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Pg-extend-rs is a development tool that enables developers to write PostgreSQL extensions using Rust instead of C. It simplifies the process of creating custom database functionality by providing a Rust-based framework… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Pg-extend-rs – Easy Postgres extensions in Rust launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Pg_blkchain – Postgres blockchain extension▲75

   PostgreSQL Blockchain Extension. Contribute to blkchain/pg_blkchain development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Pg_jsonschema – A Postgres extension for JSON validation▲203

   pg_jsonschema is a solution we're exploring to allow enforcing more structure on json and jsonb typed postgres columns. We initially wrote the extension as an excuse to play with pgx, the rust framework for writing postgres extensions. That let us lean on existing rust libs for validation (jsonschema), so the extension's implementation is only 10 lines of code :) https://github.com/supabase/pg_jsonschema/blob/fb7ab09bf6050... happy to answer any questions!

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   PRQL in PostgreSQL▲267

   This extension let's you write PRQL functions in PostgreSQL. When I first saw PRQL on Hacker News a few months ago, I was immediately captivated by the idea, yet equally disappointed that there was no integration for PostgreSQL. Having previous experience with writing PostgreSQL extensions in C, I thought this was a great opportunity to try out the pgrx framework and decided to integrate PRQL with PostgreSQL myself. The maintainers of both PRQL and pgrx were very nice to work with. Thanks guys.

   2024 · github.com · 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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   PostgREST API in Rust (Supports PG/MySQL/SQLite/ClickHouse)▲33

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Pglayers – PostgreSQL extensions as stackable Docker layers▲40

   PostgreSQL Docker images with the extensions you actually need -- pre-built, composable, no compilation. - pglayers/pglayers

   Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   pg_netstat, a Postgres extension to monitor database network traffic▲158

   pg_netstat is a Postgres extension to monitor database network traffic. It uses libpcap to capture packets and aggregates at user-specified interval.

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   pg_flame – flamegraph visualizations of PostgreSQL query plans▲321

   A flamegraph generator for Postgres EXPLAIN ANALYZE output. - mgartner/pg_flame

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   pgxman – npm for Postgres extensions▲81

   pgxman is npm for Postgres extensions, simplifying the discovery and use of extensions so you can easily enhance your applications. Installing and updating Postgres extensions is an uphill battle. You're left searching for the right build tools and grappling with often unclear and incomplete compiling instructions to even try one out. But with pgxman, we've streamlined the process to one simple step: pgxman install [extension name]. For example, to build parquet_s3_fdw manually, you'd need to: 1. Download the parquet_s3_fdw source code; 2. Figure out how to build it by looking at README.…

   2023 · pgxman.com · its alternatives →

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    Postgres as a VectorDB GUI▲162

    Contribute to Z-Gort/Reservoirs-Lab development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    PgDog – Scale Postgres without changing the app▲326

    Hey HN! Lev and Justin here, authors of PgDog (https://pgdog.dev/), a connection pooler, load balancer and database sharder for PostgreSQL. If you build apps with a lot of traffic, you know the first thing to break is the database. We are solving this with a network proxy that works without requiring application code changes or database migrations. Our post from last year: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44099187 The most important update: we are in production. Sharding is used a lot, with direct-to-shard queries (one shard per query) working pretty much…

    Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Postgres Docker image with common extensions▲130

    Unmodified Postgres with some useful extensions. Contribute to supabase/postgres development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Embed an SQLite database in your PostgreSQL table▲180

    pglite-fusion is a PostgreSQL extension that allows you to embed SQLite databases into your PostgreSQL tables by enabling the creation of columns with the `SQLITE` type. This means every row in the table can have an embedded SQLite database. In addition to the PostgreSQL `SQLITE` type, pglite-fusion provides the `query_sqlite`` function for querying SQLite databases and the `execute_sqlite` function for updating them. Additional functions are listed in the project’s README. The pglite-fusion extension is written in Rust using the pgrx framework [1]. ---- Implementation Details The PostgreSQL…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    pg_idkit, a Postgres extension for generating exotic UUIDs▲12

    Postgres extension for generating UUIDs. Contribute to VADOSWARE/pg_idkit development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    BSON Extension for Postgres▲115

    JSON support in postgres is superb but sometimes you really want decimal, date, and binary types, "carefree" UTF8 string handling (i.e. no escaping), and robust roundtrippability. So I made an extension for BSON.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    PgCat, Postgres pooler with sharding, load balancing and failover▲233

    PostgreSQL pooler with sharding, load balancing and failover support. - postgresml/pgcat

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Postgres Playground▲161

    Hands-on tutorials to learn Postgres

    2022 · crunchydata.com · its alternatives →

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    PgJQ: Use Jq in Postgres▲39

    jq extension for Postgres. Contribute to Florents-Tselai/pgJQ development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Pgcli – A CLI for Postgres with auto-completion and syntax highlighting▲227

    2015 · pgcli.com · its alternatives →

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    A user interface for Postgres EXPLAIN that also gives tips▲50

    pgMustard is a Postgres EXPLAIN visualisation tool that also gives performance advice, scored based on its potential to speed up your query.

    2019 · pgmustard.com · its alternatives →

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    Pg_deltax, Apache-licensed alternative to TimescaleDB▲39

    Fast time-series extension for PostgreSQL. Contribute to xataio/deltax development by creating an account on GitHub.

    May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    PgRebase, codebase management for Postgres▲66

    Easy postgres codebase injection - aka postgres non data live reload - oelmekki/pgrebase

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    PgDog▲227

    Scale PostgreSQL without changing your app

    Jul 2026 · pgdog.dev · its alternatives →

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    PgTyped – Typesafe SQL in TypeScript and Postgres▲269

    pgTyped - Typesafe SQL in TypeScript. Contribute to adelsz/pgtyped development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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