diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b89c8ca5..2fe7df0a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -92,13 +92,6 @@ uis = [
     "qdarkstyle >=3.0.2, <4.0.0",
     "pyqt6 >=6.7.0, <7.0.0",
     "pyqtgraph",
-
-    # for consideration,
-    # - 'visidata'
-
-    "qdarkstyle >=3.0.2, <4.0.0",
-    "pyqt6 >=6.7.0, <7.0.0",
-    "pyqtgraph",
 ]
 
 # TODO: a toolset that makes debugging a `pikerd` service (tree) easy
@@ -117,6 +110,8 @@ repl = [
     "prompt-toolkit ==3.0.40",
     "pyperclip>=1.9.0",
 
+  # tsdb console toolz
+  "visidata>=3.1.1",
 ]
 testing = [
   "pytest",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index c50f5a50..55296f98 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1054,6 +1054,7 @@ dev = [
     { name = "pytest" },
     { name = "qdarkstyle" },
     { name = "rapidfuzz" },
+    { name = "visidata" },
     { name = "xonsh" },
 ]
 lint = [
@@ -1064,6 +1065,7 @@ repl = [
     { name = "pdbp" },
     { name = "prompt-toolkit" },
     { name = "pyperclip" },
+    { name = "visidata" },
     { name = "xonsh" },
 ]
 testing = [
@@ -1123,6 +1125,7 @@ dev = [
     { name = "pytest" },
     { name = "qdarkstyle", specifier = ">=3.0.2,<4.0.0" },
     { name = "rapidfuzz", specifier = ">=3.2.0,<4.0.0" },
+    { name = "visidata", specifier = ">=3.1.1" },
     { name = "xonsh" },
 ]
 lint = [{ name = "ruff", specifier = ">=0.9.6" }]
@@ -1131,6 +1134,7 @@ repl = [
     { name = "pdbp", specifier = ">=1.5.0,<2.0.0" },
     { name = "prompt-toolkit", specifier = "==3.0.40" },
     { name = "pyperclip", specifier = ">=1.9.0" },
+    { name = "visidata", specifier = ">=3.1.1" },
     { name = "xonsh" },
 ]
 testing = [{ name = "pytest" }]
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+version = "3.13.0"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
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 version = "1.4.0"
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+version = "3.3"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
+dependencies = [
+    { name = "python-dateutil" },
+    { name = "standard-mailcap", marker = "python_full_version >= '3.13'" },
+    { name = "windows-curses", marker = "sys_platform == 'win32'" },
+]
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