Quillsql – a Rust Relational Db
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QuillSQL is a new relational database written in Rust, sparking interest among HN users, with the sole comment praising its potential.
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Rust implementation with a modular parser → executor → storage design
B+-tree index (+ buffer pool), good for range queries
BEGIN / COMMIT / ROLLBACK
EXPLAIN to inspect plans
CLI + server included
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Live demo: quillsql.fly.dev
GitHub: https://github.com/feichai0017/QuillSQL
If you have feedback or want to hack on operators/indexes, I’d love issues/PRs. If this looks useful, a helps a lot—thanks!