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24 alternatives to Preql – a database query language that compiles to SQL

An interpreted relational query language that compiles to SQL. - erezsh/Preql

Preql is a database query language that compiles to SQL, designed for developers who work with databases. Launched in 2021, it provides an alternative syntax for querying data that translates into standard SQL. The… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Preql – a database query language that compiles to SQL launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Hi everyone — thanks for your interest in PRQL — let us know any questions or feedback! We're excited to be releasing 0.2[1], the first version of PRQL you can use in your own projects. It wouldn't exist without the feedback we got from HackerNews when we originally posted the proposal. [1]: https://github.com/prql/prql/releases/tag/0.2.0

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Search for files using a fun query language. Contribute to kashav/fsql development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Prela is an embedded query language based on Tarski's Algebra of Relations. Its queries are concise, clear, and fast. It is implemented by shallow embedding in a host programming language: Prela operators are regular functions in the host. The implementation follows continuation-passing style which compiles to efficient columnar execution.

    Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    This extension let's you write PRQL functions in PostgreSQL. When I first saw PRQL on Hacker News a few months ago, I was immediately captivated by the idea, yet equally disappointed that there was no integration for PostgreSQL. Having previous experience with writing PostgreSQL extensions in C, I thought this was a great opportunity to try out the pgrx framework and decided to integrate PRQL with PostgreSQL myself. The maintainers of both PRQL and pgrx were very nice to work with. Thanks guys.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    inferring sql queries from plain-text questions about tables - paulfitz/mlsql

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Contribute to akdor1154/python-csql development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    PugSQL is a Python library for interacting with your database the way the gods intended.

    2019 · pugsql.org · its alternatives →

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    GraphQL for Postgres. Contribute to solidsnack/GraphpostgresQL development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    PgQueuer is a Python job queue that uses PostgreSQL for everything — queue storage, locking, notifications. No Redis, no RabbitMQ, no separate broker to operate. If your app already has Postgres, you already have the broker. After ~2 years and 26 minor releases, 1.0 ships today as the first stable release. Strict semver from here on. Thanks to everyone who contributed and left feedback!

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A query language for JSON-like structures

    2021 · mistql.com · its alternatives →

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    Anyquery▲110

    Query anything with SQL (e.g. Notion, GitHub, JSON)

    2024 · anyquery.dev · its alternatives →

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    pgTyped - Typesafe SQL in TypeScript. Contribute to adelsz/pgtyped development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    SafeQL▲69

    Write SQL queries with confidence

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    We like open source, we develop open source software, and we are very active and well known at Postgres community. We also develop custom products for clients, always around Postgres environment

    2020 · ongres.com · its alternatives →

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    From the company behind Dolt—the world's first fully versioned database—comes DoltgreSQL, which implements PostgreSQL's variant of SQL. DoltgreSQL is at a very early stage, and we have quite a lot of work left to do, but we'd love to hear all thoughts and opinions! You can read more in the announcement blog post: https://www.dolthub.com/blog/2023-11-01-announcing-doltgresq...

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    SQL micro-dialect implementation for querying JSON objects. Written purely in Scala. - mmalek06/JsonSql

    2020 · github.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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    I've always been curious about how SQL engines actually work. So I built a minimum viable SQL engine in Go. - Supports CSV files as tables - Supports SELECT, FROM, WHERE, LIMIT It's very simple: 1. Parses query string 2. Converts it into an AST representation 3. Executes the query against the CSV 4. Returns the results

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    pREST▲93

    low-code, instant, realtime, high-performance on PostgreSQL

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    Hey all, I just released v2.0.0 of FilterQL, a query language and TypeScript library. This version adds support for Operations, which allow you to transform the data after filtering. If you think this would be useful in a project you're working on, give it a try and let me know what you think!

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    PyQL▲15

    A tool to run SQL queries on Python files built using GitQL

    2024 · github.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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    Hey HN, I’m Julien, and after finishing my CS sophomore year, I wanted a project to keep me busy during the summer. So I built anyquery for fun, a SQL query engine for pretty much anything. SQL is the industry standard query language for databases. But what if it could query other services? That’s what I wanted to explore. Kinda like Yahoo! Query Language, except that I was too young to see it. Anyquery can run queries on local/remote files (CSV, JSON, logs with Grok, Parquet, HTML tables, etc.), SaaS (GitHub, Notion, Spotify, etc.) and local apps (Apple Notes, Git, Google Chrome tabs,…

    2024 · anyquery.dev · its alternatives →

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    A lightweight database with Python syntax queries, using ZeroMQ - asrp/pyzdb

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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