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Xorq documentation

Xorq is an engine for portable, multi-engine data pipelines, with built-in deferred execution, caching, lineage tracking, and a git-backed catalog to publish, discover, and reuse them.

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TutorialsLearn the basics by following a worked example How-to guidesGet a specific task done with a focused recipe ConceptsUnderstand why Xorq works the way it does ReferenceLook up the Python API or the command-line reference

01Get started

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Quickstart→Defer query execution→Cache expression results→Switch between backends→Your first expression→Claude Code plugin→

02How-to

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Install Xorq→Connect to a backend→Cache results by backend→Route a step to a specific backend→Compose catalog entries→

03Tutorials

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Core tutorials

Get started with Xorq→Your first build→Build a semantic catalog→Working with the catalog→

ML tutorials

Split data for training→Train your first model→Compare model performance→

04Concepts

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Fundamentals

What’s Xorq?→Deferred execution→Content-addressed artifacts→The catalog as executable memory→Expression types→

Execution and backends

Multi-engine→Caching→

Advanced capabilities

The UDF system→Pins: versioned data artifacts→