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The latest DuckDB releases, ecosystem updates, SQL tips, and data engineering guides.
October 18, 2026
Jev, TypeSafe AI's recently announced "System One" model, returns a typed answer (a yes/no probability, one label from a fixed list, or an ordinal score) instead of generated text and can now be called from SQL through the `jev` DuckDB community extension and MotherDuck's `prompt_jev()`.
DuckDB v2.0 replaces its PostgreSQL-derived LALR parser with a PEG-based parser to simplify grammar evolution.
Even Kelsey Hightower (known for his work with Kubernetes & cloud computing) is using DuckDB 😉, and says:
Hoyt details automated snapshot expiration and file cleanup routines to optimize storage and query performance.
Sep 21, 2026 • Alex Monahan
Define your dashboards in YAML with dbt Charts, then the same dbt build that runs your pipeline deploys them to MotherDuck Dives. Just 2 config changes! Your Dives will refresh live whenever your stakeholders take a look. See how we constructed the dbt package as well.
Sep 16, 2026 • Simon Späti
The September 2026 DuckDB Ecosystem Newsletter: DuckLabs joins AWS and MotherDuck acquires Tower, DuckDB v2.0-alpha lands, table functions in pure Java, bulk loads into SQL Server, Zarr stores as SQL tables, an infinite canvas for your data, plus a community spotlight on Vladimir Gribanov.
Aug 13, 2026 • Simon Späti
The August 2026 DuckDB Ecosystem Newsletter: giving every agent its own embedded DuckDB, the ADBC extension reaching 30+ external databases, async I/O landing in v2.0, ISO GQL graph queries, Perspective 5.0 pushdown, plus a community spotlight on Kyle Cheung.
Aug 13, 2026 • Simon Späti
The August 2026 DuckDB Ecosystem Newsletter: giving every agent its own embedded DuckDB, the ADBC extension reaching 30+ external databases, async I/O landing in v2.0, ISO GQL graph queries, Perspective 5.0 pushdown, plus a community spotlight on Kyle Cheung.
Jun 12, 2026 • Simon Späti
The June 2026 DuckDB Ecosystem Newsletter: a local-first ETL/ELT studio, the Quack client-server protocol and its OAuth layer, DuckLake inlining, DuckDB internals, MotherDuck Flights for agent-native ingest, plus a community spotlight on Ryan Dolley.
Apr 17, 2026 • Simon Späti
DuckLake 1.0 ships, Lance adds vector search, Rust-native extension
Mar 13, 2026 • Simon Späti
SQL Transpilers, VS Code Extensions, Dives and more
Feb 11, 2026 • Simon Späti
MSSQL Extension, Vortex File Format & 2TB Memory Benchmarks
Jan 17, 2026 • Simon Späti
DuckDB news: Iceberg extension adds full DML (INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE). Process 1TB in 30 seconds. Query data via AI agents with MCP server. TypeScript macros for APIs.
Dec 10, 2025 • Simon Späti
DuckDB news: v1.4 adds AES-256 encryption. DuckLake brings ACID-compliant lakehouse with time-travel queries. Gaggle extension queries Kaggle datasets directly via SQL.
Nov 12, 2025 • Simon Späti
DuckDB news: QuackStore caching cuts query time from 49s to 3s. Infera runs ONNX ML models in SQL. 127 community extensions analyzed. DuckLake architecture explained.
Oct 7, 2025 • Simon Späti
DuckDB news: v1.4.0 LTS brings AES-256 encryption, MERGE statements, and Iceberg writes. 100x faster than Spark on local Parquet. Official Docker images released.
Sep 9, 2025 • Simon Späti
DuckDB news: Spatial joins 58x faster via R-tree indexing. pg_duckdb 1.0 adds OLAP analytics to PostgreSQL. One team cut Snowflake costs 79% using DuckDB caching.
Aug 7, 2025 • Simon Späti
DuckDB news: 50.7% YoY developer growth. DuckLake v0.2 adds credential secrets. BigQuery extension hits 21.7k weekly downloads. Vector search enables RAG applications.
Jun 6, 2025 • Simon Späti
DuckDB news: DuckLake combines catalog and table format with ACID metadata in SQL. Radio extension adds WebSocket and Redis Pub/Sub. Top CSV benchmark results.
May 8, 2025 • Simon Späti
DuckDB news: Metabase driver queries Parquet files directly. FlockMTL integrates LLMs into SQL workflows. Doom clone runs in DuckDB-WASM. Spatial wins top honors.
Mar 7, 2025 • Simon Späti
DuckDB news: v1.2 adds Google Sheets extension for SQL on spreadsheets. Duckberg queries Iceberg tables via Python. Smallpond sorts 110TB in 30 min using Ray.
Feb 9, 2025 • Simon Späti
DuckDB news: DuckCon #6 runs TPC-H SF300 on Raspberry Pi. SQL/PGQ graph queries 10-100x faster than Neo4j. Arrow Flight enables concurrent read/write access.
Jan 10, 2025 • Simon Späti
DuckDB news: PyIceberg enables local Iceberg catalogs in Python. Zero-egress data sharing via Cloudflare R2. SQLFlow streams Kafka and Bluesky data with DuckDB SQL.
Dec 11, 2024
DuckDB news: Query Bluesky social data via SQL. LLMs clean CRM data inside queries. Google Sheets extension launches. DuckDB-WASM powers sql-workbench.com browser IDE.
