diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8277ad3122..02826971b5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -431,6 +431,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "enum-iterator",
  "flexbuffers",
  "futures",
+ "homedir",
  "humansize",
  "indicatif",
  "itertools 0.13.0",
@@ -445,6 +446,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "simplelog",
+ "tar",
  "tokio",
  "uuid",
  "vortex-alp",
@@ -1405,6 +1407,18 @@ version = "2.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9fc0510504f03c51ada170672ac806f1f105a88aa97a5281117e1ddc3368e51a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "filetime"
+version = "0.2.23"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1ee447700ac8aa0b2f2bd7bc4462ad686ba06baa6727ac149a2d6277f0d240fd"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "redox_syscall 0.4.1",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fixedbitset"
 version = "0.4.2"
@@ -1677,6 +1691,18 @@ version = "0.4.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7f24254aa9a54b5c858eaee2f5bccdb46aaf0e486a595ed5fd8f86ba55232a70"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "homedir"
+version = "0.3.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2bed305c13ce3829a09d627f5d43ff738482a09361ae4eb8039993b55fb10e5e"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "nix",
+ "widestring",
+ "windows",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "http"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -1817,7 +1843,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "iana-time-zone-haiku",
  "js-sys",
  "wasm-bindgen",
- "windows-core",
+ "windows-core 0.52.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2389,7 +2415,7 @@ version = "0.7.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "af1844ef2428cc3e1cb900be36181049ef3d3193c63e43026cfe202983b27a56"
 dependencies = [
- "proc-macro-crate 1.3.1",
+ "proc-macro-crate 3.1.0",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "syn 2.0.72",
@@ -2538,7 +2564,7 @@ checksum = "1e401f977ab385c9e4e3ab30627d6f26d00e2c73eef317493c4ec6d468726cf8"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "libc",
- "redox_syscall",
+ "redox_syscall 0.5.3",
  "smallvec",
  "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
@@ -2802,7 +2828,7 @@ checksum = "5bb182580f71dd070f88d01ce3de9f4da5021db7115d2e1c3605a754153b77c1"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "heck 0.5.0",
- "itertools 0.10.5",
+ "itertools 0.13.0",
  "log",
  "multimap",
  "once_cell",
@@ -2822,7 +2848,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "18bec9b0adc4eba778b33684b7ba3e7137789434769ee3ce3930463ef904cfca"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "itertools 0.10.5",
+ "itertools 0.13.0",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "syn 2.0.72",
@@ -3046,6 +3072,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "crossbeam-utils",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "redox_syscall"
+version = "0.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4722d768eff46b75989dd134e5c353f0d6296e5aaa3132e776cbdb56be7731aa"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "redox_syscall"
 version = "0.5.3"
@@ -3641,6 +3676,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tar"
+version = "0.4.41"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cb797dad5fb5b76fcf519e702f4a589483b5ef06567f160c392832c1f5e44909"
+dependencies = [
+ "filetime",
+ "libc",
+ "xattr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "target-lexicon"
 version = "0.12.15"
@@ -4485,6 +4531,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "widestring"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7219d36b6eac893fa81e84ebe06485e7dcbb616177469b142df14f1f4deb1311"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi"
 version = "0.3.9"
@@ -4516,6 +4568,16 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows"
+version = "0.57.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "12342cb4d8e3b046f3d80effd474a7a02447231330ef77d71daa6fbc40681143"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-core 0.57.0",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-core"
 version = "0.52.0"
@@ -4525,6 +4587,49 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-core"
+version = "0.57.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d2ed2439a290666cd67ecce2b0ffaad89c2a56b976b736e6ece670297897832d"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-implement",
+ "windows-interface",
+ "windows-result",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-implement"
+version = "0.57.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9107ddc059d5b6fbfbffdfa7a7fe3e22a226def0b2608f72e9d552763d3e1ad7"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.72",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-interface"
+version = "0.57.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "29bee4b38ea3cde66011baa44dba677c432a78593e202392d1e9070cf2a7fca7"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.72",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-result"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5e383302e8ec8515204254685643de10811af0ed97ea37210dc26fb0032647f8"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-sys"
 version = "0.48.0"
@@ -4757,6 +4862,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "web-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "xattr"
+version = "1.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8da84f1a25939b27f6820d92aed108f83ff920fdf11a7b19366c27c4cda81d4f"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "linux-raw-sys",
+ "rustix",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "xshell"
 version = "0.2.6"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d31ba9f1e2..d119f2534e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ futures-util = "0.3.30"
 getrandom = "0.2.14"
 half = { version = "^2", features = ["std", "num-traits"] }
 hashbrown = "0.14.3"
+homedir = "0.3.3"
 humansize = "2.1.3"
 indicatif = "0.17.8"
 itertools = "0.13.0"
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ serde = "1.0.197"
 serde_json = "1.0.116"
 serde_test = "1.0.176"
 simplelog = { version = "0.12.2", features = ["paris"] }
+tar = "0.4"
 thiserror = "1.0.58"
 tokio = "1.37.0"
 uninit = "0.6.2"
diff --git a/bench-vortex/Cargo.toml b/bench-vortex/Cargo.toml
index 540f7fe503..33aca5c10e 100644
--- a/bench-vortex/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bench-vortex/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ datafusion = { workspace = true }
 enum-iterator = { workspace = true }
 flexbuffers = { workspace = true }
 futures = { workspace = true, features = ["executor"] }
+homedir = { workspace = true }
 humansize = { workspace = true }
 indicatif = { workspace = true }
 itertools = { workspace = true }
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ rayon = { workspace = true }
 reqwest = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true }
 simplelog = { workspace = true }
+tar = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
 uuid = { workspace = true, features = ["v4"] }
 vortex-alp = { path = "../encodings/alp" }
diff --git a/bench-vortex/src/tpch/dbgen.rs b/bench-vortex/src/tpch/dbgen.rs
index 43cba143ad..b297c728f1 100644
--- a/bench-vortex/src/tpch/dbgen.rs
+++ b/bench-vortex/src/tpch/dbgen.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
+use std::fmt::{Display, Formatter};
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::copy;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::process::Command;
 
 use itertools::Itertools;
-use xshell::{cmd, Shell};
+use tar::Archive;
+use xshell::Shell;
 
 /// Download TPC-H data via Docker.
 
