diff --git a/.github/workflows/scala.yml b/.github/workflows/scala.yml
index ceb751b9a31..773569ee04e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scala.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scala.yml
@@ -268,6 +268,17 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           $ENGINE_DIST_DIR/bin/enso.bat --run test/Tests
 
+      - name: Test Tables Library (Unix)
+        shell: bash
+        if: runner.os != 'Windows'
+        run: |
+          $ENGINE_DIST_DIR/bin/enso --run test/Table_Tests
+      - name: Test Tables Library (Windows)
+        shell: bash
+        if: runner.os == 'Windows'
+        run: |
+          $ENGINE_DIST_DIR/bin/enso.bat --run test/Table_Tests
+
       # Publish
       - name: Publish the Engine Distribution Artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index f5f19883b35..9c2f976d429 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ GatherLicenses.distributions := Seq(
     "std-lib-Base",
     file("distribution/std-lib/Base/THIRD-PARTY"),
     Distribution.sbtProjects(`std-bits`)
+  ),
+  Distribution(
+    "std-lib-Table",
+    file("distribution/std-lib/Table/THIRD-PARTY"),
+    Distribution.sbtProjects(`table`)
   )
 )
 GatherLicenses.licenseConfigurations := Set("compile")
@@ -996,6 +1001,7 @@ lazy val runtime = (project in file("engine/runtime"))
   .settings(
     (Runtime / compile) := (Runtime / compile)
       .dependsOn(`std-bits` / Compile / packageBin)
+      .dependsOn(table / Compile / packageBin)
       .value
   )
   .settings(
@@ -1214,6 +1220,7 @@ lazy val `runtime-version-manager-test` = project
 
 val `std-lib-root`          = file("distribution/std-lib/")
 val `std-lib-polyglot-root` = `std-lib-root` / "Base" / "polyglot" / "java"
+val `table-polyglot-root`   = `std-lib-root` / "Table" / "polyglot" / "java"
 
 lazy val `std-bits` = project
   .in(file("std-bits"))
@@ -1237,6 +1244,28 @@ lazy val `std-bits` = project
     }.value
   )
 
+lazy val `table` = project
+  .in(file("table"))
+  .settings(
+    autoScalaLibrary := false,
+    Compile / packageBin / artifactPath :=
+      `table-polyglot-root` / "table.jar",
+    libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
+      "com.univocity" % "univocity-parsers" % "2.9.0"
+    ),
+    Compile / packageBin := Def.task {
+      val result = (Compile / packageBin).value
+      StdBits
+        .copyDependencies(
+          `table-polyglot-root`,
+          "table.jar",
+          ignoreScalaLibrary = true
+        )
+        .value
+      result
+    }.value
+  )
+
 /* Note [HTTPS in the Launcher]
  * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  * The launcher uses Apache HttpClient for making web requests. It does not use
diff --git a/distribution/std-lib/Base/src/Data/Json.enso b/distribution/std-lib/Base/src/Data/Json.enso
index 2c042637fb7..c03f502f88a 100644
--- a/distribution/std-lib/Base/src/Data/Json.enso
+++ b/distribution/std-lib/Base/src/Data/Json.enso
@@ -117,3 +117,25 @@ Any.to_json =
            instead define their own `to_json` implementations.
         Meta.Polyglot _ -> Null
         Meta.Primitive _ -> Null
+
+## Method used by object builders to convert a value into a valid JSON key.
+Text.to_json_key : Text
+Text.to_json_key = this
+
+## A smart constructor, building an object representation based on a vector
+   of key-value pairs.
+
+   All values used as keys must define a `to_json_key : Text` method.
+
+   > Example
+     The following code:
+         Json.from_pairs [["foo", 533], ["bar", False]]
+     Returns a JSON object, that after serialization becomes:
+         { "foo": 533, "bar": false }
+from_pairs : Vector -> Object
+from_pairs contents =
+    fs = contents.fold Map.empty map-> kv_pair->
+        key = kv_pair . at 0 . to_json_key
+        val = kv_pair . at 1 . to_json
+        map.insert key val
+    Object fs
diff --git a/distribution/std-lib/Base/src/Data/Map.enso b/distribution/std-lib/Base/src/Data/Map.enso
index d9b76f1b438..17b012d635d 100644
--- a/distribution/std-lib/Base/src/Data/Map.enso
+++ b/distribution/std-lib/Base/src/Data/Map.enso
@@ -77,3 +77,6 @@ type Map
 empty : Map
 empty = Tip
 
+## Returns a single-element map with the given key and value present.
