diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index da9ec185d..dff7f07d8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3943,12 +3943,14 @@ name = "glaredb"
 version = "0.9.4"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
+ "arrow_util",
  "datafusion",
  "derive_builder",
  "futures",
  "indexmap 2.3.0",
  "metastore",
  "sqlexec",
+ "terminal_util",
  "thiserror",
  "url",
 ]
@@ -4589,10 +4591,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "js-glaredb"
 version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
- "arrow_util",
  "async-once-cell",
- "async-trait",
- "datafusion",
  "futures",
  "glaredb",
  "lzma-sys",
@@ -4600,7 +4599,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "napi-build",
  "napi-derive",
  "once_cell",
- "terminal_util",
  "thiserror",
  "url",
 ]
diff --git a/bindings/nodejs/Cargo.toml b/bindings/nodejs/Cargo.toml
index 76571a2ae..1d559af05 100644
--- a/bindings/nodejs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bindings/nodejs/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,14 +10,10 @@ crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
-arrow_util = { path = "../../crates/arrow_util" }
 glaredb = { path = "../../crates/glaredb" }
-terminal_util = { path = "../../crates/terminal_util" }
 futures = { workspace = true }
-datafusion = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 url = { workspace = true }
-async-trait = { workspace = true }
 lzma-sys = { version = "*", features = ["static"] } # Prevent dynamic linking of lzma, which comes from datafusion
 napi = { version = "2.16.8", default-features = false, features = ["full"] }
 napi-derive = "2.16.10"
diff --git a/bindings/nodejs/index.d.ts b/bindings/nodejs/index.d.ts
index af1e75c0f..09c755656 100644
--- a/bindings/nodejs/index.d.ts
+++ b/bindings/nodejs/index.d.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export interface ConnectOptions {
   storageOptions?: Record<string, string>
 }
 /** Connect to a GlareDB database. */
-export function connect(dataDirOrCloudUrl?: string | undefined | null, options?: ConnectOptions | undefined | null): Promise<Connection>
+export declare function connect(dataDirOrCloudUrl?: string | undefined | null, options?: ConnectOptions | undefined | null): Promise<Connection>
 /** A connected session to a GlareDB database. */
 export class Connection {
   /**
diff --git a/bindings/nodejs/src/execution.rs b/bindings/nodejs/src/execution.rs
index 6a61035a7..f15c83531 100644
--- a/bindings/nodejs/src/execution.rs
+++ b/bindings/nodejs/src/execution.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 
-use arrow_util::pretty;
-use datafusion::arrow::ipc::writer::FileWriter;
 use futures::stream::StreamExt;
-use glaredb::{DatabaseError, RecordStream, SendableRecordBatchStream};
+use glaredb::ext::datafusion::arrow::ipc::writer::FileWriter;
+use glaredb::ext::SendableRecordBatchStream;
+use glaredb::{DatabaseError, RecordStream};
 
 use crate::error::JsDatabaseError;
 
@@ -96,9 +96,13 @@ async fn print_record_batches(stream: SendableRecordBatchStream) -> Result<(), J
     let mut stream: RecordStream = stream.into();
     let batches = stream.to_vec().await?;
 
-    let disp =
-        pretty::pretty_format_batches(&schema, &batches, Some(terminal_util::term_width()), None)
-            .map_err(DatabaseError::from)?;
+    let disp = glaredb::ext::tools::pretty_format_batches(
+        &schema,
+        &batches,
+        Some(glaredb::ext::tools::term_width()),
+        None,
+    )
+    .map_err(DatabaseError::from)?;
 
     println!("{}", disp);
     Ok(())
diff --git a/bindings/python/Cargo.toml b/bindings/python/Cargo.toml
index f9b36e6fd..5b8c41cc0 100644
--- a/bindings/python/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bindings/python/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,14 +17,12 @@ telemetry = { path = "../../crates/telemetry" }
 arrow_util = { path = "../../crates/arrow_util" }
 terminal_util = { path = "../../crates/terminal_util" }
 glaredb = { path = "../../crates/glaredb" }
-datafusion = { workspace = true, features = ["pyarrow"] }
 tokio = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 url = { workspace = true }
 futures = { workspace = true }
 async-trait = { workspace = true }
+datafusion = { workspace = true, features = ["pyarrow"] } # override workspace features
+lzma-sys = { version = "*", features = ["static"] } # prevent dynamic linking of lzma, which comes from datafusion
 pyo3 = { version = "0.20.3", features = ["abi3-py37", "extension-module"] }
 once_cell = "1.19.0"
-
-# Prevent dynamic linking of lzma, which comes from datafusion
-lzma-sys = { version = "*", features = ["static"] }
diff --git a/bindings/python/src/environment.rs b/bindings/python/src/environment.rs
index 456b8a4a5..45e8f54d2 100644
--- a/bindings/python/src/environment.rs
+++ b/bindings/python/src/environment.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
-use datafusion::arrow::array::RecordBatch;
-use datafusion::arrow::pyarrow::PyArrowType;
-use datafusion::datasource::{MemTable, TableProvider};
-use glaredb::EnvironmentReader;
+use glaredb::ext::datafusion::arrow::pyarrow::PyArrowType;
+use glaredb::ext::datafusion::datasource::{MemTable, TableProvider};
+use glaredb::ext::{EnvironmentReader, RecordBatch};
 use pyo3::prelude::*;
 use pyo3::types::{IntoPyDict, PyTuple, PyType};
 
