DuckDB has introduced support for a new SQL IDE, expanding its tooling ecosystem. The documentation covers installation, client APIs across multiple languages (Python, R, Java, Rust, Go, Node.js), SQL statements and functions, data import/export capabilities, and various extensions for enhanced functionality.
A new Postgres extension called chdb leverages ClickHouse's in-process engine to enable fast imports and exports from cloud object storage in multiple data formats. Benchmarks show chdb outperforms competing extensions like pg_duckdb and pg_lake by 2-3x on CSV, JSON, and Parquet imports, while supporting a broader range of formats through ClickHouse's native capabilities.