Extension on PIGSTY

PG Extension Cloud: Unlocking PostgreSQL’s Entire Ecosystem

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Free, open, no VPN. Install PostgreSQL and 555 extensions on 14 Linux distros × 6 PG versions via native RPM/DEB—and a tiny CLI. Read more

Postgres Extension Day - See You There!

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

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 Read more

The ideal way to deliver PostgreSQL Extensions

Sat, 02 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

PostgreSQL Is Eating the Database World through the power of extensibility. With 555 extensions powering PG, we may not say it’s invincible, but it’s definitely getting much closer. Read more

New PostgreSQL Ecosystem Player: ParadeDB

Sun, 18 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

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

FerretDB: PostgreSQL Disguised as MongoDB

Sun, 08 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000

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

Vector is the New JSON

Sun, 06 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Author: Jonathan Katz (PostgreSQL Core Team) | Original: Vectors are the new JSON in PostgreSQL

Vectors will become a key element in building applications, just like JSON historically. PostgreSQL leads the AI era with vector extensions. Read more

AI Large Models and Vector Database PGVector

Wed, 10 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

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. Read more

Incident: PostgreSQL Extension Installation Causes Connection Failure

Thu, 13 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000

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

Getting Started with PipelineDB

Fri, 07 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000

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

TimescaleDB Quick Start

Fri, 07 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000

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

GeoIP Geographic Reverse Lookup Optimization

Sat, 07 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000

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) Read more

The Versatile file_fdw — Reading System Information from Your Database

Fri, 01 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000

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. Read more

Installing PostGIS from Source

Thu, 07 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000

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

PostgreSQL MongoFDW Installation and Deployment

Sat, 28 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000

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