> A curated list of awesome [PostgreSQL](https://www.postgresql.org/) software, libraries, tools and resources, inspired by [awesome-mysql](http://shlomi-noach.github.io/awesome-mysql/)
[PostgreSQL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostgreSQL), often simply Postgres, is an [object-relational database](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object-relational_database) (ORDBMS). PostgreSQL is [ACID-compliant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACID) and [transactional](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transaction_processing). (see more: [wikipedia:PostgreSQL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostgreSQL), [PostgreSQL.org](https://www.postgresql.org))
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* [SkyTools](https://github.com/pgq/skytools-legacy) - Replication tools, including PgQ, a queuing system, and Londiste, a replication system a bit simpler to manage than Slony.
* [pg\_probackup](https://github.com/postgrespro/pg_probackup) – A fork of pg\_arman, improved by @PostgresPro, supports incremental backups, backups from replica, multithreaded backup and restore, and anonymous backup without archive command.
* [wal-g](https://github.com/wal-g/wal-g) - The successor of WAL-E rewritten in Go. Currently supports cloud object storage services by AWS (S3), Google Cloud (GCS), Azure, as well as OpenStack Swift, MinIO, and file system storages. Supports block-level incremental backups, offloading backup tasks to a standby server, provides parallelization and throttling options. In addition to Postgres, WAL-G can be used for MySQL and MongoDB databases.
* [PostgreSql.Binaries.Lite](https://github.com/mihasic/PostgreSql.Binaries.Lite) - Minimum set of Windows binaries of the PostgreSQL database. Also made available through NuGet.
* [nancy](https://gitlab.com/postgres-ai/nancy) - The Nancy CLI is a unified way to manage automated database experiments either in clouds or on-premise
* [check\_pgactivity](https://github.com/OPMDG/check_pgactivity) - check\_pgactivity is designed to monitor PostgreSQL clusters from Nagios. It offers many options to measure and monitor useful performance metrics.
* [Check\_postgres](https://github.com/bucardo/check_postgres) - Nagios check\_postgres plugin for checking status of PostgreSQL databases.
* [Instrumental](https://github.com/Instrumental/instrumentald) - Real-time performance monitoring, including [pre-made graphs](https://instrumentalapp.com/docs/instrumentald/postgresql#suggested-graphs) for ease of setup (Commercial Software)
* [libzbxpgsql](https://github.com/cavaliercoder/libzbxpgsql) - Comprehensive PostgreSQL monitoring module for Zabbix.
* [Pome](https://github.com/rach/pome) - Pome stands for PostgreSQL Metrics. Pome is a PostgreSQL Metrics Dashboard to keep track of the health of your database.
* [pg\_view](https://github.com/zalando/pg_view) - Open-source command-line tool that shows global system stats, per-partition information, memory stats and other information.
* [pgwatch2](https://github.com/cybertec-postgresql/pgwatch2) - Flexible and easy to get started PostgreSQL metrics monitor focusing on Grafana dashboards.
* [opm.io](http://opm.io) - Open PostgreSQL Monitoring is a free software suite designed to help you manage your PostgreSQL servers. It can gather stats, display dashboards and send warnings when something goes wrong.
* [pg\_paxos](https://github.com/citusdata/pg_paxos/) - Basic implementation of Paxos and Paxos-based table replication for a cluster of PostgreSQL nodes.
* [pg\_shard](https://github.com/citusdata/pg_shard) - Extension to scale out real-time reads and writes.
* [PGStrom](https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PGStrom) - Extension to offload CPU intensive workloads to GPU.
* [PipelineDB](https://www.confluent.io/blog/pipelinedb-team-joins-confluent/) - A PostgreSQL extension that runs SQL queries continuously on streams, incrementally storing results in tables.
* [PG\_Themis](https://github.com/cossacklabs/pg_themis) - Postgres binding as extension for crypto library Themis, providing various security services on PgSQL's side.
* [pgMemento](https://github.com/pgMemento/pgMemento) - Provides an audit trail for your data inside a PostgreSQL database using triggers and server-side functions written in PL/pgSQL.
* [pgRouting](https://github.com/pgRouting/pgrouting) - pgRouting extends the PostGIS/PostgreSQL geospatial database to provide geospatial routing and other network analysis functionality.
* [PoWA](https://powa.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) - PostgreSQL Workload Analyzer gathers performance stats and provides real-time charts and graphs to help monitor and tune your PostgreSQL servers.
