Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Get a PostgreSQL instance, 100% free, forever launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   SQL playground▲156

   Free private sample PostgreSQL databases

   2021 · uibakery.io · its alternatives →

2. 2
   I open-sourced the in-memory PostgreSQL I built at work for E2E tests▲379

   In-memory Postgres for unit/E2E tests. Contribute to hexclave/pgmock development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Open Source PostgreSQL Studio▲407

   Powerful PostgreSQL tool is now open source for self-hosting

   2021 · supabase.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Prisma Postgres▲262

   The future of serverless databases

   2025 · prisma.io · its alternatives →

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   PostgreSQL performance and cost across 23 EC2 instance types▲97

   Hey! I'm Andrei. I got frustrated by how people tend to build overcomplicated backend systems, being "motivated" by big tech case studies and popular books. So, I started exploring lean architecture, and building my digital garden of ideas, approaches and data that align with this direction. Here I want to present one of the tools – Sizing tool for PostgreSQL. I've benchmarked PostgreSQL on different EC2 instances and disks, with different initial data sets to see performance that these instances can give you. And I've built a tool to visualize this data, which I welcome you to explore. So,…

   Jul 2026 · postgres.saneengineer.com · its alternatives →

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   bit.io▲130

   All your data in one place

   2021 · its alternatives →

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   Pg_replicate – Build Postgres replication applications in Rust▲216

   A high-performance Postgres replication engine written in Rust. Embed it in your Rust application or run it as a standalone binary. - supabase/etl

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   PgQueuer – Transform PostgreSQL into a Job Queue▲376

   PgQueuer is a Python job queue that uses PostgreSQL for everything — queue storage, locking, notifications. No Redis, no RabbitMQ, no separate broker to operate. If your app already has Postgres, you already have the broker. After ~2 years and 26 minor releases, 1.0 ships today as the first stable release. Strict semver from here on. Thanks to everyone who contributed and left feedback!

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Postgres.js – Fastest Full-Featured PostgreSQL Client for Node and Deno▲257

   Postgres.js - The Fastest full featured PostgreSQL client for Node.js, Deno, Bun and CloudFlare - porsager/postgres

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    PeerDB▲110

    Fast, native ETL for Postgres

    2023 · peerdb.io · its alternatives →

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    Citus▲121

    Turn Postgres into a scale-out distributed database

    2016 · citusdata.com · its alternatives →

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    bit.io serverless postgres▲25

    Serverless shareable Postgres database in literally seconds

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Hasura GraphQL Engine▲133

    Instant Realtime GraphQL on Postgres

    2018 · hasura.io · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Software Engineering Daily - Scaling PostgreSQL▲70

    A look at modern database approaches and how Citus scales PG

    2016 · softwareengineeringdaily.com · its alternatives →

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    Open source, logical multi-master PostgreSQL replication▲151

    Logical multi-master PostgreSQL replication. Contribute to pgEdge/spock development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Serverless Postgres▲159

    This is a MVP for Serverless Postgres. 1/ It uses Fly.io[0], which can automatically pause your database after all connections are released (and start it again when new connections join). 2/ It uses Oriole[1], a Postgres extension with experimental support for S3 / Decoupled Storage[2]. 3/ It uses Tigris[3], Globally Distributed S3-Compatible Object Storage. Oriole will automatically backup the data to Tigris using background workers. I wouldn't recommend using this in production, but I think it's in a good spot to provoke some discussion and ideas. You can get it running…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hasura: Native Postgres Integration▲118

    Instant GraphQL backend with Hasura & Neon in under 2 mins

    2022 · hasura.io · its alternatives →

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    Database Lab – thin Postgres clones for faster development and testing▲7

    2020 · postgres.ai · its alternatives →

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    SnapQL – Desktop app to query Postgres with AI▲104

    SnapQL is an open-source desktop app (built with Electron) that lets you query your Postgres database using natural language. It’s schema-aware, so you don’t need to copy-paste your schema or write complex SQL by hand. Everything runs locally — your OpenAI API key, your data, and your queries — so it's secure and private. Just connect your DB, describe what you want, and SnapQL writes and runs the SQL for you.

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Quickly generate REST API (for Postgres db)▲70

    2019 · its alternatives →

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    Sparrow▲62

    Self-hosted webhook delivery. One binary, just Postgres.

    8d ago · sarathsp06.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Pg_protobuf – Protobuf support for PostgreSQL▲7

    2017 · afiskon.github.io · its alternatives →

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    pgweb▲78

    Web-based PostgreSQL database browser

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Postquel▲70

    A fast, native PostgreSQL client for macOS, with an AI assistant that uses the Claude Code, Codex or Cursor account already on your Mac.

    17d ago · frizky.dev · its alternatives →

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