+singleton : Any -> Any -> Map
+singleton key value = Bin 1 key value Tip Tip
diff --git a/distribution/std-lib/Base/src/Data/Text/Extensions.enso b/distribution/std-lib/Base/src/Data/Text/Extensions.enso
index 76b3150a5d7..5952fa2c544 100644
--- a/distribution/std-lib/Base/src/Data/Text/Extensions.enso
+++ b/distribution/std-lib/Base/src/Data/Text/Extensions.enso
@@ -143,3 +143,9 @@ Text.contains sequence = Text_Utils.contains [this, sequence]
 ## Text to JSON conversion.
 Text.to_json : Json.String
 Text.to_json = Json.String this
+
+## Takes a non-negative integer and returns a new text, consisting of `count`
+   concatenated copies of `this`.
+Text.repeat : Integer -> Text
+Text.repeat count =
+    0.upto count . fold "" acc-> _-> acc + this
diff --git a/distribution/std-lib/Base/src/System/File.enso b/distribution/std-lib/Base/src/System/File.enso
index 6d42ac08e75..a0cd50d1dd0 100644
--- a/distribution/std-lib/Base/src/System/File.enso
+++ b/distribution/std-lib/Base/src/System/File.enso
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ export Base.System.File.Option
 polyglot java import java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException
 polyglot java import java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException
 polyglot java import java.io.IOException
+polyglot java import java.io.InputStream as Java_Input_Stream
 
 type File_Error
     type No_Such_File_Error file
@@ -106,6 +107,13 @@ type Input_Stream
     close : Unit
     close = Managed_Resource.finalize this.stream_resource
 
+    ## Exposes operations on the underlying Java input stream.
+
+       Useful when integrating with polyglot functions requiring an
+       `InputStream` as an argument.
+    with_java_stream : (Java_Input_Stream -> Any) -> Any
+    with_java_stream f = Managed_Resource.with this.stream_resource f
+
 type File
     type File prim_file
 
diff --git a/distribution/std-lib/Table/THIRD-PARTY/NOTICE b/distribution/std-lib/Table/THIRD-PARTY/NOTICE
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..34afedd8862
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distribution/std-lib/Table/THIRD-PARTY/NOTICE
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Enso
+Copyright 2020 New Byte Order sp. z o. o.
+
+'univocity-parsers', licensed under the Apache 2, is distributed with the std-lib-Table.
+The license file can be found at `licenses/APACHE2.0`.
+Copyright notices related to this dependency can be found in the directory `com.univocity.univocity-parsers-2.9.0`.
+
diff --git a/distribution/std-lib/Table/THIRD-PARTY/com.univocity.univocity-parsers-2.9.0/NOTICES b/distribution/std-lib/Table/THIRD-PARTY/com.univocity.univocity-parsers-2.9.0/NOTICES
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..95947ed986c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distribution/std-lib/Table/THIRD-PARTY/com.univocity.univocity-parsers-2.9.0/NOTICES
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Copyright 2017 Univocity Software Pty Ltd
+
+Copyright 2016 Univocity Software Pty Ltd
+
+Copyright 2018 Univocity Software Pty Ltd
+
+Copyright (c) 2018. Univocity Software Pty Ltd
+
+Copyright 2019 Univocity Software Pty Ltd
+
+Copyright 2014 Univocity Software Pty Ltd
+
+Copyright 2015 Univocity Software Pty Ltd
+
+Copyright (c) 2015. Univocity Software Pty Ltd
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new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..261eeb9e9f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distribution/std-lib/Table/THIRD-PARTY/licenses/APACHE2.0
@@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
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diff --git a/distribution/std-lib/Table/package.yaml b/distribution/std-lib/Table/package.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b6539c0c51b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distribution/std-lib/Table/package.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+license: APLv2
+name: Table
+enso-version: default
+version: "0.0.1"
+author: "Enso Team <contact@enso.org>"
+maintainer: "Enso Team <contact@enso.org>"
diff --git a/distribution/std-lib/Table/src/Io/Csv.enso b/distribution/std-lib/Table/src/Io/Csv.enso
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..49bab419b5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distribution/std-lib/Table/src/Io/Csv.enso
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+from Base import all
+import Table.Table
+
+polyglot java import org.enso.table.format.csv.Parser
+
+## Reads the contents of `this` and parses them as a CSV dataframe.
