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title: An in-process SQL OLAP database management system
subtitle: An In-Process Analytical Database
description: DuckDB is an in-process SQL OLAP database management system. Simple, feature-rich, fast & open source.
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			<h1>DuckDB is a fast <br/><div class="type" data-strings="in-process|analytical|open-source|portable">|</div> <br/>database system</h1>
			<p>Query and transform your data anywhere <br/>using DuckDB's feature-rich SQL dialect</p>
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						<li data-language="sql" class="active">SQL</li>
						<li data-language="python">Python</li>
						<li data-language="r">R</li>
						<li data-language="java">Java</li>
						<li data-language="nodejs">Node.js</li>
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{% highlight sql %}
{% include landing-page/sql/aggregation.sql %}
{% endhighlight -%}
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							<option value="sql-aggregation-query">Aggregation query</option>
							<option value="sql-join-query">Join query</option>
							<option value="sql-csv-reader">Read remote CSV files</option>
							<option value="sql-parquet-reading-s3">Read remote Parquet files</option>
							<option value="sql-spatial-extension">Spatial extension</option>
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		<h1>DuckDB at a glance</h1>
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				<h3>Simple</h3>
				<p>DuckDB is easy to install and deploy. It has zero external dependencies and runs <nobr>in-process</nobr> in its host application or as a single binary.</p>
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				<h3>Portable</h3>
				<p>DuckDB runs on Linux, macOS, Windows, and all popular hardware architectures. It has idiomatic client APIs for major programming languages.</p>
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				<h3>Feature-rich</h3>
				<p>DuckDB offers a rich SQL dialect. It can read and write file formats such as CSV, Parquet, and JSON, to and from the local file system and remote endpoints such as S3 buckets.</p>
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				<h3>Fast</h3>
				<p>DuckDB runs analytical queries at blazing speed thanks to its columnar engine, which supports parallel execution and can process larger-than-memory workloads.</p>
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				<h3>Extensible</h3>
				<p>DuckDB is extensible by third-party features such as new data types, functions, file formats and new SQL syntax.</p>
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				<h3>Free</h3>
				<p>DuckDB and its core extensions are <nobr>open-source</nobr> under the permissive MIT License.</p>
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			All blog posts <span></span>
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<!-- example list for SQL -->	
<div data-language="sql">
	<option value="sql-aggregation-query">Aggregation query</option>
	<option value="sql-join-query">Join query</option>
	<option value="sql-csv-reader">Read CSV files</option>
	<option value="sql-parquet-reading-s3">Read Parquet files from S3</option>
	<option value="sql-spatial-extension">Spatial extension</option>
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<!-- example list for Python -->	
<div data-language="python">
	<option value="python-sql-query">SQL query</option>
	<option value="python-pandas-integration">Pandas integration</option>
	<option value="python-udf">Custom UDFs</option>
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<!-- specific example list for R -->	
<div data-language="r">
	<option value="r-sql-query">SQL query</option>
	<option value="r-dplyr-integration">dplyr integration</option>
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<!-- specific example list for Java -->	
<div data-language="java">
	<option value="java-sql-query">SQL query</option>
	<option value="java-appender">Appender</option>
</div>

<!-- specific example list for Node.js -->	
<div data-language="nodejs">
	<option value="nodejs-sql-query">SQL query</option>
	<option value="nodejs-web-service-integration">Web service integration</option>
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<!-- ------------------- SQL ------------------- -->

<div data-language="sql" data-example="sql-aggregation-query" data-buttontxt="Live demo" data-buttonurl="https://shell.duckdb.org/#queries=v0,%20%20-Create-table-from-Parquet-file%0ACREATE-TABLE-train_services-AS%0A----FROM-'s3%3A%2F%2Fduckdb%20blobs%2Ftrain_services.parquet'~,%20%20-Get-the-top%203-busiest-train-stations%0ASELECT-station_name%2C-count(*)-AS-num_services%0AFROM-train_services%0AGROUP-BY-ALL%0AORDER-BY-num_services-DESC%0ALIMIT-3~">
{% highlight sql %}
{% include landing-page/sql/aggregation.sql %}
{% endhighlight %}
</div>

<div data-language="sql" data-example="sql-csv-reader" data-buttontxt="Live demo" data-buttonurl="https://shell.duckdb.org/#queries=v0,%20%20-Load-CSV-file%2C-auto%20detecting-column-name-and-types%0ACREATE-TABLE-stations-AS%0A----FROM-'s3%3A%2F%2Fduckdb%20blobs%2Fstations.csv'~,%20%20-Sample-10-stations-using-replacement-sample%0AFROM-stations-USING-SAMPLE-10~,%20%20-Compute-some-property-on-the-stations-table%0ASUMMARIZE-stations~">
{% highlight sql %}
{% include landing-page/sql/csv-loader.sql %}
{% endhighlight %}
</div>

