Hi Yuxia, Thank you for your excellent work! I'm thrilled that paimon-rust has appeared in a real-life scenario! Welcome to contribute.
If possible, you can contribute `duckdb-extension-paimon` too. Maybe in paimon-rust, maybe another repo. Best, Jingsong On Sat, Jan 10, 2026 at 11:23 AM yuxia <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Paimon Community, > > I hope this message finds you well. I'm writing to share a project I've been > working on and to gauge community interest in it. > > I've developed a DuckDB extension for Apache Paimon that enables direct > querying of Paimon tables using DuckDB. This extension allows users to > quickly explore and analyze Paimon data locally without the need to set up > and configure larger distributed engines like Trino or StarRocks. This makes > it particularly useful for: > - Quick data exploration and ad-hoc analysis > - Prototyping and development workflows > - Local testing and validation > - Lowering the barrier to entry for Paimon adoption > > **Project Details:** > - Repository: https://github.com/luoyuxia/duckdb-extension-paimon > - Current Status: Experimental (0.0.1-beta release available for macOS, > tested with DuckDB 1.4.2) > - Supported Table Types: Log tables and primary key tables with Deletion > Vector enabled > - Technology Stack: Built on top of paimon-rust with a Rust FFI layer and C++ > integration > > **Technical Approach:** > The extension is built using paimon-rust as its foundation. I've been > maintaining a fork of paimon-rust (https://github.com/luoyuxia/paimon-rust, > poc branch) that adds read capabilities, which serves as the core for this > DuckDB extension. This approach leverages Rust's performance and safety > characteristics while providing a clean integration path with DuckDB through > FFI. > > **Future Plans:** > If the community finds this project valuable and interesting, I would be very > happy to: > 1. Continue refining and improving the DuckDB extension for better > integration with DuckDB's features and ecosystem > 2. Contribute the read capabilities back to the paimon-rust project, which > could unlock more integrations between Paimon and the broader Rust ecosystem > > I'm eager to hear your thoughts and would welcome any feedback, suggestions, > or collaboration opportunities. > > Thank you for your time and consideration. I look forward to hearing from the > community. > > Best regards, > Yuxia
