marcboeker/go-duckdb

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go-duckdb is a Go database/sql driver for the DuckDB embedded analytical database engine. It allows Go applications to query DuckDB using the standard database/sql interface, and has now migrated to the DuckDB organization as duckdb-go.

Use cases

• run analytical SQL queries from Go against DuckDB
• embed an OLAP database in a Go application
• query Parquet and CSV files with SQL from Go
• replace SQLite with a columnar analytics engine in Go apps
• build data pipelines that process local datasets in Go

When to choose

• you need DuckDB access from Go via the standard database/sql API
• you want embedded, in-process analytical queries without running a server
• you need to query Parquet/CSV/JSON files directly with SQL

When to avoid

• you need a client-server database like PostgreSQL or MySQL
• you use FreeBSD and require pre-built binaries
• you need a pure-Go driver without CGO

Facets

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database-driver database databases developer-tools go windows duckdb database-sql analytics embedded-database sql data-engineering linux macos

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