@@ -15,6 +20,9 @@ pub struct DBGenOptions {
 
     /// Location on-disk to store generated files.
     pub base_dir: PathBuf,
+
+    /// Location of where we may cache the dbgen tool download.
+    pub cache_dir: PathBuf,
 }
 
 impl Default for DBGenOptions {
@@ -27,6 +35,12 @@ impl Default for DBGenOptions {
         Self {
             scale_factor: 1,
             base_dir: std::env::current_dir().unwrap().join("data").join("tpch"),
+            cache_dir: homedir::my_home()
+                .unwrap()
+                .unwrap()
+                .join(".cache")
+                .join("vortex")
+                .join("dbgen"),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -36,6 +50,7 @@ impl DBGenOptions {
         Self {
             base_dir: dir.as_ref().to_owned(),
             scale_factor: self.scale_factor,
+            cache_dir: self.cache_dir,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -64,14 +79,27 @@ impl DBGen {
             return Ok(output_dir);
         }
 
-        let tpch_path = output_dir.canonicalize()?.to_string_lossy().to_string();
-
-        // Generate the files using Docker container.
-        cmd!(
-            sh,
-            "docker run -u root --rm -v {tpch_path}:/data ghcr.io/scalytics/tpch-docker:main -s {scale_factor} -v -f"
-        )
-            .run()?;
+        let dbgen_binary = get_cached_dbgen(&self.options.cache_dir)?;
+        let dists_file = dbgen_binary.parent().unwrap().join("dists.dss");
+
+        // Generate the files using our DBGen tool
+        let output = Command::new(dbgen_binary)
+            .current_dir(&output_dir)
+            .args(vec![
+                "-b",
+                dists_file.into_os_string().into_string().unwrap().as_str(),
+                "-s",
+                scale_factor.as_str(),
+                "-f",
+                "-v",
+            ])
+            .output()?;
+
+        if !output.status.success() {
+            let stdout = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout);
+            let stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr);
+            anyhow::bail!("dbgen failed: stdout=\"{stdout}\", stderr=\"{stderr}\"");
+        }
 
         // Every tpch .tbl file is a pipe-separated values, but for some strange reason, *also* includes
         // a trailing pipe at the end of every line.
@@ -98,3 +126,80 @@ fn clean_trailing_pipes<P: AsRef<Path>>(sh: &Shell, path: P) -> anyhow::Result<(
 
     Ok(())
 }
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
+enum Platform {
+    MacOS,
+    Linux,
+}
+
+impl Display for Platform {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        let str = match self {
+            Platform::MacOS => "macos",
+            Platform::Linux => "linux",
+        };
+        write!(f, "{}", str)
+    }
+}
+
+// Increment this when we release new tpch-dbgen.
+const DBGEN_VERSION: &str = "0.1.0";
+
+// Return a handle to the downloaded toolchain.
+fn get_cached_dbgen<P: AsRef<Path>>(cache_dir: P) -> anyhow::Result<PathBuf> {
+    if cfg!(target_os = "macos") {
+        return get_or_cache_toolchain(cache_dir.as_ref(), DBGEN_VERSION, Platform::MacOS);
+    }
+
+    if cfg!(target_os = "linux") {
+        return get_or_cache_toolchain(cache_dir.as_ref(), DBGEN_VERSION, Platform::Linux);
+    }
+
+    panic!("unsupported platform, only linux and macos supported")
+}
+
+fn get_or_cache_toolchain(
+    cache_dir: &Path,
+    version: &str,
+    platform: Platform,
+) -> anyhow::Result<PathBuf> {
+    let download_dir = dbgen_dir(cache_dir, version, platform);
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(&download_dir)?;
+
+    let url = format!("https://github.com/a10y/tpch-dbgen/releases/download/{version}/dbgen-{platform}-{version}.tar");
+
+    let mut zip_file = reqwest::blocking::get(url)?;
+    let zip_path = download_dir.join(
+        zip_file
+            .url()
+            .path_segments()
+            .and_then(|segments| segments.last())
+            .unwrap(),
+    );
+
+    {
+        let mut file = File::create(&zip_path)?;
+        copy(&mut zip_file, &mut file)?;
+    }
+
+    let file = File::open(&zip_path)?;
+    let mut archive = Archive::new(file);
+
+    for entry in archive.entries()? {
+        let mut entry = entry?;
+        if !entry.unpack_in(&download_dir)? {
+            anyhow::bail!("failed to extract {:?} in {download_dir:?}", entry.path()?);
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(dbgen_binary(cache_dir, version, platform))
+}
+
+fn dbgen_dir(cache_dir: &Path, version: &str, platform: Platform) -> PathBuf {
+    cache_dir.join(version).join(platform.to_string())
+}
+
+fn dbgen_binary(cache_dir: &Path, version: &str, platform: Platform) -> PathBuf {
+    dbgen_dir(cache_dir, version, platform).join("dbgen")
+}