Comparison matrix
Repository
| Commons CSV | Flatpack | JavaCSV | opencsv | Super CSV | jcsv | JSefa | CSVeed | |
| Maven Central entry | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Source in Maven | N/A | no | no | yes | yes | yes | no | yes |
| Dependencies | Commons IO, H2 | JDOM, JExcelapi | none | none | none | none | XMLPull | SLF4J |
| Logging support | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | SLF4J |
| Version | snapshot | 3.1.1 | 2.0.0 | 2.3 | 2.2.0 | 1.4.0 | 1.0.0 | 0.4.0  |
| Last updated | 30-Nov-2012 | 28-May-2008 | 20-Feb-2008 | 28-May-2013 | 24-Apr-2014 | 27-Feb-2012 | 17-Oct-2013 | 06-May-2014 |
Tokenizer
| Commons CSV | Flatpack | JavaCSV | opencsv | Super CSV | jcsv | JSefa | CSVeed | |
| custom separator | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| custom quote | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| custom escape | yes | no | yes, cryptic | yes | no, same as quote | no | double/escape | yes |
| custom EOL | yes | no | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes |
| \n in delimited field | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| escaped quote in quoted field | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| different escape / quote | yes | yes | N/A | yes | N/A | N/A | escape | yes |
| deal with leading/trailing whitespace | yes | no | yes | no | no | no | no | yes |
Line Reading
| Commons CSV | Flatpack | JavaCSV | opencsv | Super CSV | jcsv | JSefa | CSVeed | |
| get by column index | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | yes |
| get by column name | yes | yes | yes | no | no | no | no | yes |
| read single line (streaming) | no | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| read all lines | yes | yes, DataSet | no | yes | no | yes | no | yes |
| skip comment lines | yes | no | yes | no | no | yes | no | yes |
| ignore empty lines | config | yes | config | no | yes, auto | yes, auto | yes | yes |
Bean Mapping
| Commons CSV | Flatpack | JavaCSV | opencsv | Super CSV | jcsv | JSefa | CSVeed | |
| column index-based mapping | N/A | N/A | N/A | yes | no | yes | no | yes |
| column name-based mapping | " | " | " | theoretically | yes | no | no | yes |
| supports annotations | " | " | " | no | no | limited | yes | yes |
| converts to primitives | " | " | " | yes | set manually | yes | yes | yes |
| converts to basic Objects | " | " | " | no | set manually | yes | set manually | yes |
| Converter support | " | " | " | yes, overwrite | no | no | yes | yes |
| Date support | " | " | " | no | yes | very limited | yes | yes |
| Returns typed Bean | " | " | " | no | yes | yes | no | yes |
| Deep conversion | " | " | " | no | yes, untried | no | yes, untried | no |
| Split cell to multiple properties | " | " | " | no | no | no | no | no |
| Join multiple cells into one property | " | " | " | no | no | no | no | no |
Writing CSV
| Commons CSV | Flatpack | JavaCSV | opencsv | Super CSV | jcsv | JSefa | CSVeed | |
| write to Writer | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Documentation
| Commons CSV | Flatpack | JavaCSV | opencsv | Super CSV | jcsv | JSefa | CSVeed | |
| RFC 4180 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not mentioned | not mentioned | yes | yes | not mentioned | yes |
| Manual | no | yes | no | no | yes | yes | no | no |
| Examples | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no |
| Ideas behind library | no | yes | no | no | yes | no | no | yes |
| JavaDoc | no | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | no |
| JavaDoc package description | no | partially | no | yes | yes | yes | no | yes |
| Roadmap | no | no | no | no | yes | no | no | no |
Quality of error feedback
| Commons CSV | Flatpack | JavaCSV | opencsv | Super CSV | jcsv | JSefa | CSVeed | |
| syntax error | line | line, obscure | eats a lot | no line | line nr | no | line, cell | exact |
| illegal number of columns | no | line, obscure | no | no check | exact | no | no | exact |
| illegal column index mapping | N/A | N/A | N/A | no | N/A | no | no | line |
| illegal column name mapping | N/A | N/A | N/A | untried | line, obscure | N/A | N/A | exact |
| cell to property error | N/A | N/A | N/A | no line, only value | line | only value | line + cell | exact |
| bean in original context | N/A | N/A | N/A | no | no | no | no | no |
Convenience
| Commons CSV | Flatpack | JavaCSV | opencsv | Super CSV | jcsv | JSefa | CSVeed | |
| dry run | ? | yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | no | no |
| single facade | no | no | yes | no | no | no | no | yes |
Open Source Community
| Commons CSV | Flatpack | JavaCSV | opencsv | Super CSV | jcsv | JSefa | CSVeed | |
| active & large community | yes | no | no | yes | yes | no | no | no |
| issue management | yes | no | no | yes | yes | no | no | yes |