Standard PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL is a powerful, open-source object-relational database system renowned for its robustness, feature set, and high performance. It strongly adheres to SQL standards and offers extensive extensibility, allowing users to define their own data types, functions, and operators, making it…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 1996
- Category
- technology
- Problem solved
- The precursor to PostgreSQL, the POSTGRES project, was created to address the limitations of traditional relational database systems (like Ingres) in handling complex data types, object-oriented concepts, and extensible rule systems. It aimed to provide a more flexible and powerful database platform capable of supporting next-generation applications and user-defined functionality that strict relational models struggled with, while also offering strong data integrity and open-source availability.
- Platforms
- Linux, Other Unix-like systems, Solaris, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, macOS, Windows
Related technologies
- Kubernetes
- Business Intelligence and analytics tools (e.g., Tableau, Metabase)
- Python (e.g., Django, Flask, SQLAlchemy)
- Java (e.g., Spring Boot, Hibernate)
- Geospatial applications (PostGIS extension)
- PHP (e.g., Laravel)
- Docker
- Ruby on Rails
- Cloud providers (e.g., AWS RDS, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, Google Cloud SQL)
- Node.js (e.g., Express, Sequelize, TypeORM)
Notable users
- Netflix
- Many government agencies and financial institutions
- Spotify
- Uber
- Deliveroo
- Apple
- Lyft
- Instagram (historically, though now highly distributed)