cznic/ql

Health v2 · maintenance only

Flags: archived

Adoption not part of the score

1298 stars · 76 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Package ql is a pure Go embedded (S)QL database engine that runs in-process without CGO, originally developed under github.com/cznic/ql. This GitHub repository is now archived and the project has moved to modernc.org/ql, which also ships an accompanying CLI tool for playing with a database.

Use cases

• embed a sql database in a go application
• pure go sql database without cgo
• lightweight in-process database engine for go programs
• store and query structured data locally with sql
• portable embedded relational database that compiles anywhere go does
• single-user zero-dependency data storage for go apps

When to choose

• You need an SQL database embedded directly in a Go binary with no CGO or external dependencies
• You want a storage engine written entirely in Go that is easy to cross-compile and distribute
• You are comfortable using the project's own SQL dialect with its custom types, expressions, and pattern matching

When to avoid

• You need a mainstream, widely supported database such as SQLite, Postgres, or BoltDB with broad tooling and community support
• You require strict standard SQL compatibility or interoperability with existing SQL clients
• You are still importing the old github.com/cznic/ql path, since the repo is archived and the module now lives at modernc.org/ql
• You need multi-user, client-server, or heavy concurrent write workloads

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

database cli databases developer-tools go cross-platform windows embedded-database sql pure-go no-cgo in-process relational-database database-engine custom-sql-dialect archived-repo moved-to-modernc linux macos

Member repositories

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="cznic/ql")