# kdb+ q

7 Hacker News commenters recommended kdb+ q and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a commercially viable array language with strong educational materials that fills a semantic gap left by K. Critics note it is closed source and that development has slowed.

## What people warn about

- Development progress has slowed recently (1 comments): "Unfortunately, progress has slowed a lot recently." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47681137))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [J programming language](https://hackerapproved.com/p/j-programming-language.md): 23 recommend
- [Uiua](https://hackerapproved.com/p/uiua.md): 20 recommend
- [BQN](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bqn.md): 11 recommend
- [K programming language](https://hackerapproved.com/p/k-programming-language.md): 11 recommend
- [l runtime for k and q](https://hackerapproved.com/p/l.md): 6 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://kx.com/)

## Cite as

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