Inquery (YC W23) – Real-time events for Postgres
Hi HN, we're excited to share our open source tool with the community! Inquery is a utility for Postgres that triggers webhooks when rows are inserted, updated, or deleted. It uses database triggers that send low-latency websocket messages to a Go application. This application then calls any configured webhooks with a JSON payload that includes specified values from the database row. Let us know if you have any feedback or questions!
Inquery (YC W23) – Real-time events for Postgres launched on February 16, 2023 with 23 votes, #1,283 of 3,829 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.
In plain words
Inquery is an open source tool that monitors Postgres databases and sends real-time webhooks when data changes. It uses database triggers to detect row insertions, updates, and deletions, then transmits low-latency notifications through websockets to a Go application that calls configured webhooks with JSON payloads containing specified database values. It's designed for developers who need to react immediately to database changes in their applications.
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