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Apache DataFusion Ballista Distributed Query Engine
2.1K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdata-analysisRustSQL
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Drop-in Apache Spark replacement written in Rust, unifying batch processing, stream processing, and compute-intensive AI workloads.
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$ npx skills add lakehq/sail#3
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$ npx skills add lakesoul-io/LakeSoul#4
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$ npx skills add roapi/roapi#5
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$ npx skills add sfu-db/connector-x#6
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$ npx skills add apache/spark#7
$ npx skills add apache/flink#8
Apache Beam is a unified programming model for Batch and Streaming data processing.
8.6K starsJun 20, 2026 pushdata-analysisJavaSQL
$ npx skills add apache/beam#9
Extensible SQL Lexer and Parser for Rust
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$ npx skills add apache/datafusion-sqlparser-rs#10
High performance Rust stream processing engine seamlessly integrates AI capabilities, providing powerful real-time data processing and intelligent analysis.
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$ npx skills add arkflow-rs/arkflow#11
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$ npx skills add ClickHouse/ClickHouse#12
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39K starsJun 20, 2026 pushdata-analysisC++SQL
$ npx skills add duckdb/duckdb#13
SQL databases in Python, designed for simplicity, compatibility, and robustness.
18K starsJun 18, 2026 pushdata-analysisPythonSQL
$ npx skills add fastapi/sqlmodel#14
Generate type-safe code from SQL
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$ npx skills add sqlc-dev/sqlc#15
The official home of the Presto distributed SQL query engine for big data
17K starsJun 20, 2026 pushdata-analysisJavaSQL
$ npx skills add prestodb/presto#16
Official repository of Trino, the distributed SQL query engine for big data, formerly known as PrestoSQL (https://trino.io)
13K starsJun 20, 2026 pushdata-analysisJavaSQL
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