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DuckDB is an analytical in-process SQL database management system
39K starsJun 20, 2026 pushdata-analysisC++SQL
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ClickHouse® is a real-time analytics database management system
48K starsJun 21, 2026 pushdata-analysisC++SQL
$ npx skills add ClickHouse/ClickHouse#3
CockroachDB — the cloud native, distributed SQL database designed for high availability, effortless scale, and control over data placement.
32K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdata-analysisGoSQL
$ npx skills add cockroachdb/cockroach#4
$ npx skills add apache/flink#5
A query builder for PostgreSQL, MySQL, CockroachDB, SQL Server, SQLite3 and Oracle, designed to be flexible, portable, and fun to use.
20K starsJun 17, 2026 pushdata-analysisJavaScriptSQL
$ npx skills add knex/knex#6
SQL databases in Python, designed for simplicity, compatibility, and robustness.
18K starsJun 18, 2026 pushdata-analysisPythonSQL
$ npx skills add fastapi/sqlmodel#7
A time-series database for high-performance real-time analytics packaged as a Postgres extension
23K starsJun 20, 2026 pushdata-analysisCSQL
$ npx skills add timescale/timescaledb#8
MyBatis SQL mapper framework for Java
20K starsJun 19, 2026 pushdata-analysisJavaSQL
$ npx skills add mybatis/mybatis-3#9
Turso is an in-process SQL database, compatible with SQLite.
20K starsJun 20, 2026 pushdata-analysisRustSQL
$ npx skills add tursodatabase/turso#10
SQL powered operating system instrumentation, monitoring, and analytics.
23K starsJun 19, 2026 pushdata-analysisC++SQL
$ npx skills add osquery/osquery#11
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
$ npx skills add trinodb/trino#12
Go MySQL Driver is a MySQL driver for Go's (golang) database/sql package
15K starsJun 13, 2026 pushdata-analysisGoSQL
$ npx skills add go-sql-driver/mysql#13
The world's fastest open query engine for sub-second analytics both on and off the data lakehouse. With the flexibility to support nearly any scenario, StarRocks provides best-in-class performance for multi-dimensional analytics, real-time analytics, and ad-hoc queries. A Linux Foundation project.
12K starsJun 20, 2026 pushdata-analysisJavaSQL
$ npx skills add StarRocks/starrocks#14
PRQL is a modern language for transforming data — a simple, powerful, pipelined SQL replacement
11K starsJun 20, 2026 pushdata-analysisRustSQL
$ npx skills add PRQL/prql#15
The Database Toolkit for Python
12K starsJun 18, 2026 pushdata-analysisPythonSQL
$ npx skills add sqlalchemy/sqlalchemy#16
Dapper - a simple object mapper for .Net
18K starsMay 16, 2026 pushdata-analysisC#SQL
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