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24 alternatives to GizmoSQL – Run DuckDB as a Server with Arrow Flight SQL

Hi, I'm Philip Moore - the founder of GizmoData, and creator of GizmoSQL - an Apache Arrow Flight SQL Server - with DuckDB (or SQLite) back-end execution engines. GizmoSQL is a composable SQL server with Arrow Flight SQL, DuckDB, and SQLite - with the intention of making it easy to run DuckDB (or SQLite) as a server - usable by multiple people from a client (remote) computer. It also adds security (authentication) and encryption of traffic with TLS. To run GizmoSQL - see the steps in the README.md - where you can see how easy it is to run the server as well as how to connect via ADBC and…

GizmoSQL is an Apache Arrow Flight SQL server that runs DuckDB or SQLite as a backend, enabling multiple remote users to query these embedded databases from client computers. It adds authentication and TLS encryption… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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    Run DuckDB as a server with Arrow Flight SQL!

    2025 · gizmodata.com · its alternatives →

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    I built Duck-UI, a web-based SQL editor that runs DuckDB entirely in your browser via WebAssembly. No backend required. The Problem: Every time I needed to query csv, parquet, or even to play with SQL, I had to either: (a) spin up a Jupyter notebook (b) use the CLI (c) upload to a hosted service. Friction at every step (TOO MUCH to load a csv or even to test some sql (study)... The Solution: DuckDB's WASM runtime lets us run SQL analysis client-side. Load CSV/JSON/Parquet files from disk or URL, write SQL, get results instantly. Data stays on your machine. What It Does: SQL editor…

    2025 · demo.duckui.com · its alternatives →

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    SQL OnLine - SQLite, DuckDB, PGLite, MariaDB / MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server. AI error analysis, User-friendly interface for Data Science. No registration for start, No DownLoad, No Install. | sql compiler, federated queries, temporal query federation, BI Analytics

    2025 · sqliteonline.com · its alternatives →

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    DuckDB for streaming data. Contribute to turbolytics/sql-flow development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    The content delivery platform that truly hops.

    Feb 2026 · bunny.net · its alternatives →

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    Free browser-based SQL editor powered by DuckDB. Query and visualize CSV, JSON, Parquet and Arrow files locally or from remote URLs. No installation required.

    2024 · sql-workbench.com · its alternatives →

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    A Go SQL query builder and struct mapper. Contribute to samonzeweb/godb development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN! We’ve built Pretzel, an open-source data exploration and visualization tool that runs fully in the browser and can handle large files (200 MB CSV on my 8gb MacBook air is snappy). It’s also reactive - so if, for example, you change a filter, all the data transform blocks after it re-evaluate automatically. You can try it here: https://pretzelai.github.io/ (static hosted webpage) or see a demo video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73wNEun_L7w You can play with the demo CSV that’s pre-loaded (GitHub data of text-editor adjacent projects) or upload…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN, We have been building SyncLite, an open-source platform to simplify offline-first application development. If your application uses SQLite or DuckDB, SyncLite lets it continue using the local database as usual while synchronization happens in the background. For SQL-based applications, SyncLite records transactions into transactionally consistent .sqlog files using SQLite as an open replication format. A background consolidator replays those transactions, derives row-level CDC and schema changes, and applies them transactionally to destination databases like PostgreSQL. The same…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN, Today we’re launching PowerSync, a Postgres<>SQLite bi-directional sync engine that enables an offline-first app architecture. It currently supports Flutter, React Native and web (JavaScript) using Wasm SQLite in the browser, with more client SDKs on the way. Conrad and I (Ralf) have been working on our sync engine since 2009, originally as part of a full-stack app platform. That version of the system is still used in production worldwide and we’ve learnt a lot from its use cases and scaling. About a year ago we started on spinning off PowerSync as a standalone product that is…

    2023 · powersync.com · its alternatives →

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    Try running a query anywhere from PostgreSQL to DuckDB without leaving your browser.

    2023 · codapi.org · its alternatives →

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    Hello HN! I'm building mvsqlite, a distributed variant of SQLite with MVCC transactions, that runs on FoundationDB. It is a drop-in replacement that just needs an `LD_PRELOAD` for existing applications using SQLite. I made this because Blueboat (https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;losfair&#x2F;blueboat) needs a native SQL interface to persistent data. Apparently, just providing a transactional key-value store isn’t enough - it is more easy and efficient to build complex business logic on an SQL database, and it seems necessary to bring a self-hostable distributed SQL DB onto the platform.…

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    FluentDB▲275

    The AI database client for Mac

    Jul 2026 · fluentdb.ai · its alternatives →

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    WarcDB: Web crawl data as SQLite databases. Contribute to Florents-Tselai/WarcDB development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A truly Open Source MongoDB alternative. Contribute to FerretDB/FerretDB development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Part of the workflow for building my website is the generation of a table in tab-separated column format (.tsv). The source data is found in four other .tsv files. I use an SQLite query to perform a 4-way join and write out the new table. For convenience, I wrote a script that encapsulates the query inside a Bash function. The example below illustrates this technique. repertoire() { pushd $CMM_SOURCES&#x2F;_data sqlite3 <<EOS .headers on .mode tabs .import category.tsv category .import composition.tsv composition .import concert.tsv concert .import program.tsv program .once repertoire.tsv…

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    WunderBase is an open source Serverless GraphQL database built on SQLite, Firecracker, and Prisma. Sleep mode saves cost—perfect for fast, lightweight apps.

    2022 · wundergraph.com · its alternatives →

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    In-browser SQL Workbench for data querying & visualization

    2024 · sql-workbench.com · its alternatives →

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    Build a database-backed full-stack app in under a minute.

    2021 · blog.glitch.com · its alternatives →

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    Quick and dirty duckdb in the browser, parquet!

    2025 · quak.dev · its alternatives →

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    Automatically create a GraphQL server from a SQLite database or a SQL file - bradleyboy/tuql

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Golang SQLite without cgo. Contribute to cvilsmeier/sqinn-go development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    We’ve built SQLRooms, an open-source framework for creating single-node data analytics apps powered by DuckDB. It lets you build fully client-side, data-centric apps using React and DuckDB running in the browser (via WebAssembly) or in Electron. No server or backend is required — apps can work offline, preserve data privacy, and run queries on large datasets with sub-second performance. Features: - Query large datasets in browser with DuckDB (WASM) - Modular design for building composable data UIs (query editors, dashboards, notebooks, etc.) - Data privacy-preserving AI assistant that can…

    2025 · sqlrooms.org · its alternatives →

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    soarSQL▲98

    The analytical SQL editor - powered by duckDB

    2025 · its alternatives →

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