Possible to provide a static binary

[aszenz]

A static binary would greatly simplify deployment both locally and in the cloud, not everyone uses/needs docker.

I assume since the project is in golang it should be possible.

A simple shell script could then download the right binary for systems architecture/os from Github releases

[fanyang01]

Hi @aszenz,

Thank you for the great suggestion! Currently, we rely on the SQLGlot project to translate MySQL queries into DuckDB queries. Since SQLGlot is a Python library, we need to ensure a functional Python environment for it to work.

That said, a static binary would indeed be very useful, especially for users who don’t query via the MySQL protocol (e.g., those replicating data from a primary MySQL server but querying exclusively via the Postgres protocol using raw DuckDB SQL).

We’ll prioritize adding a binary release soon so you can download it directly from GitHub.