A free little tool from the studio

Data First Step

Point it at a spreadsheet. It hands back stats, charts, group-by tables, correlations, and an outlier report — all on your own machine.

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macOS · Python 3.12 · No account

The Data First Step application opening screen, showing the analysis workflow, run timeline, and setup action.

Start with a spreadsheet, follow the run as it profiles and analyzes the data, then keep the resulting CSV, XLSX, and PNG files in a folder you own.

A wizard, not a blank prompt

Pick your file, your date column, and the columns worth grouping by. It runs in the background.

Charts you can paste into a deck

Distributions, comparisons, correlation heatmaps, and an outlier report — drawn and saved for you.

Nothing leaves your machine

No account, no upload, no telemetry. Run a whole analysis with the Wi-Fi off.

Stan, the cashew-shaped assistant character

Meet Stan · Optional · Offline

He explains the numbers, without making any up.

Ask him about a column — tell me about revenue — and he answers from the run you have open, only from that run, and points back at the file he read it in.

Free. I just ask for an email.

I will send the install link, and a note when there is a new version or a Windows build. Nothing else.

One email with the download link. Nothing else unless you tick the box.

Needs macOS and Python 3.12 · Reads CSV and XLSX · No Windows build yet

Do I need to know Python?

No. Python has to be installed — the instructions walk you through it — but the program itself is a normal window with buttons.

macOS says it cannot verify the app

Expected — it is not notarized. Move the archive out of Desktop or iCloud before unzipping, then open it from Applications.

Something broke. Who do I tell?

Me, at caju@caju-creative.com. Bug reports are welcome — that is the trade for it being free.