PondPilot v0.1.0: Our First Official Release

March 13, 2025 Polly

We’re thrilled to announce the first official release of PondPilot v0.1.0! After months of development and testing, we’ve reached this important milestone in our journey to provide a fast, secure, and easy-to-use data exploration tool powered by DuckDB.

What’s in v0.1.0

This release includes all the core functionality we’ve been working on, now stabilized and ready for regular use:

  • Complete SQL Query Interface: Write and execute SQL queries against your data files with syntax highlighting and basic autocompletion
  • Multi-File Support: Easily work with CSV, Parquet, JSON, and native DuckDB files
  • Data Grid View: View query results in a responsive, sortable data grid
  • Export Capabilities: Export query results to CSV with a single click
  • Session Persistence: Your workspace state persists between browser sessions
  • 100% Client-Side Processing: All data processing happens locally - your data never leaves your device

PondPilot Interface PondPilot v0.1.0 showing SQL query execution and results view

Technical Details

PondPilot v0.1.0 is built with:

  • DuckDB-WASM v0.8.1 for in-browser SQL processing
  • SvelteKit for the application framework
  • TypeScript for type-safe code
  • Modern browser APIs for file handling

Getting Started

You can start using PondPilot today in two ways:

Using the Web App

  1. Visit app.pondpilot.io
  2. Click “Add file” or use shortcut (Ctrl+F)
  3. Start exploring your data!

Running Locally

If you prefer to run it locally, you can use Docker:

docker run -d -p 4173:80 --name pondpilot ghcr.io/pondpilot/pondpilot:latest

Then visit http://localhost:4173 to access PondPilot.

What’s Next

With v0.1.0 establishing a solid foundation, we’re already working on exciting new features for upcoming releases:

  • Enhanced visualization capabilities
  • Advanced SQL editor improvements
  • Additional file format support
  • Performance optimizations for larger datasets
  • More keyboard shortcuts for power users

We’d love to hear your feedback! Please report any issues or submit feature requests on our GitHub repository.

Thank you to everyone who has supported PondPilot’s development. We’re excited to continue building and improving this tool for all your data exploration needs!

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