Kart
Kart is a desktop and command-line tool for versioning geospatial and tabular data with Git-based workflows on macOS and other platforms.
What is Kart?
Kart is a developer tool for tracking, comparing, branching, and merging geospatial and tabular datasets with Git-based version control. It is designed for GIS professionals, data engineers, analysts, and technical teams that need auditable change history for data rather than only for code. Kart works with local repositories and supports workflows where users clone datasets, make edits, review differences, and merge changes back into shared work. It is built to fit existing GIS processes by letting data be used through common databases and files instead of requiring a separate editing environment. On macOS, users may encounter Kart as a native app bundle or through its command-line tools. Koordinates Limited publishes Kart as part of its data version control tooling for geospatial collaboration.
Key features
- Track version history for geospatial and tabular datasets
- Clone repositories locally and work offline on data changes
- Create branches, merge edits, and manage parallel data work
- Review and compare changes at detailed data levels
- Use Git-style commands and repository workflows for datasets
- Fit into existing GIS workflows without requiring a separate editor
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Safety overview
Status: Safe
Kart is legitimate data version control software for geospatial and tabular workflows. It normally works with local repositories and user-selected datasets, so any file access is generally tied to the locations you choose to clone, edit, or compare. Removing it will not harm macOS, but it can break your ability to open Kart-managed repositories or continue existing data versioning workflows until it is reinstalled.
Recommendation: Keep Kart if you use Git-based data version control, geospatial collaboration, or Koordinates workflows. If you no longer use it, you can remove the app and its support files, but do so only after confirming you do not need its local repositories, configuration, or related tooling.
Common paths
/Applications/Kart.app
Cache paths
~/Library/Caches/com.koordinates.Sno.SnoCore
Support paths
~/Library/Application Support/Kart
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/com.koordinates.Sno.SnoCore.plist
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