+
+   Arguments
+     - has_header: Specifies whether the first line of the file should be
+       interpreted as a header, containing storage names. If set to `False`,
+       storage names will be automatically generated.
+     - prefix: text that should be prepended to automatically generated storage
+       names. For example, if `prefix` is set to `X`, the columns will be named
+       `X0`, `X1`, etc. This argument has no effect if the storage name is
+       inferred from the CSV header row or set manually.
+File.File.read_csv : Boolean -> Text -> Table
+File.File.read_csv has_header=True prefix='C' =
+    parser_inst = Parser.create [has_header, prefix]
+    this.with_input_stream [File.Option.Read] stream->
+        stream.with_java_stream java_stream->
+            Table.Table (parser_inst.parse [java_stream])
diff --git a/distribution/std-lib/Table/src/Main.enso b/distribution/std-lib/Table/src/Main.enso
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b91c0011be7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distribution/std-lib/Table/src/Main.enso
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from Base import all
+
+import Table.Io.Csv
+
+from Table.Io.Csv export all hiding Parser
diff --git a/distribution/std-lib/Table/src/Table.enso b/distribution/std-lib/Table/src/Table.enso
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9b1fd3c3467
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distribution/std-lib/Table/src/Table.enso
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+from Base import all
+import Table.Io.Csv
+
+## Represents a column-oriented table data structure.
+type Table
+    type Table java_table
+
+    ## Returns a text containing an ASCII-art table displaying this data.
+
+       Arguments:
+         - show_rows: the number of initial rows that should be displayed.
+    display : Integer -> Text
+    display show_rows=10 =
+        cols = Vector (this.java_table.getColumns [])
+        col_names = cols.map (_.getName [])
+        col_vals = cols.map (_.getStorage [])
+        num_rows = this.java_table.nrows []
+        display_rows = min num_rows show_rows
+        rows = Vector.new display_rows row_num->
+            col_vals.map col->
+                if col.isNa [row_num] then "NA" else here.get_item_string col row_num
+        table = here.print_table col_names rows
+        if num_rows - display_rows <= 0 then table else
+            missing = '\n\u2026 and ' + (num_rows - display_rows).to_text + ' hidden rows.'
+            table + missing
+
+    ## Converts this table to a JSON structure.
+    to_json : Json
+    to_json =
+        col_jsons = Vector (this.java_table.getColumns []) . map here.column_to_json
+        cols_json = Json.Array col_jsons
+        fields = Map.singleton "columns" cols_json
+        Json.Object fields
+
+## PRIVATE
+
+   Keep this in sync with `org.enso.table.data.Storage.Type.LONG`
+storage_type_long = 1
+
+## PRIVATE
+
+   Keep this in sync with `org.enso.table.data.Storage.Type.DOUBLE`
+storage_type_double = 2
+
+## PRIVATE
+
+   Keep this in sync with `org.enso.table.data.Storage.Type.STRING`
+storage_type_string = 3
+
+## PRIVATE
+string_storage_to_json storage =
+    Vector.new (storage.size []) ix->
+        if storage.isNa [ix] then Json.Null else
+            Json.String (storage.getItem [ix])
+
+## PRIVATE
+numeric_storage_to_json storage =
+    Vector.new (storage.size []) ix->
+        if storage.isNa [ix] then Json.Null else
+            Json.Number (storage.getItem [ix])
+
+## PRIVATE
+column_to_json col =
+    name = col.getName []
+    storage = col.getStorage []
+    storage_type = storage.getType []
+    storage_jsons = if storage_type == Storage_Type_String then here.string_storage_to_json storage else
+        here.numeric_storage_to_json storage
+    fields = Map.singleton "name" (Json.String name) . insert "data" (Json.Array storage_jsons)
+    Json.Object fields
+
+
+## PRIVATE
+get_item_string column ix =
+    tp = column.getType []
+    if tp == Storage_Type_String then column.getItem [ix] else
+        column.getItem [ix] . to_text
+
+## PRIVATE
+pad txt len =
+    true_len = txt.characters.length
+    txt + (" ".repeat (len - true_len))
+
+## PRIVATE
+print_table header rows =
+    content_lengths = Vector.new header.length i->
+        max_row = 0.upto rows.length . fold 0 a-> j-> max a (rows.at j . at i . characters . length)
+        max max_row (header.at i . characters . length)
+    header_line = zip header content_lengths here.pad . join ' | '
+    divider = content_lengths . map (l -> "-".repeat l+2) . join '+'
+    row_lines = rows.map r->
+        x = zip r content_lengths here.pad . join ' | '
+        " " + x
+    ([" " + header_line, divider] + row_lines).join '\n'
+
diff --git a/table/src/main/java/org/enso/table/data/column/DoubleStorage.java b/table/src/main/java/org/enso/table/data/column/DoubleStorage.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..038c3b5ffb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/table/src/main/java/org/enso/table/data/column/DoubleStorage.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package org.enso.table.data.column;
+
+import java.util.BitSet;
+
+/** A column containing floating point numbers. */
+public class DoubleStorage extends Storage {
+  private final long[] data;
+  private final BitSet isMissing;
+  private final int size;
+
+  /**
+   * @param data the underlying data
+   * @param size the number of items stored
+   * @param isMissing a bit set denoting at index {@code i} whether or not the value at index {@code
+   *     i} is missing.
