Comparison of Java CSV libraries

	Commons CSV	Flatpack	JavaCSV	opencsv	Super CSV	jcsv	CSVeed
Repository
- Maven Central entry	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
- Source in Maven	yes	no	no	yes	yes	yes	yes
- Dependencies	none	JDOM, JExcelapi	none	none	none	none	Spring, SLF4J
- Logging support	no	no	no	no	no	no	SLF4J
- Version	1.6	4.0.1	2.0.0	4.3.2	2.0.1	2.4.0	0.2.2
- Last Release	22-Sept-2018	30-Jul-2015	20-Feb-2008	14-Oct-2018	8-Dec-2012	29-Oct-2015	2-Mar-2013
Tokenizer
- custom separator	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
- custom quote	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	yes
- custom escape	yes	no	yes, cryptic	yes	no, same as quote	no	yes
- custom EOL	yes	no	yes	yes	no	no	yes
- \n in delimited field	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
- escaped quote in quoted field	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
- different escape / quote	yes	yes	N/A	yes	N/A	N/A	yes
- deal with leading/trailing whitespace	yes	no	yes	no	no	no	yes
Line reading
- get by column index	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
- get by column name	yes	yes	yes	no	no	no	yes
- read single line (streaming)	no	no	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
- read all lines	yes	yes, DataSet	no	yes	no	yes	yes
- skip comment lines	yes	no	yes	no	no	yes	yes
- ignore empty lines	config	yes	config	no	yes, auto	yes, auto	yes
Bean mapping	N/A	N/A	N/A
- column index-based mapping	"	"	"	yes	no	yes	yes
- column name-based mapping	"	"	"	theoretically	yes	no	yes
- supports annotations	"	"	"	no	no	limited	yes
- converts to primitives	"	"	"	yes	set manually	yes	yes
- converts to basic Objects	"	"	"	no	set manually	yes	yes
- PropertyEditor support	"	"	"	yes, overwrite	no	no	yes
- Date support	"	"	"	no	yes	very limited	yes
- Returns typed Bean	"	"	"	no	yes	yes	yes
- Deep conversion	"	"	"	no	yes, untried	no	no
Writing CSV
- write to Writer	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no
Documentation
- RFC 4180	Format Enum	not mentioned	not mentioned	RFC4180Parser	yes	yes	no
- Manual	no	yes	no	no	yes	yes	no
- Examples	no	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no
- Ideas behind library	no	yes	no	no	yes	no	no
- JavaDoc	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	no
- JavaDoc package description	no	partially	no	yes	yes	yes	yes
- Roadmap	no	no	no	no	yes	no	no
Quality of error feedback
- syntax error	line	line, obscure	eats a lot	no line	line nr	no	exact
- illegal number of columns	no	line, obscure	no	no check	exact	no	exact
- illegal column index mapping	N/A	N/A	N/A	no	N/A	no	line
- illegal column name mapping	N/A	N/A	N/A	untried	line, obscure	N/A	exact
- cell to property error	N/A	N/A	N/A	no line, only value	line	only value	exact
- bean in original context	N/A	N/A	N/A	no	no	no	no
Convenience
- dry run	?	yes	?	?	?	?	no
- single facade	no	no	yes	no	no	no	yes
Open Source Community
- active & large community	yes	no	no	yes	yes	no	no
- issue management	yes	no	no	yes	yes	no	yes