* [apgdiff](https://www.apgdiff.com/) - Compares two database dump files and creates output with DDL statements that can be used to update old database schema to new one.
* [pg_chameleon](https://github.com/the4thdoctor/pg_chameleon) - Real time replica from MySQL to PostgreSQL with optional type override migration and migration capabilities.
* [pgloader](https://github.com/dimitri/pgloader) - Loads data into PostgreSQL using the COPY streaming protocol, and does so with separate threads for reading and writing data.
* [sqlcheck](https://github.com/jarulraj/sqlcheck) - Automatically detects common SQL anti-patterns. Such anti-patterns often slow down queries. Addressing them will, therefore, help accelerate queries.
* [postgres-checkup](https://gitlab.com/postgres-ai/postgres-checkup) - a new-generation diagnostics tool that allows users to collect deep analysis of the health of a Postgres database.
* [Aiven PostgreSQL](https://aiven.io/postgresql) - PostgreSQL as a service in AWS, Azure, DigitalOcean, Google Cloud and UpCloud; plans range from $19/month single node instances to large highly-available setups, free trial for two weeks.
* [Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL](https://aws.amazon.com/rds/postgresql/) - Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) for PostgreSQL
* [Azure Database for PostgreSQL](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/postgresql/) - Azure Database for PostgreSQL provides fully managed, enterprise-ready community PostgreSQL database as a service. It provides builtin HA, elastic scaling and native integration with Azure ecosystem.
* [Citus Cloud](https://www.citusdata.com/product/cloud) - Production grade scaled out PostgreSQL as a service enabling real-time workloads and sharding your multi-tenant apps.
* [Compose](https://www.compose.com/databases/postgresql) - PostgreSQL as a service in AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and IBM Cloud; plans range from $17.5/month for 1GB storage and scale at $12/GB beyond that. Free trial for 30 days available.
* [Database Labs](https://www.databaselabs.io) - Get a production-ready cloud PostgreSQL server in minutes, from $20 a month Backups, monitoring, patches, and 24/7 tech support all included.
* [ElephantSQL](https://www.elephantsql.com/) - Offers databases ranging from shared servers for smaller projects and proof of concepts, up to enterprise grade multi server setups. Has free plan for up to 5 DBs, 20 MB each.
* [Google Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL](https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/postgres/) - Fully-managed database service that makes it easy to set up, maintain, manage, and administer your PostgreSQL relational databases on Google Cloud Platform. (Beta)
* [Heroku Postgres](https://elements.heroku.com/addons/heroku-postgresql) - Plans from free to huge, operated by PostgreSQL experts. Does not require running your app on Heroku. Free plan includes 10,000 rows, 20 connections, up to two backups, and has PostGIS support.
### Docker images
* [citusdata/citus](https://hub.docker.com/r/citusdata/citus/) - Citus official images with citus extensions. Based on the official Postgres container.
* [mdillon/postgis](https://hub.docker.com/r/mdillon/postgis/) - PostGIS 2.3 on Postgres 9. Based on the official Postgres container.
* [postgres](https://hub.docker.com/_/postgres/) - Official postgres container (from Docker)
* [Backup and recover a PostgreSQL DB using wal-e](https://coderwall.com/p/cwe2_a/backup-and-recover-a-postgres-db-using-wal-e) - Tutorial about setting up continuous archiving in PostgreSQL using wal-e.
* [PG Casts](https://www.pgcasts.com) - Free weekly PostgreSQL screencasts by Hashrocket.
* [Postgres Guide](http://postgresguide.com/) - Guide designed as an aid for beginners and experienced users to find specific tips and explore tools available within PostgreSQL.
* [PostgreSQL Exercises](https://pgexercises.com/) - Site to make it easy to learn PostgreSQL by doing exercises.
* [tutorialspoint PostgreSQL tutorial](http://www.tutorialspoint.com/postgresql/) - Very extensive collection of tutorials on PostgreSQL
* [PostgreSQL Primer for Busy People](https://zaiste.net/postgresql_primer_for_busy_people/) - A collection of the most common commands used in PostgreSQL
* [What PostgreSQL has over other open source SQL databases: Part I](https://www.compose.com/articles/what-postgresql-has-over-other-open-source-sql-databases/)
* [Mailing lists](https://www.postgresql.org/list/) - Official mailing lists for Postgres for support, outreach, and more. One of the primary channels of communication in the Postgres community.