+   */
+  public DoubleStorage(long[] data, int size, BitSet isMissing) {
+    this.data = data;
+    this.isMissing = isMissing;
+    this.size = size;
+  }
+
+  /** @inheritDoc */
+  @Override
+  public long size() {
+    return size;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @param idx an index
+   * @return the data item contained at the given index.
+   */
+  public double getItem(long idx) {
+    return Double.longBitsToDouble(data[(int) idx]);
+  }
+
+  /** @inheritDoc */
+  @Override
+  public long getType() {
+    return Type.DOUBLE;
+  }
+
+  /** @inheritDoc */
+  @Override
+  public boolean isNa(long idx) {
+    return isMissing.get((int) idx);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/table/src/main/java/org/enso/table/data/column/LongStorage.java b/table/src/main/java/org/enso/table/data/column/LongStorage.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..adb0b730285
--- /dev/null
+++ b/table/src/main/java/org/enso/table/data/column/LongStorage.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package org.enso.table.data.column;
+
+import java.util.BitSet;
+
+/** A column storing 64-bit integers. */
+public class LongStorage extends Storage {
+  private final long[] data;
+  private final BitSet isMissing;
+  private final int size;
+
+  /**
+   * @param data the underlying data
+   * @param size the number of items stored
+   * @param isMissing a bit set denoting at index {@code i} whether or not the value at index {@code
+   *     i} is missing.
+   */
+  public LongStorage(long[] data, int size, BitSet isMissing) {
+    this.data = data;
+    this.isMissing = isMissing;
+    this.size = size;
+  }
+
+  /** @inheritDoc */
+  @Override
+  public long size() {
+    return size;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @param idx an index
+   * @return the data item contained at the given index.
+   */
+  public long getItem(long idx) {
+    return data[(int) idx];
+  }
+
+  /** @inheritDoc */
+  @Override
+  public long getType() {
+    return Type.LONG;
+  }
+
+  /** @inheritDoc */
+  @Override
+  public boolean isNa(long idx) {
+    return isMissing.get((int) idx);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/table/src/main/java/org/enso/table/data/column/Storage.java b/table/src/main/java/org/enso/table/data/column/Storage.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4fa0b7703ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/table/src/main/java/org/enso/table/data/column/Storage.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package org.enso.table.data.column;
+
+/** An abstract representation of a data column. */
+public abstract class Storage {
+  /** @return the number of elements in this column (including NAs) */
+  public abstract long size();
+
+  /** @return the type tag of this column's storage. Must be one of {@link Type} */
+  public abstract long getType();
+
+  /**
+   * Checks whether the value at {@code idx} is missing.
+   *
+   * @param idx the index to check.
+   * @return whether or not the value is missing.
+   */
+  public abstract boolean isNa(long idx);
+
+  /**
+   * Enumerating possible storage types.
+   *
+   * <p>Keep in sync with variables in {@code Table.Table}. These variables are copied between Enso
+   * and Java code, in order to make them trivially constant on the Enso side, without invoking the
+   * polyglot machinery to access them.
+   */
+  public static final class Type {
+    public static final long LONG = 1;
+    public static final long DOUBLE = 2;
+    public static final long STRING = 3;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/table/src/main/java/org/enso/table/data/column/StringStorage.java b/table/src/main/java/org/enso/table/data/column/StringStorage.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c8ee9648e85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/table/src/main/java/org/enso/table/data/column/StringStorage.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package org.enso.table.data.column;
+
+/** A column storing strings. */
+public class StringStorage extends Storage {
+  private final String[] data;
+  private final int size;
+
+  /**
+   * @param data the underlying data
+   * @param size the number of items stored
+   */
+  public StringStorage(String[] data, int size) {
+    this.data = data;
+    this.size = size;
+  }
+
+  /** @inheritDoc */
+  @Override
+  public long size() {
+    return size;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @param idx an index
+   * @return the data item contained at the given index.
