Dux, distributed DuckDB-backed dataframes on the Beam
Hey all! I wrote Explorer[1] a good few years ago now with the dream of fast dataframes with a dplyr-like API in a really powerful, ergonomic language (Elixir). It's proved pretty successful. Explorer is used in production at my company, and it's my go-to for quick data analysis. But maintaining it became a true albatross. Polars is an amazing project, but the development process is fast and a lot is very focused on the Python lib. We found that trying to maintain Explorer against Polars was a maintenance nightmare and eventually hit points where we had to give up features and found it…
Dux, distributed DuckDB-backed dataframes on the Beam launched on March 31, 2026 with 7 votes, #1,458 of 23,380 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.
What it does
Distributed DataFrames for Elixir powered by DuckDB - elixir-dux/dux
In the maker’s words, at launch
Hey all! I wrote Explorer[1] a good few years ago now with the dream of fast dataframes with a dplyr-like API in a really powerful, ergonomic language (Elixir). It's proved pretty successful. Explorer is used in production at my company, and it's my go-to for quick data analysis. But maintaining it became a true…
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