Nov 4, 2024 • Simon Späti
DuckDB news: HTTP extension queries REST APIs in SQL. Unity Catalog integration via dbt. Pivot tables extension. Drug database demo processes 6M records per minute.
Oct 4, 2024 • Simon Späti
DuckDB news: v1.1 hits 6M monthly Python downloads. Spark API compatibility layer added. Build RAG apps with GPT-4o embeddings. Extensions reach 17M monthly downloads.
Sep 3, 2024 • Mehdi Ouazza
DuckDB news: pg_duckdb brings analytical queries to PostgreSQL. Ibis makes DuckDB its default backend, dropping Pandas. Getting Started with DuckDB book released.
Aug 1, 2024 • Mehdi Ouazza
DuckDB news: Ranked #3 most desired database (StackOverflow 2024). Community extensions launch with registry. Delta Lake support via kernel. Memory management deep dive.
Jul 1, 2024
DuckDB news: Native Delta Lake joins Iceberg for lakehouse support. DuckDB-WASM embeds full analytics in browsers. Vector search and embeddings tutorials. 12GB test data in 12s.
Jun 8, 2024 • Ryan Boyd
DuckDB news: v1.0.0 Snow Duck is production-ready. Query 150,000+ Hugging Face datasets directly. Crunchy Bridge adds DuckDB analytics to PostgreSQL. RAG implementations.
Apr 30, 2024 • Luciano Galvão Filho
DuckDB news: Improved malformed CSV parsing. duckplyr brings DuckDB speed to R workflows. Parse 1 billion rows in Python efficiently. Geospatial raster via spatial extension.
Mar 28, 2024 • Mehdi Ouazza
DuckDB news: Federated queries join PostgreSQL and blockchain data. PuppyGraph adds graph modeling on MotherDuck. End-to-end dbt pipelines. Co-creator Hannes interview.
Mar 1, 2024 • Ryan Boyd
DuckDB news: v0.10.0 adds backwards-compatible storage and faster CSV parsing. PyAirbyte uses DuckDB as default cache. DuckDB-NSQL-7B LLM generates SQL locally.
Jan 30, 2024 • Ryan Boyd
DuckDB news: Query Google Sheets with one line of SQL. Join across PostgreSQL, SQLite, and MySQL databases. ERPL extension connects SAP data. Harlequin terminal IDE launches.
Dec 28, 2023 • Marcos Ortiz
DuckDB news: WASM extensions load directly in browsers. Query 32GB anti-money laundering datasets locally. BI-as-code tools Rill and Evidence gain traction. DuckCon #4 announced.
Nov 22, 2023 • Marcos Ortiz
DuckDB news: Query 148TB of Hugging Face image data remotely. Awesome DuckDB resource collection launches. Benchmarks vs Spark, Dask, and Polars frameworks.
Oct 30, 2023 • Marcos Ortiz
DuckDB news: Enhanced CSV reader with dialect detection. sqlfmt formatter hits 1.5M downloads. Harlequin terminal IDE. Spatial data management course launches.
Sep 30, 2023 • Marcos Ortiz
DuckDB news: v0.9 adds Azure storage and Iceberg support. MotherDuck raises Series B, opens to public. Harlequin terminal IDE launches. Vector similarity search.
Aug 21, 2023 • Marcos Ortiz
DuckDB news: VS Code extension enables local and MotherDuck connections. Rill Data goes production. DuckDB Wasm Kit adds React hooks. Process 100s of GB with Coiled.
Jul 17, 2023 • Marcos Ortiz
DuckDB news: MotherDuck launches managed cloud service with hybrid execution. Apache Iceberg extension arrives. Vectorized Python UDFs added. DuckCon SF talks published.
Jun 16, 2023 • Marcos Ortiz
DuckDB news: Query 50,000+ Hugging Face datasets directly via SQL. FalconVis cross-filters 10 million entries. Dagster integration tutorial. Spatial extension advances.
May 24, 2023 • Marcos Ortiz
DuckDB news: v0.8.0 brings Pivot/Unpivot and time series joins. Project hits 10,000 GitHub stars. Spatial extension and native Swift API launch.
Apr 17, 2023 • Marcos Ortiz
DuckDB news: Mode adopts DuckDB for visual data exploration. DataCamp Workspace adds SQL-first tool. LangChain Document Loader integration. dbt extension launches.
Mar 23, 2023 • Marcos Ortiz
DuckDB news: JSON extension queries nested data as tables. Spatial analysis runs on AWS Lambda. JupySQL enables large dataset plotting. Streamlit integration.
Feb 22, 2023 • Marcos Ortiz
DuckDB news: v0.7.0 adds JSON ingestion, partitioned Parquet export, and UPSERT support. Benchmarks show 4-200x faster than Postgres on AWS cost queries.
Jan 12, 2023 • Marcos Ortiz
DuckDB news: Hits 1 million monthly PyPI downloads. Modern Data Stack in a Box runs analytics on single machine. CDC pipelines from PostgreSQL via Redpanda.
Dec 15, 2022 • Marcos Ortiz
DuckDB news: Query 250GB Common Crawl data locally via HTTPFS. Polars and Arrow integration for Rust. Co-creator Mark Raasveldt featured. DuckCon Brussels announced.