dbverse

dbverse is an ecosystem of libraries for larger-than-memory scientific data analysis built on embedded analytical databases and query engines such as DuckDB and DataFusion. It provides database-backed representations for common scientific data structures—including matrices, spatial geometries, and genomic intervals—plus object-relational mappings (ORMs) that expose them through familiar scientific APIs. The current implementation is centered on R.

Core packages

Package	Purpose
dbProject	Connection management, persistent projects, pins, and shared dbData infrastructure.
dbMatrix	Sparse and dense matrix objects backed by analytical databases.
dbSpatial	Spatial geometries and operations backed by analytical databases.
dbSequence	Lazy genomic data ingestion, interval filtering, and coverage workflows.

Installation

R

install.packages("pak")

pak::pak(c(
  "dbverse-org/dbproject-r",
  "dbverse-org/dbmatrix-r",
  "dbverse-org/dbspatial-r",
  "dbverse-org/dbsequence-r"
))

Python

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Julia

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Where to start

• To understand how the packages fit together, read the Overview.
• To choose the right package for a task, use the Index.