DuckDB
DuckDB is This post by @carlo_piovesan and @GeertjanW shows you how. It is ranked #78 on the Dev Radar, in Databases, first seen 3 days ago and shared in 4 posts (28.6k views).
What DuckDB says about itself
DuckDB-Wasm can open a persistent database file in the browser's Origin Private File System (OPFS). This post shows how, and when data reaches disk.
What people said about DuckDB on X
When #DuckDB-Wasm was launched in 2021, databases could not be persisted: everything lived in the Wasm heap and vanished when the tab closed. Keeping data meant serializing tables to Parquet, storing the bytes in IndexedDB, and re-registering them on the next page load. This was doable, but had to be handled at the…
— @duckdb, 21 h ago · 116 likes · see the post
Persistent Databases in the Browser with DuckDB-Wasm and OPFS https://duckdb.org/2026/09/18/opfs-wasm.html #generalprogramming #feedly
— @jreuben1, 1 days ago · 3 likes · see the post
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DuckDB in numbers
- Rank on the Dev Radar: #78 of 1228
- Shared in 4 posts by 2 accounts: @duckdb, @jreuben1
- 28.6k views on those posts
- First seen 3 days ago, last shared 21 h ago
- Pricing seen by Jev: open source
- Market: Databases
FAQ
What is DuckDB?
This post by @carlo_piovesan and @GeertjanW shows you how It was first shared on X 3 days ago and is ranked #78 on the Dev Radar.
Is DuckDB free?
It is open source.
Who shared DuckDB?
2 accounts on X, including @duckdb, @jreuben1, in 4 posts totalling 28.6k views.
Every post is read and classified by Jev (TypeSafe): what it is, which market it belongs to, and whether the link is a real tool. 11.3k posts from 4.9k X accounts over the last 21 days, 1.2k tools, 12 markets. Collected every 5 minutes, fully re-ranked every hour — last update 2026-09-19 16:50 UTC. Full method.