Show HN: Igloo – Self-hosted data warehouse built on DuckDB
I made a database (based on DuckDB) because Snowflake and Databricks is insanely expensive. It's open source and in testing it's 3x faster and 25x lower cost.
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2026-11-12 02:15:14.663Z
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Repository: akkio-inc/igloo. Source account: I made a database (based on DuckDB) because Snowflake and Databricks is insanely expensive. It's open source and in testing it's 3x faster and 25x lower cost.
Observed adoption & comparisons
Source votes: 2 votes (Nov 12, 2026 UTC; cumulative since publication); previous same-scope observation: 2 (Nov 11, 2026 UTC). These observations do not establish demand growth. Recent records to compare: “Show HN: TrueDate – Filter searches to pre-2023 and detect fake article dates” (Show HN, Nov 11, 2026); “Show HN: TimeScroll – an open-source, local replacement for Rewind on Mac” (Show HN, Nov 9, 2026). Shared themes are navigation hints; they have not been verified as the same need or independent corroboration.
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