# Suggestions for a package to read tabular data

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/suggestions-for-a-package-to-read-tabular-data/2071>\
**Category:** Data\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [February 13, 2017, 3:30am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/suggestions-for-a-package-to-read-tabular-data/2071 "2017-02-13T03:30:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![ChrisRackauckas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/chrisrackauckas/32/77_2.png) [@ChrisRackauckas](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ChrisRackauckas)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2017, 3:48am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/suggestions-for-a-package-to-read-tabular-data/2071/7 "2017-02-13T03:48:30Z")

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Okay, you’re not using master. You may want to read this:

> [@Announcement: DataFrames Future Plans](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/announcement-dataframes-future-plans/266):
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> UPDATE: the plan described below is going to be implemented in a different way from what was initially announced. The DataFrames package will remain the same as it is now: instead, the new framework will be provided by the new [DataTables](https://github.com/JuliaData/DataTables.jl) package. This will allow for a less disruptive migration of existing code relying on DataFrames. UPDATE 2: an updated summary is available [in this post](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/announcement-an-update-on-dataframes-future-plans/4646). Towards DataFrames 0.9.0 The DataFrames package and the surrounding ecosystem are currently undergoing a d…

This should be an update very soon which has a lot of changes, and one big change is increased performance. This may be worth holding out for.

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