+   */
+  public String getItem(long idx) {
+    return data[(int) idx];
+  }
+
+  /** @inheritDoc */
+  @Override
+  public long getType() {
+    return Type.STRING;
+  }
+
+  /** @inheritDoc */
+  @Override
+  public boolean isNa(long idx) {
+    return data[(int) idx] == null;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/table/src/main/java/org/enso/table/data/column/builder/PrimInferredStorageBuilder.java b/table/src/main/java/org/enso/table/data/column/builder/PrimInferredStorageBuilder.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fc9fd780f6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/table/src/main/java/org/enso/table/data/column/builder/PrimInferredStorageBuilder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+package org.enso.table.data.column.builder;
+
+import org.enso.table.data.column.DoubleStorage;
+import org.enso.table.data.column.LongStorage;
+import org.enso.table.data.column.Storage;
+
+import java.util.BitSet;
+
+/**
+ * A column builder for numeric types. Tries to interpret all data as 64-bit integers. If that
+ * becomes impossible, retypes itself to store 64-bit floats. When even that fails, falls back to a
+ * {@link StringStorageBuilder}.
+ */
+public class PrimInferredStorageBuilder extends StorageBuilder {
+  private enum Type {
+    LONG,
+    DOUBLE
+  }
+
+  private int size = 0;
+  private long[] data = new long[64];
+  private String[] rawData = new String[64];
+  private final BitSet isMissing = new BitSet();
+  private Type type = Type.LONG;
+
+  /** @inheritDoc */
+  @Override
+  public StorageBuilder parseAndAppend(String value) {
+    if (value == null) {
+      ensureAppendable();
+      isMissing.set(size);
+      size++;
+      return this;
+    }
+    switch (type) {
+      case LONG:
+        return appendLong(value);
+      case DOUBLE:
+        return appendDouble(value);
+      default:
+        throw new IllegalStateException();
+    }
+  }
+
+  private StorageBuilder appendLong(String value) {
+    try {
+      long l = Long.parseLong(value);
+      ensureAppendable();
+      rawData[size] = value;
+      data[size] = l;
+      size++;
+      return this;
+    } catch (NumberFormatException ignored) {
+      return failedLong(value);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private StorageBuilder appendDouble(String value) {
+    try {
+      double d = Double.parseDouble(value);
+      ensureAppendable();
+      data[size] = Double.doubleToRawLongBits(d);
+      rawData[size] = value;
+      size++;
+      return this;
+    } catch (NumberFormatException ignored) {
+      return failedDouble(value);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private StorageBuilder failedLong(String value) {
+    try {
+      double d = Double.parseDouble(value);
+      retypeToDouble();
+      ensureAppendable();
+      data[size] = Double.doubleToRawLongBits(d);
+      rawData[size] = value;
+      size++;
+      return this;
+    } catch (NumberFormatException ignored) {
+      return failedDouble(value);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private StorageBuilder failedDouble(String value) {
+    StringStorageBuilder newBuilder = new StringStorageBuilder(rawData, size);
+    newBuilder.parseAndAppend(value);
+    return newBuilder;
+  }
+
+  private void retypeToDouble() {
+    for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+      data[i] = Double.doubleToRawLongBits(data[i]);
+    }
+    type = Type.DOUBLE;
+  }
+
+  // TODO[MK] Consider storing data `rawData` in non-linear storage to avoid reallocations.
+  private void ensureAppendable() {
+    if (size >= data.length) {
+      long[] newData = new long[2 * data.length];
+      String[] newRawData = new String[2 * data.length];
+      System.arraycopy(data, 0, newData, 0, data.length);
+      System.arraycopy(rawData, 0, newRawData, 0, rawData.length);
+      data = newData;
+      rawData = newRawData;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /** @inheritDoc */
+  @Override
+  public Storage seal() {
+    if (type == Type.LONG) {
+      return new LongStorage(data, size, isMissing);
+    } else {
+      return new DoubleStorage(data, size, isMissing);
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/table/src/main/java/org/enso/table/data/column/builder/StorageBuilder.java b/table/src/main/java/org/enso/table/data/column/builder/StorageBuilder.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3ecc295e393
--- /dev/null
+++ b/table/src/main/java/org/enso/table/data/column/builder/StorageBuilder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package org.enso.table.data.column.builder;
+
+import org.enso.table.data.column.Storage;
+
+/** A builder used by the parser to add items into a column. */
+public abstract class StorageBuilder {
+  /**
+   * Called by the parser to notify the builder about the next value being appended. The value is
+   * passed in a String form and the builder is responsible for parsing it into its own format. The
+   * value may be null, in which case it should be considered missing.
