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Apache Arrow

by Apache Software Foundation

Columnar in-memory data format

Apache Arrow is a cross-language development platform for in-memory data. It provides a standardized columnar memory format for efficient data interchange.

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🎯 Key Features

Columnar format

Zero-copy reads

Language interop

Efficient serialization

Compute kernels

Flight RPC

Parquet support

CSV support

Strengths

Zero-copy

Cross-language

Very fast

Industry standard

Free and open source

Limitations

Low-level API

Complex to use directly

Not a database

Requires understanding

Best For

  • Data interchange
  • High-performance computing
  • Cross-language data
  • Analytics pipelines

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