10 alternatives to duckdb

duckdb/duckdb — DuckDB is a high-performance analytical database system (42,334 stars, MIT, database, dev-tools, files).

These are the closest projects in the JustClaw-It index that we serve licence-cleared code from, ranked by relevance and by our code-quality score (1–10, the mean over each repo's graded components: completeness, code quality, deployability, reusability, strategic value). JustClaw-It also serves 3,000 licence-cleared components from duckdb/duckdb itself.

#	Repo	Score	Licence	Stars
1	go-sql-driver/mysql	8.2	MPL-2.0	15,274
2	timescale/timescaledb	6.1	Apache-2.0	23,734
3	typicode/lowdb	8.8	MIT	22,586
4	sqlalchemy/sqlalchemy	7.7	MIT	12,253
5	etcd-io/etcd	6.9	Apache-2.0	52,412
6	rqlite/rqlite	7.7	MIT	17,867
7	xtdb/xtdb	4.7	MPL-2.0	3,091
8	mike-paper/pulse	4.3	MIT	166
9	neondatabase/neon	7.0	Apache-2.0	23,257
10	xsam/otelsql	4.8	Apache-2.0	422

The alternatives in detail

go-sql-driver/mysql

Go MySQL Driver is a MySQL driver for Go's (golang) database/sql package

score 8.2/10 · MPL-2.0 weak-copyleft · 15,274 stars · 34 components · search them
timescale/timescaledb

A time-series database for high-performance real-time analytics packaged as a Postgres extension

score 6.1/10 · Apache-2.0 permissive · 23,734 stars · 594 components · search them · alternatives
typicode/lowdb

Simple and fast JSON database

score 8.8/10 · MIT permissive · 22,586 stars · 8 components · search them
sqlalchemy/sqlalchemy

The Database Toolkit for Python

score 7.7/10 · MIT permissive · 12,253 stars · 239 components · search them
etcd-io/etcd

Distributed reliable key-value store for the most critical data of a distributed system

score 6.9/10 · Apache-2.0 permissive · 52,412 stars · 611 components · search them · alternatives
rqlite/rqlite

The lightweight, fault-tolerant database built on SQLite. Designed to keep your data highly available with minimal effort.

score 7.7/10 · MIT permissive · 17,867 stars · 173 components · search them
xtdb/xtdb

An immutable SQL database for application development, time-travel reporting and data compliance. Developed by @juxt

score 4.7/10 · MPL-2.0 weak-copyleft · 3,091 stars · 349 components · search them
mike-paper/pulse

Open source SaaS metrics (built by Paper)

score 4.3/10 · MIT permissive · 166 stars · 31 components · search them
neondatabase/neon

Neon: Serverless Postgres. We separated storage and compute to offer autoscaling, code-like database branching, and scale to zero.

score 7.0/10 · Apache-2.0 permissive · 23,257 stars · 756 components · search them · alternatives
xsam/otelsql

OpenTelemetry instrumentation for database/sql

score 4.8/10 · Apache-2.0 permissive · 422 stars · 22 components · search them

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