+   *
+   * @param value the value to parse and append
+   * @return a storage builder instance to use for future calls
+   */
+  public abstract StorageBuilder parseAndAppend(String value);
+
+  /**
+   * Closes the storage builder and returns a fully parsed column.
+   *
+   * @return the storage resulting from this builder's operation.
+   */
+  public abstract Storage seal();
+}
diff --git a/table/src/main/java/org/enso/table/data/column/builder/StringStorageBuilder.java b/table/src/main/java/org/enso/table/data/column/builder/StringStorageBuilder.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..36e530ee523
--- /dev/null
+++ b/table/src/main/java/org/enso/table/data/column/builder/StringStorageBuilder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package org.enso.table.data.column.builder;
+
+import org.enso.table.data.column.Storage;
+import org.enso.table.data.column.StringStorage;
+
+/** A column builder appending all the values passed to it in an unchanged form. */
+public class StringStorageBuilder extends StorageBuilder {
+
+  private String[] data;
+  private int size;
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a new builder from given partial data. Useful for other builders when a type transition
+   * is required.
+   *
+   * @param data the initial data storage
+   * @param size the number of already filled elements
+   */
+  public StringStorageBuilder(String[] data, int size) {
+    this.data = data;
+    this.size = size;
+  }
+
+  /** Creates an empty builder. */
+  public StringStorageBuilder() {
+    data = new String[64];
+    size = 0;
+  }
+
+  /** @inheritDoc */
+  @Override
+  public StorageBuilder parseAndAppend(String value) {
+    ensureAppendable();
+    data[size++] = value;
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  private void ensureAppendable() {
+    if (size >= data.length) {
+      String[] newData = new String[2 * data.length];
+      System.arraycopy(data, 0, newData, 0, data.length);
+      data = newData;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /** @inheritDoc */
+  @Override
+  public Storage seal() {
+    return new StringStorage(data, size);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/table/src/main/java/org/enso/table/data/table/Column.java b/table/src/main/java/org/enso/table/data/table/Column.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..da9985c8fe8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/table/src/main/java/org/enso/table/data/table/Column.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package org.enso.table.data.table;
+
+import org.enso.table.data.column.Storage;
+
+/** A representation of a column. Consists of a column name and the underlying storage. */
+public class Column {
+  private final String name;
+  private final Storage storage;
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a new column.
+   *
+   * @param name the column name
+   * @param storage the underlying storage
+   */
+  public Column(String name, Storage storage) {
+    this.name = name;
+    this.storage = storage;
+  }
+
+  /** @return the column name */
+  public String getName() {
+    return name;
+  }
+
+  /** @return the underlying storage */
+  public Storage getStorage() {
+    return storage;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/table/src/main/java/org/enso/table/data/table/Table.java b/table/src/main/java/org/enso/table/data/table/Table.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..909c6bd2dea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/table/src/main/java/org/enso/table/data/table/Table.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package org.enso.table.data.table;
+
+/** A representation of a table structure. */
+public class Table {
+
+  private final Column[] columns;
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a new table
+   *
+   * @param columns the columns contained in this table.
+   */
+  public Table(Column[] columns) {
+    this.columns = columns;
+  }
+
+  /** @return the number of rows in this table */
+  public long nrows() {
+    if (columns == null || columns.length == 0) {
+      return 0;
+    } else {
+      return columns[0].getStorage().size();
+    }
+  }
+
+  /** @return the columns of this table */
+  public Column[] getColumns() {
+    return columns;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/table/src/main/java/org/enso/table/format/csv/Parser.java b/table/src/main/java/org/enso/table/format/csv/Parser.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c79277f62ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/table/src/main/java/org/enso/table/format/csv/Parser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+package org.enso.table.format.csv;
+
+import com.univocity.parsers.csv.CsvParser;
+import com.univocity.parsers.csv.CsvParserSettings;
+import org.enso.table.data.column.Storage;
+import org.enso.table.data.column.builder.StorageBuilder;
+import org.enso.table.data.column.builder.PrimInferredStorageBuilder;
+import org.enso.table.data.table.Column;
+import org.enso.table.data.table.Table;
+
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
+/** A CSV parser. */
+public class Parser {
+  private final boolean hasHeader;
+  private final String unnamedColumnPrefix;
+
+  private Parser(boolean hasHeader, String unnamedColumnPrefix) {
+    this.hasHeader = hasHeader;
+    this.unnamedColumnPrefix = unnamedColumnPrefix;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a new parser with given parameters.
