization	Flexible Source code available. Supports customized visualizer via iframe.	Less focused Limited customization options.

Compare with Voxel51

and other similar computer vision platforms.

Feature	SmooSense	Voxel51
Common	Both support visualization and analysis in Computer Vision.
Data Types	Broader multimodal Built-in visualization for common multimodal use cases. Customized visualizer via iframe.	Vision-focused Optimized for CV, limited extensibility outside vision.
Target users	Technical and non-technical No-code solution. GUI-first. Minimal learning needed.	Engineers Code-first solution. Need Python skills.
Analysis approach	Table-first More attention on metadata columns and distributions.	Image-first More focus on visual content. Built-in semantic analysis
Usage	Flexible, horizontal tool Gives a transparent view of table. Plug-and-play for parquet, lance, pandas, daft, jupyter etc. You define your metrics, ETLs, and processes.	Opinionated e2e solution Requires data ingestion. Provides predefined automated workflows. Less plug-and-play.

Pricing for every stage

Open Source

Free and open source

Free

Free forever

MacOS app (coming)

CLI

Python SDK

Full analytics features, up to your computer's hardware limit.

Community support via GitHub.

Enterprise

with premium support

Everything in free tier.

Prioritized generic feature request

Support for integration and deployment.

Tailored solution

optimized for your use cases

Everything in enterprise tier.

Tailor-designed for your use cases.

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Frequently asked questions

Can I use it for my private data?: Yes. SmooSense is a pure software that can run in your local network. Your data can be on your laptop, in your on-prem cloud, or VPC, never transferred out.

Can I use it in my open-source or commercial project?: Yes. SmooSense is licensed under Apache 2.0, a permissive open source license. You can use it for any purpose, including commercial use, modify it, and deploy it in production.

Is the full source code available?: Yes. SmooSense is fully open source under Apache 2.0. Both the Python SDK and the GUI source code will be available on GitHub.

Do you provide tailored solution for enterprise?: Yes. Contact us at [email protected]