# duckdb/duckdb

> DuckDB is an in-process analytical SQL database management system. It is designed for fast, reliable, portable data processing without a separate server.

- Magnitude: 2.9 out of 10 — Steady
- Stars: 42,678 total · +6 stars measured 2026-10-29, 00:05–05:44 UTC, ≈ 30 by evening
- Star trust: star growth looks organic
- Category: Data & analytics · Language: C++ · License: MIT · Created: 2018-06-26 · Last push: 2026-10-28
- GitHub: https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb · Homepage: http://www.duckdb.org · Page: https://gitnova.dev/en/r/duckdb/duckdb

## Useful for

- Run analytical SQL queries directly on CSV or Parquet files from Python or R.
- Embed DuckDB in a C++ application for local data processing without an external server.
- Use the DuckDB CLI for interactive exploration of datasets.

## Why it’s here

- Star-counter measurements on 2026-10-29 (UTC), 00:05–05:44: 42672 → 42678 stars (+6). This is the change over that interval.
- Estimated end-of-day forecast: about +30 stars, using observed gains and the previous day.
- Hacker News: “DuckDB 2.0.0 LTS “Cinnamon Teal”” — 463 points, 7 days ago.
- About 19 forks a day — people are taking the code.

## Star trust

Star growth looks organic.

Star-trust labels are heuristics based on the repository’s behavior, not a check of every stargazer.

## Numbers

- Forks: 4,089
- Issues and pull requests: 24,016
- Watchers: 278
- Average over the last week: 43 per day
- Usual pace: 31 per day
- Stars in the last hour (measured): 1
- Latest release: v2.0.0 (2026-10-21)

## Stars per day, last 30 days (oldest → newest, today is partial)

2026-09-30 … 2026-10-29: 27, 26, 15, 15, 21, 23, 26, 20, 25, 25, 27, 32, 35, 28, 38, 30, 23, 25, 22, 28, 43, 49, 57, 51, 33, 55, 51, 46, 34, 6

## Magnitude by day, last 14 days

10-16 2.6, 10-17 2.2, 10-18 2.2, 10-19 2.8, 10-20 2.7, 10-21 4.1, 10-22 4.1, 10-23 4.1, 10-24 3.8, 10-25 3.4, 10-26 3.8, 10-27 3.7, 10-28 3.2, 10-29 2.9

## Hacker News

- DuckDB 2.0.0 LTS “Cinnamon Teal” — 463 points, 63 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50181136

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