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q - Run SQL directly on delimited files and multi-file sqlite databases

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10.4k
Forks
425
Language
Python
License
GPL-3.0
Last commit
updated Feb 2026
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Maintenance

Last push was 273 days before the stats read (as of Nov 6, 2026).

Licence

GPL-3.0

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Primary language: Python. GitHub reports only the dominant language, so this is not the whole stack.

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Quality score

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0.64out of 1.00
Recent activity×0.30
0.40

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Adoption×0.20
0.85

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Description and topics×0.15
1.00

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0.00

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Licence clarity×0.10
1.00

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Issue health×0.10
1.00

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