dynq: a free analytic query and data processing CLI tool for DynamoDB

https://github.com/benward2301/dynq I wanted a tool that can execute parallelised queries of arbitrary complexity against a DynamoDB table, without the need for scripting or propagation. I could not find one so have written my own. I am sure many of you will have analytics solutions in place, but for those who do not, I think dynq is a useful stopgap. It's also handy for dumping tables or piping data to local tooling. It does require basic jq knowledge, however I think the syntax for simple filters is quite approachable. You can find examples of dynq queries here: https://github.com/benward2301/dynq?tab=readme-ov-file#examples. Anyway, I hope some of you find it useful. If you discover a bug, open an issue on GitHub and I'll take a look!

Apr 7, 2025 - 09:11

dynq: a free analytic query and data processing CLI tool for DynamoDB

I wanted a tool that can execute parallelised queries of arbitrary complexity against a DynamoDB table, without the need for scripting or propagation. I could not find one so have written my own.

I am sure many of you will have analytics solutions in place, but for those who do not, I think dynq is a useful stopgap. It's also handy for dumping tables or piping data to local tooling.

It does require basic jq knowledge, however I think the syntax for simple filters is quite approachable. You can find examples of dynq queries here: https://github.com/benward2301/dynq?tab=readme-ov-file#examples.

Anyway, I hope some of you find it useful. If you discover a bug, open an issue on GitHub and I'll take a look!