Awesome DuckDB

A curated list of awesome DuckDB libraries, tools and resources.

DuckDB is an in-process SQL OLAP database management system.

Contents

• Resources
• Client APIs
• Tools Powered by DuckDB
• Libraries Powered by DuckDB
• SQL Clients and IDE that Support DuckDB
• Projects Powered by DuckDB
• Integrations
• Extensions
• Media
  • Talks
  • Podcasts
  • Blog Posts
• Contribute

Resources

• Official Documentation - Official DuckDB documentation.
  • Official Blog - Official DuckDB blog.
  • DuckDB Clients - Client APIs for DuckDB.
  • DuckDB Documentation PDF - The DuckDB documentation as a single PDF file.
• docker-duckdb - Docker image for DuckDB CLI.
• DuckDB setup - GitHub Action to install DuckDB in CI.
• Online DuckDB Shell - Online DuckDB shell powered by WebAssembly.
• Serverless DuckDB over S3 - Running DuckDB over a data lake on S3 using lambda.
• DuckDB snippets - Collection of snippets curated by MotherDuck.
• DuckDB tldr page - DuckDB's entry in tldr pages, available in CLI via the tldr duckdb command.
• DuckDB AWS Lambda layer - Run DuckDB in AWS Lambda functions.
• Compatible DuckDB Extensions for AWS Lambda - Extensions specifically compiled for the AWS Lambda runtime (GLIBC 2.26).
• Serverless DuckDB as API - Use DuckDB as API with Amazon API Gateway and AWS Lambda.
• Serverless Parquet Repartitioner - Use DuckDB to repartition data in S3-based Data Lakes.
• Observable notebooks - Notebooks using DuckDB on the Observable data visualization platform.

Client APIs

• C
• C++
• CLI
• Go
• Julia
• Node.js
• Python
• R
• Rust
• Swift
• TypeScript
• Wasm
• ADBC
• ODBC
• .NET

Tools Powered by DuckDB

• Rill Developer - Tool for effortlessly transforming data sets into powerful, opinionated dashboards using SQL.
• Ibis Project - The flexibility of Python analytics with the scale and performance of modern SQL.
• MotherDuck - Supercharge DuckDB experience with the cloud.
• Boiling Data - Serverless data analytics overlay on top of S3 Data Lakes.
• Hex Dataframe SQL - Hex's Dataframe SQL cells are powered by DuckDB.
• Mode - Mode uses DuckDB for their in-memory data engine.
• VulcanSQL - DuckDB can be used as a caching layer or a data connector in VulcanSQL, a Data API framework for data folks to create REST APIs by writing SQL templates.
• Tad - A fast, free, cross-platform tabular data viewer application powered by DuckDB.
• Honeycomb Maps - A browser-based geospatial analysis tool leveraging DuckDB Wasm.
• Bauplan - A serverless data transformation platform for data lakes.
• Excalichart.com - A fast, free dashboard for exploring your data.
• Malloy - Malloy is an experimental language for describing data relationships and transformations. Malloy connects to BigQuery and Postgres, and natively supports DuckDB.
• Evidence - Generate reports using SQL and markdown. The DuckDB connector allows querying across DuckDB, csv, parquet and json.
• SQL Playground - DuckDB-WASM based SQL playground for running queries on local or remote data, being able to show data as tables or visually as graphs.

Libraries Powered by DuckDB

• Mosaic - An extensible framework for linking databases and interactive views.
• Fugue - A unified interface for distributed computing. Fugue executes SQL, Python, Pandas, and Polars code on Spark, Dask and Ray without any rewrites.
• Splink - A free Python library for fast, accurate data deduplication and record linkage.

SQL Clients and IDE that Support DuckDB

• Harlequin - The DuckDB IDE for your terminal. (GitHub).
• qStudio - A free SQL tool specialized for data analysts. It runs on every operating system and allows easy browsing of tables and charting of results.
• DuckDB SQL Tools - Free DuckDB SQL Tools for VS Code IDE. Premium version available with advanced features.

Projects Powered by DuckDB

• NBA Monte Carlo - Monte Carlo simulation of the NBA season, leveraging Meltano, dbt, DuckDB and Evidence.
• Datadex - Open source and local friendly data platform to collaborate on Open Data using DuckDB, Dagster, dbt, and Quarto.

