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id: google-cloud-bigquery
version: "3.43.0"
license: Apache 2.0
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: abandoned
---

# google-cloud-bigquery — Google BigQuery API client library

License: permissive · Maintenance: abandoned · Popularity: top 1,000 on PyPI

## Install

pip install google-cloud-bigquery
uv add google-cloud-bigquery
poetry add google-cloud-bigquery

## Description

Python Client for Google BigQuery
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Querying massive datasets can be time consuming and expensive without the
right hardware and infrastructure. Google `BigQuery`_ solves this problem by
enabling super-fast, SQL queries against append-mostly tables, using the
processing power of Google's infrastructure.

-  `Client Library Documentation`_
-  `Product Documentation`_

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.. _BigQuery: https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/what-is-bigquery
.. _Client Library Documentation: https://cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/bigquery/latest/summary_overview
.. _Product Documentation: https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/v2/


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Python client library for querying and managing data in Google BigQuery, enabling SQL queries against massive datasets using Google's infrastructure.

Verdict: A mature, widely-used BigQuery client (top 1000 PyPI, 798 GitHub stars) with low install friction and no known vulnerabilities. However, the archived repository and abandoned maintenance status mean no active support for future Python versions, security issues, or API changes—suitable only for stable, long-term deployments where you can self-maintain if needed.

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