Show HN: Hardwood 1.0: A Fast, Lightweight Apache Parquet Reader for the JVM

Category: library

Tags: parquet, jvm, data-processing

Score: 7.8/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 8, Documentation: 9, Utility: 7)

Hardwood is a lightweight, zero-dependency Apache Parquet reader for the JVM, offering high performance and concurrent decoding without pulling in heavy Hadoop or Avro dependencies. Its innovative approach to reducing bloat while maintaining full compatibility and speed makes it valuable for embedded and cloud-native Java applications.

Target audience: backend devs, data engineers

Repository: https://hardwood.dev/1.0.0.Final/ · Java · Apache-2.0 · 302 stars

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