diff --git a/bindings/python/src/execution.rs b/bindings/python/src/execution.rs
index 4a10d263f..7f8084d70 100644
--- a/bindings/python/src/execution.rs
+++ b/bindings/python/src/execution.rs
@@ -2,21 +2,21 @@ use std::any::Any;
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 
-use arrow_util::pretty;
 use async_trait::async_trait;
-use datafusion::arrow::datatypes::{Schema, SchemaRef};
-use datafusion::arrow::pyarrow::ToPyArrow;
-use datafusion::datasource::TableProvider;
-use datafusion::error::DataFusionError;
-use datafusion::execution::context::SessionState;
-use datafusion::execution::TaskContext;
-use datafusion::logical_expr::{TableProviderFilterPushDown, TableType};
-use datafusion::physical_plan::stream::RecordBatchStreamAdapter;
-use datafusion::physical_plan::streaming::{PartitionStream, StreamingTableExec};
-use datafusion::physical_plan::ExecutionPlan;
-use datafusion::prelude::Expr;
 use futures::StreamExt;
-use glaredb::{DatabaseError, Operation, RecordBatch, SendableRecordBatchStream};
+use glaredb::ext::datafusion::arrow::datatypes::{Schema, SchemaRef};
+use glaredb::ext::datafusion::arrow::pyarrow::ToPyArrow;
+use glaredb::ext::datafusion::datasource::TableProvider;
+use glaredb::ext::datafusion::error::DataFusionError;
+use glaredb::ext::datafusion::execution::context::SessionState;
+use glaredb::ext::datafusion::execution::TaskContext;
+use glaredb::ext::datafusion::logical_expr::{TableProviderFilterPushDown, TableType};
+use glaredb::ext::datafusion::physical_plan::stream::RecordBatchStreamAdapter;
+use glaredb::ext::datafusion::physical_plan::streaming::{PartitionStream, StreamingTableExec};
+use glaredb::ext::datafusion::physical_plan::ExecutionPlan;
+use glaredb::ext::datafusion::prelude::Expr;
+use glaredb::ext::{RecordBatch, SendableRecordBatchStream};
+use glaredb::{DatabaseError, Operation};
 use pyo3::exceptions::PyRuntimeError;
 use pyo3::prelude::*;
 use pyo3::types::PyTuple;
@@ -101,10 +101,10 @@ impl PyExecutionOutput {
     pub fn show(&mut self, py: Python) -> PyResult<()> {
         let (schema, batches) = self.resolve_operation(py)?;
 
-        let disp = pretty::pretty_format_batches(
+        let disp = glaredb::ext::tools::pretty_format_batches(
             &schema,
             &batches,
-            Some(terminal_util::term_width()),
+            Some(glaredb::ext::tools::term_width()),
             None,
         )
         .map_err(|e| PyRuntimeError::new_err(e.to_string()))?;
diff --git a/crates/glaredb/Cargo.toml b/crates/glaredb/Cargo.toml
index a1a68eabd..bf0fcd202 100644
--- a/crates/glaredb/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/glaredb/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ test = false
 [dependencies]
 sqlexec = { path = "../sqlexec" }
 metastore = { path = "../metastore" }
+arrow_util = { path = "../arrow_util" }
+terminal_util = { path = "../terminal_util" }
 url = { workspace = true }
 datafusion = { workspace = true }
 futures = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/glaredb/src/lib.rs b/crates/glaredb/src/lib.rs
index afe6d8224..6d201f115 100644
--- a/crates/glaredb/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/glaredb/src/lib.rs
@@ -19,27 +19,41 @@ use std::task::{Context, Poll};
 use datafusion::arrow::array::{StringArray, UInt64Array};
 use datafusion::arrow::datatypes::{DataType, Field, Schema};
 use datafusion::arrow::error::ArrowError;
-// public re-export so downstream users of this package don't have to
-// directly depend on DF (and our version no-less) to use our interfaces.
-pub use datafusion::arrow::record_batch::RecordBatch;
 use datafusion::error::DataFusionError;
 use datafusion::logical_expr::LogicalPlan;
 use datafusion::physical_plan::stream::RecordBatchStreamAdapter;
-pub use datafusion::physical_plan::SendableRecordBatchStream;
-pub use datafusion::scalar::ScalarValue;
 use derive_builder::Builder;
 use futures::lock::Mutex;
 use futures::stream::{self, Stream, StreamExt};
 use futures::TryStreamExt;
 use metastore::errors::MetastoreError;
 use sqlexec::engine::{Engine, EngineStorage, TrackedSession};
-pub use sqlexec::environment::EnvironmentReader;
 use sqlexec::errors::ExecError;
 use sqlexec::remote::client::RemoteClientType;
 use sqlexec::session::ExecutionResult;
 use sqlexec::OperationInfo;
 use url::Url;
 
+// public re-export so downstream users of this package don't have to
+// directly depend on DF (and our version no-less) to use our interfaces.
+pub mod ext {
+    pub use datafusion;
+    pub use datafusion::arrow;
+    pub use datafusion::arrow::record_batch::RecordBatch;
+    pub use datafusion::physical_plan::SendableRecordBatchStream;
+    pub use datafusion::scalar::ScalarValue;
+    pub use sqlexec::environment::EnvironmentReader;
+
+    // public exports for some quasi-internal tools used by external and
+    // downstream dependencies to reduce friction/dependencies.
+    pub mod tools {
+        pub use arrow_util::pretty::pretty_format_batches;
+        pub use terminal_util::term_width;
+    }
+}
+
+use crate::ext::{EnvironmentReader, RecordBatch, ScalarValue, SendableRecordBatchStream};
+
 /// ConnectOptions are the set of options to configure a GlareDB
 /// instance, and are an analogue to the commandline arguments to
 /// produce a "running database". The ConnectOptionsBuilder provides a