+   *
+   * @param hasHeader whether or not the first line of the file should be used as a header line
+   * @param unnamedColumnPrefix the string to prepend to column index for columns with unknown name.
+   * @return a CSV parser
+   */
+  public static Parser create(boolean hasHeader, String unnamedColumnPrefix) {
+    return new Parser(hasHeader, unnamedColumnPrefix);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Parses the given input stream into a Table.
+   *
+   * @param inputStream the input stream to parse
+   * @return a table corresponding to the contents of the stream
+   */
+  public Table parse(InputStream inputStream) {
+    CsvParserSettings settings = new CsvParserSettings();
+    settings.setHeaderExtractionEnabled(hasHeader);
+    settings.detectFormatAutomatically();
+    CsvParser parser = new CsvParser(settings);
+    parser.beginParsing(inputStream);
+    StorageBuilder[] builders = null;
+    String[] header = parser.getContext().headers();
+    // TODO[MK] Handle irregular table sizes
+    if (header != null) {
+      builders = initBuilders(header.length);
+    }
+    String[] row = parser.parseNext();
+    if (row == null) {
+      return new Table(new Column[0]);
+    }
+    if (builders == null) {
+      builders = initBuilders(row.length);
+    }
+    for (int i = 0; i < builders.length; i++) {
+      builders[i] = builders[i].parseAndAppend(handleNa(row[i]));
+    }
+    while ((row = parser.parseNext()) != null) {
+      for (int i = 0; i < builders.length; i++) {
+        builders[i] = builders[i].parseAndAppend(handleNa(row[i]));
+      }
+    }
+    Column[] columns = new Column[builders.length];
+    for (int i = 0; i < builders.length; i++) {
+      String name = header != null ? header[i] : unnamedColumnPrefix + i;
+      Storage col = builders[i].seal();
+      columns[i] = new Column(name, col);
+    }
+    return new Table(columns);
+  }
+
+  private StorageBuilder[] initBuilders(int count) {
+    StorageBuilder[] res = new StorageBuilder[count];
+    for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+      res[i] = new PrimInferredStorageBuilder();
+    }
+    return res;
+  }
+
+  private String handleNa(String raw) {
+    if (raw == null || raw.length() == 0) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    return raw;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/Table_Tests/data/simple_empty.csv b/test/Table_Tests/data/simple_empty.csv
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f93618d5d4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Table_Tests/data/simple_empty.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+a,b,c
+1,2,
+4,,6
+7,8,9
+10,11,12
diff --git a/test/Table_Tests/data/varied_column.csv b/test/Table_Tests/data/varied_column.csv
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..28a9458e78a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Table_Tests/data/varied_column.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+2005-02-25,2005-02-25,1,1,1,1
+2005-02-28,2005-02-28,2,2,2,2
+4,2005-03-01,3,3,3,3
+2005-03-02,,4,4,4,4
+,2005-03-03,5,5,5,5
+2005-03-04,2005-03-04,,6,6.25,6.25
+2005-03-07,2005-03-07,7,7,7,7
+2005-03-08,2005-03-08,8,8,8,osiem
diff --git a/test/Table_Tests/package.yaml b/test/Table_Tests/package.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..de5a67f65f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Table_Tests/package.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+name: Table_Tests
+version: 0.0.1
+enso-version: default
+license: MIT
+author: enso-dev@enso.org
+maintainer: enso-dev@enso.org
diff --git a/test/Table_Tests/src/Main.enso b/test/Table_Tests/src/Main.enso
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2429a47f856
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Table_Tests/src/Main.enso
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import Test
+
+import Table_Tests.Table_Spec
+
+main = Test.Suite.runMain <|
+    Table_Spec.spec
diff --git a/test/Table_Tests/src/Table_Spec.enso b/test/Table_Tests/src/Table_Spec.enso
