# A Preview of DuckDB v2.0

DevFeed: [A Preview of DuckDB v2.0](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/a-preview-of-duckdb-v2-0-4787.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://duckdb.org/2026/08/17/duckdb-20-highlights.html>)

Author: Mark Raasveldt and Hannes Mühleisen

Published: 2026-08-17T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [DuckDB](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/duckdb.md>)

Topics: [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>), [MySQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mysql.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [duckdb](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/duckdb.md>), [features](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/features.md>), [mysql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mysql.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/server.md>), [sql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sql.md>), [storage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/storage.md>)

## AI overview

DuckDB v2.0 preview covering server mode, SQL and storage changes, asynchronous I/O, triggers, and the VARIANT type.

## Source excerpt

DuckDB v2.0 is coming this fall. In this post, we preview its headline features: DuckDB as a server, triggers, the VARIANT type, asynchronous I/O, a new SQL parser, a new storage format, and much more.