# DuckLocal documentation — guides, tutorial and reference

> Documentation for DuckLocal, the desktop app for querying CSV, Parquet, JSON and Excel files with DuckDB SQL: install, tutorial, CLI, dashboards and more.

Source: https://ducklocal.app/docs/

Updated for [DuckLocal v0.4.0](https://github.com/JetSquirrel/DuckLocal/releases/tag/v0.4.0). Start with [installation](getting-started.md), [dashboard controls](dashboards.md), or the [CLI reference](cli.md).

## More guides

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    <h3>Examples</h3>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="/docs/example-nyc-taxi">NYC taxi Parquet</a><span>Query and chart 3.5 million remote rows.</span></li>
      <li><a href="/docs/example-cloudtrail">CloudTrail audit</a><span>Investigate local AWS JSON logs.</span></li>
    </ul>
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    <h3>Setup and reference</h3>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="/docs/s3">S3 and httpfs</a><span>Connect buckets and credentials.</span></li>
      <li><a href="/docs/schema-and-history">Schema and history</a><span>Browse columns, extensions and past queries.</span></li>
      <li><a href="/docs/settings-and-data">Settings and app data</a><span>Storage, network access, theme and language.</span></li>
      <li><a href="/docs/agent-workflows">Agent workflows</a><span>Limits, proposals and records for agents.</span></li>
    </ul>
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    <h3>Help and project</h3>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="/docs/troubleshooting">Troubleshooting</a><span>Find causes and fixes by symptom.</span></li>
      <li><a href="/docs/development">Development</a><span>Build from source and contribute.</span></li>
      <li><a href="/blog/claude-dashboards-ducklocal/">Product writing</a><span>Local-first human-agent collaboration.</span></li>
    </ul>
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