
Hi I'm Ruddy
Most DuckDB tooling falls into one of three buckets: a browser-based WASM tool with all the overhead that implies, a thin SQL console bolted onto the engine, or a Python notebook that happens to use DuckDB on the side. I wanted something different — a proper Mac app that runs the native DuckDB binary , feels at home on macOS, and handles the full data workflow without switching tools. That's Ruddy . What it does Native DuckDB engine No WASM. No middleware. The real binary, running locally. This matters for performance on larger files and for features that WASM builds don't fully expose. Notebooks powered by Marimo Python + SQL notebooks with installable native libraries. Not a dumbed-down cell runner — you can build full analyses and share them. AI agent — Ruddynie An agent that runs queries, builds notebooks, and connects to MCP servers. Bring your own model: Claude, Gemini, OpenAI, or OpenRouter. Visual query builder Built on top of the ERD view — you can click together joins without
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