Extension

Free, open, no VPN. Install PostgreSQL and 431 extensions on 14 Linux distros × 6 PG versions via native RPM/DEB—and a tiny CLI.

The annual PostgreSQL developer conference will be held in Montreal in May. Like the first PG Con.Dev, there’s also an additional dedicated event - Postgres Extensions Day

PostgreSQL Is Eating the Database World through the power of extensibility. With 390 extensions powering PG, we may not say it’s invincible, but it’s definitely getting much closer.

ParadeDB aims to be an Elasticsearch alternative: “Modern Elasticsearch Alternative built on Postgres” — PostgreSQL for search and analytics.

FerretDB aims to provide a truly open-source MongoDB alternative based on PostgreSQL.

This article focuses on vector databases hyped by AI, introduces the basic principles of AI embeddings and vector storage/retrieval, and demonstrates the functionality, performance, acquisition, and application of the vector database extension PGVECTOR through a concrete knowledge base retrieval case study.

Today encountered an interesting case where a customer reported database connection issues caused by extensions.

TimescaleDB is a PostgreSQL extension plugin that provides time-series database functionality.

PipelineDB is a PostgreSQL extension for streaming analytics. Here’s how to install it and build continuous views over live data.

A common requirement in application development is GeoIP conversion - converting source IP addresses to geographic coordinates or administrative divisions (country-state-city-county-town-village)

With file_fdw, you can easily view operating system information, fetch network data, and feed various data sources into your database for unified viewing and management.

PostGIS is PostgreSQL’s killer extension, but compiling and installing it isn’t easy.

Recently had business requirements to access MongoDB through PostgreSQL FDW, but compiling MongoDB FDW is really a nightmare.