# duckdb
**Repository Path**: joey__code/duckdb
## Basic Information
- **Project Name**: duckdb
- **Description**: No description available
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: MIT
- **Default Branch**: main
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No
## Statistics
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- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2025-04-02
- **Last Updated**: 2025-04-02
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## README
## DuckDB
DuckDB is a high-performance analytical database system. It is designed to be fast, reliable, portable, and easy to use. DuckDB provides a rich SQL dialect, with support far beyond basic SQL. DuckDB supports arbitrary and nested correlated subqueries, window functions, collations, complex types (arrays, structs, maps), and [several extensions designed to make SQL easier to use](https://duckdb.org/docs/guides/sql_features/friendly_sql).
DuckDB is available as a [standalone CLI application](https://duckdb.org/docs/api/cli/overview) and has clients for [Python](https://duckdb.org/docs/api/python/overview), [R](https://duckdb.org/docs/api/r), [Java](https://duckdb.org/docs/api/java), [Wasm](https://duckdb.org/docs/api/wasm/overview), etc., with deep integrations with packages such as [pandas](https://duckdb.org/docs/guides/python/sql_on_pandas) and [dplyr](https://duckdb.org/docs/api/r#duckplyr-dplyr-api).
For more information on using DuckDB, please refer to the [DuckDB documentation](https://duckdb.org/docs/).
## Installation
If you want to install DuckDB, please see [our installation page](https://duckdb.org/docs/installation/) for instructions.
## Data Import
For CSV files and Parquet files, data import is as simple as referencing the file in the FROM clause:
```sql
SELECT * FROM 'myfile.csv';
SELECT * FROM 'myfile.parquet';
```
Refer to our [Data Import](https://duckdb.org/docs/data/overview) section for more information.
## SQL Reference
The documentation contains a [SQL introduction and reference](https://duckdb.org/docs/sql/introduction).
## Development
For development, DuckDB requires [CMake](https://cmake.org), Python3 and a `C++11` compliant compiler. Run `make` in the root directory to compile the sources. For development, use `make debug` to build a non-optimized debug version. You should run `make unit` and `make allunit` to verify that your version works properly after making changes. To test performance, you can run `BUILD_BENCHMARK=1 BUILD_TPCH=1 make` and then perform several standard benchmarks from the root directory by executing `./build/release/benchmark/benchmark_runner`. The details of benchmarks are in our [Benchmark Guide](benchmark/README.md).
Please also refer to our [Build Guide](https://duckdb.org/dev/building) and [Contribution Guide](CONTRIBUTING.md).
## Support
See the [Support Options](https://duckdblabs.com/support/) page.