DuckDB

DuckDB is free and open source for the community’s benefit

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Owns the Duck Stack’s IP

The non-profit Foundation holds the core intellectual property and trademarks of DuckDB, DuckLake and Quack projects.

MIT, irrevocably

DuckDB, DuckLake and Quack are, and will continue to be, distributed under the permissive MIT license.

Shape the roadmap

Supporters provide input into the development of DuckDB and related projects.

Supporters

Organizations funding DuckDB’s development through the Foundation, listed with their consent.

Gold supporters

≥ €100,000 / year

Technical

donated infrastructure — CDN, CI, hosting

Open-source grants

Silver

≥ €10,000 / year

Who runs it

A three-person board composed of members with a database research background.

Hannes Mühleisen Chair|Co-creator of DuckDB

Co-created DuckDB at CWI Amsterdam in 2018. Former professor of data systems at Radboud University.

Mark Raasveldt Board|Co-creator of DuckDB

Co-created DuckDB at CWI Amsterdam in 2018. Obtained his PhD in database systems at CWI’s Database Architectures group.

Peter Boncz Board|Database systems researcher

CWI researcher and professor at VU Amsterdam, architect of influential analytical database management systems.

Support DuckDB

Membership funds the roadmap and gives your organization a voice in it.
Dues are spent on development — all of them.

Silver

from €10,000 / year
Get in touch
  • Logo on duckdb.org and the Foundation page
  • DuckDB t-shirts for your team

Gold

from €100,000 / year
Get in touch
  • Prominent logo placement across DuckDB surfaces
  • DuckDB t-shirts and hoodies for your team

Articles of Association

Stichting DuckDB Foundation is incorporated in the Netherlands.
For the statutes of the Foundation, see the following document.

Articles of Association (English)