Show HN: Pivot – fast analytics on Iceberg, 2x+ faster than ClickHouse / DuckDB

Category: database

Tags: analytics, iceberg, rust, olap, lakehouse, query-engine

Score: 6.8/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 8, Documentation: 5, Utility: 7)

Pivot is a high-performance analytics database written in Rust that runs directly on open data formats like Iceberg and Delta Lake, eliminating the need to replicate data into a separate real-time analytics system. It claims to be 2x faster than ClickHouse and DuckDB on benchmarks, leveraging morsel-driven parallelism, SIMD, and NUMA-aware execution. The project is in early development but shows strong potential for unifying lakehouse and real-time analytics.

Target audience: data engineers, backend developers, analytics engineers

Repository: https://pivotlake.io/ · Rust · Apache-2.0 · 55 stars

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