<div data-language="sql" data-example="sql-parquet-reading-s3" data-buttontxt="Live demo" data-buttonurl="https://shell.duckdb.org/#queries=v0,%20%20-Directly-query-Parquet-file-in-S3%0ASELECT-station_name%2C-count(*)-AS-num_services%0AFROM-'s3%3A%2F%2Fduckdb%20blobs%2Ftrain_services.parquet'%0AGROUP-BY-ALL%0AORDER-BY-num_services-DESC%0ALIMIT-10~">
{% highlight sql %}
{% include landing-page/sql/s3-parquet.sql %}
{% endhighlight %}
</div>

<div data-language="sql" data-example="sql-join-query" data-buttontxt="Live demo" data-buttonurl="https://shell.duckdb.org/#queries=v0,CREATE-TABLE-stations-AS%0A----FROM-'s3%3A%2F%2Fduckdb%20blobs%2Fstations.parquet'~%0ACREATE-TABLE-distances-AS%0A----FROM-'s3%3A%2F%2Fduckdb%20blobs%2Fdistances.parquet'~%0A%0A%20%20-Find-the-top%203-longest-domestic-train-routes%0ASELECT-s1.name_short%2C-s2.name_short%2C-distances.distance%0AFROM-distances%0AJOIN-stations-s1-ON-distances.station1-%3D-s1.code%0AJOIN-stations-s2-ON-distances.station2-%3D-s2.code%0AWHERE-s1.country-%3D-s2.country%0A--AND-s1.code-%3C-s2.code%0AORDER-BY-distance-DESC%0ALIMIT-3~%0A">
{% highlight sql %}
{% include landing-page/sql/join.sql %}
{% endhighlight %}
</div>

<div data-language="sql" data-example="sql-spatial-extension" data-buttontxt="Live demo" data-buttonurl="https://shell.duckdb.org/#queries=v0,%20%20-Spatial-extension-for-geospatial-support%0AINSTALL-spatial~%0ALOAD-spatial~,CREATE-TABLE-stations-AS%0A----FROM-'s3%3A%2F%2Fduckdb%20blobs%2Fstations.parquet'~,%20%20-What-are-the-top%203-closest-Intercity-stations%0A%20%20-using-aerial-distance%3F%0ASELECT%0A----s1.name_long-AS-station1%2C%0A----s2.name_long-AS-station2%2C%0A----ST_Distance(%0A--------ST_Point(s1.geo_lng%2C-s1.geo_lat)%2C%0A--------ST_Point(s2.geo_lng%2C-s2.geo_lat)%0A----)-*-111139-AS-distance%0AFROM-stations-s1%2C-stations-s2%0AWHERE-s1.type-LIKE-'%25Intercity%25'%0A--AND-s2.type-LIKE-'%25Intercity%25'%0A--AND-s1.id-%3C-s2.id%0AORDER-BY-distance-ASC%0ALIMIT-3~">
{% highlight sql %}
{% include landing-page/sql/spatial-extension.sql %}
{% endhighlight %}
</div>

<!-- ------------------- Python -------------------- -->

<div data-language="python" data-example="python-sql-query" data-buttontxt="Python documentation" data-buttonurl="/docs/api/python/overview">
{% highlight python %}
{% include landing-page/python/sql-query.py %}
{% endhighlight %}
</div>

<div data-language="python" data-example="python-pandas-integration" data-buttontxt="Blog post" data-buttonurl="/2021/05/14/sql-on-pandas">
{% highlight python %}
{% include landing-page/python/pandas-integration.py %}
{% endhighlight %}
</div>

<div data-language="python" data-example="python-udf" data-buttontxt="Blog post" data-buttonurl="/2023/07/07/python-udf">
{% highlight python %}
{% include landing-page/python/udf.py %}
{% endhighlight %}
</div>

<!-- ------------------- R -------------------- -->

<div data-language="r" data-example="r-sql-query" data-buttontxt="R documentation" data-buttonurl="/docs/api/r">
{% highlight r %}
{% include landing-page/r/sql-query.r %}
{% endhighlight %}
</div>

<div data-language="r" data-example="r-dplyr-integration" data-buttontxt="R documentation" data-buttonurl="/docs/api/r">
{% highlight r %}
{% include landing-page/r/dplyr-integration.r %}
{% endhighlight %}
</div>

<!-- ------------------- Java -------------------- -->

<div data-language="java" data-example="java-sql-query" data-buttontxt="Java (JDBC) documentation" data-buttonurl="/docs/api/java">
{% highlight java %}
{% include landing-page/java/sql-query.java %}
{% endhighlight %}
</div>


<div data-language="java" data-example="java-appender" data-buttontxt="Java (JDBC) documentation" data-buttonurl="/docs/api/java">
{% highlight java %}
{% include landing-page/java/appender.java %}
{% endhighlight %}
</div>

<!-- ------------------- Node.js -------------------- -->

<div data-language="nodejs" data-example="nodejs-sql-query" data-buttontxt="Node.js documentation" data-buttonurl="/docs/api/nodejs/overview">
{% highlight javascript %}
{% include landing-page/nodejs/sql-query.js %}
{% endhighlight %}
</div>

<div data-language="nodejs" data-example="nodejs-web-service-integration" data-buttontxt="Node.js documentation" data-buttonurl="/docs/api/nodejs/overview">
{% highlight javascript %}
{% include landing-page/nodejs/web-service-integration.js %}
{% endhighlight %}
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