DuckDB (duckdb)

DuckDB is an in-process, MIT-licensed analytical SQL database with no external dependencies. It runs as a library embedded in the host application (CLI, Python, Node.js, R, Java/JDBC, Go, Wasm, etc.) and does not expose a network REST API.

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Type

• x-type: opensource

APIs

• DuckDB In-Process Library - MIT-licensed analytical database. No network REST API. First-class bindings for Python, R, Java/JDBC, Node.js, C/C++, Go, Rust, Swift, Julia, and Wasm.

Tags

• Database, Analytics, OLAP, Embedded, Open Source

Timestamps

• Created: 2026-05-08
• Modified: 2026-05-08

Common Properties

• Website
• Documentation
• Source Code (MIT)
• DuckDB Foundation
• Commercial Cloud: MotherDuck
• Plans
• RateLimits
• FinOps

Notes

• FOSS, no commercial API surface — see MotherDuck for the managed cloud counterpart.
• httpfs extension lets DuckDB itself act as an HTTP/S3 client.
• DuckDB-Wasm makes the engine runnable in browsers.

Maintainers

FN: Kin Lane

Email: kin@apievangelist.com