Postgres.js – Fast PostgreSQL Client for Node.js

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Postgres.js is a PostgreSQL client library for Node.js applications. It provides developers with a fast way to connect to and query PostgreSQL databases from JavaScript. The library handles database connections and query execution, making it useful for anyone building Node.js applications that need to work with PostgreSQL data. It has been available since 2019 and is open source.

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