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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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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#3
Turso is an in-process SQL database, compatible with SQLite.
20K starsJun 20, 2026 pushdata-analysisRustSQL
$ npx skills add tursodatabase/turso#4
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#5
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#6
Flyway by Redgate • Database Migrations Made Easy.
9.9K starsJun 18, 2026 pushdata-analysisJavaSQL
$ npx skills add flyway/flyway#7
The fastest and simplest library for SQLite3 in Node.js.
7.3K starsJun 15, 2026 pushdata-analysisJavaScriptSQL
$ npx skills add WiseLibs/better-sqlite3#8
Distributed SQL database in Rust, written as an educational project
7.3K starsJun 14, 2026 pushdata-analysisRustSQL
$ npx skills add erikgrinaker/toydb#9
TiDB is built for agentic workloads that grow unpredictably, with ACID guarantees and native support for transactions, analytics, and vector search. No data silos. No noisy neighbors. No infrastructure ceiling.
40K starsJun 20, 2026 pushdata-analysisGoSQL
$ npx skills add pingcap/tidb#10
Free universal database tool and SQL client
51K starsJun 20, 2026 pushdata-analysisJavaSQL
$ npx skills add dbeaver/dbeaver#11
ClickHouse® is a real-time analytics database management system
48K starsJun 21, 2026 pushdata-analysisC++SQL
$ npx skills add ClickHouse/ClickHouse#12
High-performance, scalable time-series database designed for Industrial IoT (IIoT) scenarios
25K starsJun 20, 2026 pushdata-analysisCSQL
$ npx skills add taosdata/TDengine#13
Database diagrams editor that allows you to visualize and design your DB with a single query.
22K starsJun 20, 2026 pushdata-analysisTypeScriptSQL
$ npx skills add chartdb/chartdb#14
$ npx skills add apache/flink#15
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#16
REST API for any Postgres database
27K starsJun 20, 2026 pushdata-analysisHaskellSQL
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