Integrations

• dbt-duckdb - DuckDB dbt adapter.
• data load tool - DuckDB destination - Extract and load data from APIs to DuckDB using dlt.
• target-duckdb - Load data to DuckDB based on Singer spec.
• Airbyte DuckDB destination - Load data to DuckDB with Airbyte.
• Kestra DuckDB plugin — Run queries with DuckDB to schedule data transformations and process automations, and run event-driven anomaly detection pipelines.
• Arrow Flight SQL Server - An example implementation of the Arrow Flight SQL protocol what runs in a client-server setup with DuckDB or SQLite as backends.
• SQLFlow: Enables SQL-based stream-processing, powered by DuckDB.

Extensions

• Official Extensions - Official DuckDB extensions.
  • arrow - A zero-copy data integration between Apache Arrow and DuckDB.
  • duckdb_iceberg - DuckDB extension for reading Iceberg tables.
  • duckdb_aws - DuckDB extension for handling AWS credentials.
  • duckdb_azure - DuckDB extension for using the Azure Blob storage.
  • postgres_scanner - Allows DuckDB to directly read data from a running Postgres instance.
  • spatial - Enables geospatial processing.
  • sqlite_scanner - To read and write to SQLite databases.
• DuckDB Extension Radar - Repository that contains DuckDB extensions on GitHub. Refreshed daily.
• Deltatable - DuckDB extension for reading Delta tables.
• Lance - Integrate Lance (modern columnar data format for ML implemented in Rust) with DuckDB.
• PRQL - Run PRQL commands directly within DuckDB.
• duckdb-engine - SQLAlchemy driver for DuckDB.
• Scrooge-McDuck - DuckDB extension to support a set of aggregation functions and data scanners on financial data.
• duckdb-pytables - DuckDB extension to allow running SQL on arbitrary data sources.
• ODBC Scanner DuckDB Extension - DuckDB extension to read data directly from databases supporting the ODBC interface.
• duckdb-jfr-extension - DuckDB extension to read JFR (Java Flight Recorder) files directly.
• QDuckDB - Plugin for reading DuckDB spatial tables in QGIS software.

Media

Talks

• In-Process Analytical Data Management with DuckDB @ PyData Amsterdam - Hannes Mühleisen.
• DuckDB: The Power of a Data Warehouse in your Python Process @ PyData Yerevan - Gábor Szárnyas.
• DuckDB: Bringing analytical SQL directly to your Python shell @ EuroPython - Pedro Holanda.
• DuckDB keynote @ Data + AI Summit 2023 - Hannes Mühleisen.
• DuckCon #3 playlist
• DuckDB: Bringing Analytical SQL Directly To Your Python Shell @ FOSDEM - Pedro Holanda.
• State Of The Duck @ DuckCon - Hannes Mühleisen & Mark Raasveldt.
• DuckDB Extensions @ DuckCon - Pedro Holanda & Sam Ansmink.
• Developing Systems in Academia: The Good, the Bad, and the not-so-Ugly Duckling @ CIDR - Hannes Mühleisen.
• DuckDB An Embeddable Analytical Database @ FOSDEM - Hannes Mühleisen.
• DuckDB tutorials playlist by Learn Data with Mark - Mark Needham.
• DuckDB tutorials playlist by MotherDuck - Mehdi Ouazza (MotherDuck).

Podcasts

• Software Engineering Daily: DuckDB - Hannes Mühleisen.
• Move Your Database To The Data And Speed Up Your Analytics With DuckDB - Hannes Mühleisen.
• The Personal Data Warehouse - Jordan Tigani.

Blog Posts

• Modern Data Stack in a Box - Fast, free, and open-source Modern Data Stack deployed on a laptop using the combination of DuckDB, Meltano, dbt, and Apache Superset.
• How to use DuckDB, Motherduck and Kestra for ETL - how DuckDB can transform data, mask sensitive PII information, detect anomalies in event-driven workflows, and streamline reporting use cases.
• DuckDB vs. MotherDuck — how do they compare - what are key differences between them, and when to choose each of these options.

Contribute

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