DuckDB-WASM
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
0warn against
Nov 1, 2025first mention
Oct 21, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“It's cool to be able to write SQL directly in a browser”
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Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
Threads where it came up
- A Preview of DuckDB v2.0 2 mentions
- DuckDB 2.0.0 LTS “Cinnamon Teal” 1 mention
- Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026) 1 mention
- Show HN: Asili – open-source, privacy-first in-browser DNA PGS scoring 1 mention
- Full-Text Search with DuckDB 1 mention
- Why DuckDB is my first choice for data processing 1 mention
Also written as DuckDB-Wasm, DuckDB WASM, DuckDB-wasm. Data: duckdb-wasm.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
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note that if you want range queries in duckdb-wasm to work, you currently need to make sure that you disable `builtin_httpfs`, otherwise you can end up pulling a ton of data: https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb-wasm/issues/2228#issuecomment-5306086057
“Excellent performance.”
“It's cool to be able to write SQL directly in a browser”
“Sandbox DuckDB exec (DuckDB-WASM)”
“through DuckDB-wasm”
“DuckDB-WASM is magic.”
“Built with DuckDB-Wasm”
“It runs entirely client-side using DuckDB-WASM”
“the wasm docs state that feature-parity isn't there - yet.”