DuckLake: SQL as a Lakehouse Format

Mark Raasveldt and Hannes Mühleisen
2025-05-27 · 30 sec

TL;DR: DuckLake simplifies lakehouses by using a standard SQL database for all metadata, instead of complex file-based systems, while still storing data in open formats like Parquet. This makes it more reliable, faster, and easier to manage.