--- title: DuckDB sidebar_label: DuckDB description: "DuckDB is an in-process OLAP database designed for fast analytical queries on local data. Supports CSV, Parquet, JSON, and many other file formats." hide_title: true --- {/* Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. */} import { DatabasePage } from '@site/src/components/databases'; export const databaseInfo = {"engine":"duckdb","engine_name":"DuckDB","module":"duckdb","documentation":{"description":"DuckDB is an in-process OLAP database designed for fast analytical queries on local data. Supports CSV, Parquet, JSON, and many other file formats.","logo":"duckdb.png","homepage_url":"https://duckdb.org/","categories":["ANALYTICAL_DATABASES","OPEN_SOURCE"],"pypi_packages":["duckdb-engine"],"connection_string":"duckdb:////path/to/duck.db","drivers":[{"name":"duckdb-engine","pypi_package":"duckdb-engine","connection_string":"duckdb:////path/to/duck.db","is_recommended":true}],"notes":"DuckDB supports both local file and in-memory databases. Use `:memory:` for in-memory database.","compatible_databases":[{"name":"MotherDuck","description":"MotherDuck is a serverless cloud analytics platform built on DuckDB, offering collaborative data sharing and cloud-native scalability.","logo":"motherduck.png","homepage_url":"https://motherduck.com/","pypi_packages":["duckdb","duckdb-engine"],"connection_string":"duckdb:///md:{database}?motherduck_token={token}","parameters":{"database":"MotherDuck database name","motherduck_token":"Service token from MotherDuck dashboard"},"notes":"Cloud-hosted DuckDB with collaboration features.","categories":["HOSTED_OPEN_SOURCE"]}],"custom_errors":[{"regex_name":"COLUMN_DOES_NOT_EXIST_REGEX","message_template":"We can't seem to resolve the column \"%(column_name)s\"","error_type":"COLUMN_DOES_NOT_EXIST_ERROR","category":"Query","description":"Column not found","issue_codes":[1003,1004]}]},"time_grains":{"SECOND":true,"FIVE_SECONDS":false,"THIRTY_SECONDS":false,"MINUTE":true,"FIVE_MINUTES":false,"TEN_MINUTES":false,"FIFTEEN_MINUTES":false,"THIRTY_MINUTES":false,"HALF_HOUR":false,"HOUR":true,"SIX_HOURS":false,"DAY":true,"WEEK":true,"WEEK_STARTING_SUNDAY":false,"WEEK_STARTING_MONDAY":false,"WEEK_ENDING_SATURDAY":false,"WEEK_ENDING_SUNDAY":false,"MONTH":true,"QUARTER":true,"QUARTER_YEAR":false,"YEAR":true},"score":38,"max_score":201,"joins":true,"subqueries":true,"supports_dynamic_schema":false,"supports_catalog":false,"supports_dynamic_catalog":false,"ssh_tunneling":true,"query_cancelation":false,"supports_file_upload":true,"user_impersonation":false,"query_cost_estimation":false,"sql_validation":false};