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OpenRefine

This guide will help you learn how to download OpenRefine, create a project, and utilize some functionalities for analyzing and fixing data.

Download OpenRefine

Downloading OpenRefine:

  • Download the desktop application from openrefine.org.
    • Compatible operating systems: Windows, Mac, and Linux.
    • Recommended browsers: Chrome or Firefox (OpenRefine does not work on Internet Explorer).
  • When we click to open the app, OpenRefine launches two things (see the image below): a command line window and an OpenRefine tab in your browser.  
  • You may minimize the command line window, but please do not close it, as this is where the OpenRefine application is running.
  • If the web interface failed to launch, type http://127.0.0.1:3333 in the address bar of your web browser.

 

GUI for OpenRefine    Terminal for OpenRefine

 

 

Exiting OpenRefine

To ensure that projects are safely saved, please exit OpenRefine in the following order:

  1. Close OpenRefine tabs in your browser.
  2. Stop the host terminal by typing Ctrl C (Command Q on Mac).