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DuckDB

A fast in-process SQL database for analytics on files like CSV and Parquet

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What it is

DuckDB is an analytics database that runs inside your program or notebook, with no server to manage. It is for analysts and developers who want to query CSV, Parquet, and JSON files with SQL. It works from Python, R, Node, the command line, and the browser.

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42,300 GitHub stars.
42,300

Forks
3,986
Commits
89,543
Contributors
500+
Language
C++
License
MIT
Last commit
Oct 20, 2026
On GitHub since
June 2018
First release
June 2019
Platforms
web, macOS, Windows, Linux, CLI, library
Self-hostable
No
Alternative to
Snowflake, Google BigQuery
Tags
  • analytics
  • data-pipeline
  • data-science
  • database

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  • Bluesky“Our website, duckdb.org, has recently crossed 4 million monthly unique visitors. It now handles 110M+ requests and serves more than one petabyte of data each…”Sep 23, 2025 · 22 likes · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsDuckDB: Move to push-based execution model (2021)Mar 15, 2024 · 17 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsDuckLabs to Join AWS, Projects to Remain Open Source – DuckDBAug 26, 2026 · 15 points · 1 comment (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“Used duckdb.org for the first time today. Just to do an inner join of two CSV files, but I'll try it again next time for some ad-hoc data processing. This is…”Feb 10, 2025 · 5 likes · 1 reply (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsDuckDB 0.5.0: Larger than RAM Joins, Persistent Indexes, More SpeedSep 5, 2022 · 5 points · 1 comment (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsDuckDB surpassed 40 000 stars on GitHubAug 5, 2026 · 4 points · 1 comment (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“Would you be interested in submitting a PR to add this to the docker tests for ? Those are in and if you could add a line / check it actually works end to end…”Nov 17, 2024 · 3 likes · 2 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsDuckDB supports a new SQL IDESep 22, 2026 · 4 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsPersistent Databases in the Browser with DuckDB-WASM and OPFSSep 18, 2026 · 4 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“P.S.: I still think Python and R are incredible programming languages with amazing libraries and packages, like pandas and the tidyverse. The great thing is…”Nov 13, 2025 · 4 likes · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsDuckdb 0.4.0 Preview Release “Ferruginea”Jun 20, 2022 · 4 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsAgent Mode in the DuckDB CLIOct 10, 2026 · 2 points · 1 comment (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsDuckDB and LanceDB combination – let's discussOct 2, 2026 · 2 points · 1 comment (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsTry DuckDB v2.0-AlphaSep 8, 2026 · 3 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsAsynchronous I/O in DuckDBJul 31, 2026 · 3 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“Good place to start is just ripping duckdb on some large CSV files. It’s an incredible database. duckdb.org”Dec 17, 2025 · 3 likes · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“I can, yes, and I'm happy to file a bug. Just over at”Aug 15, 2025 · 1 like · 2 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)