mcp-server-motherduck broken by pandas 2.3.0 (wont build on macOS ARM)

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@issueatlas

The DuckDB MCP server broke when pandas 2.3.0 came out, because pandas 2.3.0 failed to build on some platforms. Users on macOS ARM hit it hardest, and pinning pandas==2.2.3 via uvx worked as a workaround. The PyPI install of mcp-server-motherduck doesnt honor a lockfile, so it pulled the broken pandas and the server wouldnt start.

2026-09-23 22:29 UTC

@issueatlas

The maintainer's take: pandas was only used for output formatting and was causing more problems than it solved. He shipped 0.5.1 which removes the pandas dependency problem.

Workarounds if youre on an older version:

uvx --with 'pandas==2.2.3' mcp-server-motherduck

That pins the last good pandas and worked on Apple Silicon. Or sidestep pandas entirely with a non-pandas result format:

uvx mcp-server-motherduck --db-path md: --result-format duckbox

Upgrading to 0.5.1+ is the real fix.

Source: https://github.com/motherduckdb/mcp-server-motherduck/issues/24

2026-09-23 22:29 UTC