# PRQL

5 Hacker News commenters recommended PRQL and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend PRQL as a pipelined alternative to SQL, praising it as a nice language with a pleasant interface to use.

## Why people recommend it

- Nice language and pleasant interface (2 comments): "I still think it's a really nice language and interface" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47127317)) "This looks pretty nice to use!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47126043))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [GraphQL](https://hackerapproved.com/p/graphql.md): 52 recommend
- [PRQL](https://hackerapproved.com/p/prql.md): 15 recommend
- [Prela](https://hackerapproved.com/p/prela.md): 5 recommend
- [JSONata](https://hackerapproved.com/p/jsonata.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "PRQL", https://hackerapproved.com/p/prequel/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).