Hugging Face Ships DuckDB 2.0 Extension for SQL Access to Datasets

Hugging Face launched a native C++ extension for DuckDB 2.0 enabling direct SQL read/write access to hf:// datasets and buckets, backed by Xet-based storage with global deduplication that saves about 80% space for identical files.

2026-10-22 ~ 2026-10-22 · 3 related posts

• Hugging Face Ships DuckDB 2.0 Extension: Query and Write hf:// Datasets in SQL — lhoestq · 2026-10-22
• Xet Dedup Saves Hugging Face 80% of Storage Globally, Engineers Say — lhoestq · 2026-10-22

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