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9308a1e8b7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Table_Tests/src/Table_Spec.enso
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+from Base import all
+from Table import all
+import Test
+
+spec = describe "Tables" <|
+    it "should parse a simple numeric table and convert it to JSON" <|
+        simple_empty = (Enso_Project.data / "simple_empty.csv") . read_csv
+        c_1_data = [1, 4, 7, 10]
+        c_2_data = [2, Json.Null, 8, 11]
+        c_3_data = [Json.Null, 6, 9, 12]
+
+        c_1 = Json.from_pairs [["name", "a"], ["data", c_1_data]]
+        c_2 = Json.from_pairs [["name", "b"], ["data", c_2_data]]
+        c_3 = Json.from_pairs [["name", "c"], ["data", c_3_data]]
+
+        expected = Json.from_pairs [["columns", [c_1, c_2, c_3]]]
+
+        simple_empty.to_json.should equal expected
+    it "should correctly infer types of varied-type columns" <|
+        varied_column = (Enso_Project.data / "varied_column.csv") . read_csv has_header=False
+        c_1_data = ["2005-02-25", "2005-02-28", "4", "2005-03-02", Json.Null, "2005-03-04", "2005-03-07", "2005-03-08"]
+        c_2_data = ["2005-02-25", "2005-02-28", "2005-03-01", Json.Null, "2005-03-03", "2005-03-04", "2005-03-07", "2005-03-08"]
+        c_3_data = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Json.Null, 7, 8]
+        c_4_data = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
+        c_5_data = [1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.25, 7.0, 8.0]
+        c_6_data = ['1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6.25', '7', 'osiem']
+
+        c_1 = Json.from_pairs [["name", "C0"], ["data", c_1_data]]
+        c_2 = Json.from_pairs [["name", "C1"], ["data", c_2_data]]
+        c_3 = Json.from_pairs [["name", "C2"], ["data", c_3_data]]
+        c_4 = Json.from_pairs [["name", "C3"], ["data", c_4_data]]
+        c_5 = Json.from_pairs [["name", "C4"], ["data", c_5_data]]
+        c_6 = Json.from_pairs [["name", "C5"], ["data", c_6_data]]
+
+        expected = Json.from_pairs [["columns", [c_1, c_2, c_3, c_4, c_5, c_6]]]
+        varied_column.to_json.should equal expected
diff --git a/tools/legal-review/std-lib-Table/com.univocity.univocity-parsers-2.9.0/copyright-keep b/tools/legal-review/std-lib-Table/com.univocity.univocity-parsers-2.9.0/copyright-keep
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..894ba097fb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/legal-review/std-lib-Table/com.univocity.univocity-parsers-2.9.0/copyright-keep
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Copyright (c) 2015. Univocity Software Pty Ltd
+Copyright (c) 2018. Univocity Software Pty Ltd
+Copyright 2014 Univocity Software Pty Ltd
+Copyright 2015 Univocity Software Pty Ltd
+Copyright 2016 Univocity Software Pty Ltd
+Copyright 2017 Univocity Software Pty Ltd
+Copyright 2018 Univocity Software Pty Ltd
+Copyright 2019 Univocity Software Pty Ltd
+Copyright (c) 2015. Univocity Software Pty Ltd
+Copyright (c) 2018. Univocity Software Pty Ltd
+Copyright 2014 Univocity Software Pty Ltd
+Copyright 2015 Univocity Software Pty Ltd
+Copyright 2016 Univocity Software Pty Ltd
+Copyright 2017 Univocity Software Pty Ltd
+Copyright 2018 Univocity Software Pty Ltd
+Copyright 2019 Univocity Software Pty Ltd
diff --git a/tools/legal-review/std-lib-Table/report-state b/tools/legal-review/std-lib-Table/report-state
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dad5c28cfab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/legal-review/std-lib-Table/report-state
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+B0D696DAAB04B954B3E2B2259CA8B8E9A9632DE3FBCB462074D2C2C61382A211
+F365EBA0EFA7B64DA286C399792A4121F9F386B125CFD02C186936A3AB7B8E71
+0
diff --git a/tools/legal-review/std-lib-Table/reviewed-licenses/Apache_2 b/tools/legal-review/std-lib-Table/reviewed-licenses/Apache_2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ff46ef6ff41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/legal-review/std-lib-Table/reviewed-licenses/Apache_2
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+tools/legal-review/license-texts/APACHE2.0