pgdogdev/pgdog
PostgreSQL connection pooler, load balancer and database sharder.
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Where it stands
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5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 10 days ago, with 81 contributors on GitHub.
Peaked at #30 in the weekly ranking the week of Mar 8, its best in the past year.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides a Rust-based proxy for PostgreSQL that offers connection pooling, load balancing, and database sharding to scale database deployments.
- Delivers advanced query parsing and routing with native PostgreSQL protocol understanding, enabling efficient transaction pooling, load balancing, and cross-shard query handling.
- Use for managing high-concurrency PostgreSQL workloads with efficient connection pooling and transaction state handling on commodity hardware.
- Use for deploying scalable PostgreSQL clusters with automatic load balancing and failover across primary and replica nodes in cloud or Kubernetes environments.
- Use for implementing sharded PostgreSQL databases with transparent query routing, cross-shard aggregation, two-phase commit support, and online resharding without downtime.
Should you depend on it?
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License
AGPL 3.0
Network copyleft: like the GPL, and also triggered by offering the software over a network.
Community files
- README: present
- Contributing guide: present
Watch-outs
- AGPL-style copyleft also applies when the software is offered over a network.
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From the README
PgDog is a proxy for scaling PostgreSQL. It supports connection pooling, load balancing queries and sharding entire databases. Written in Rust, PgDog is fast, secure and can manage thousands of connections on commodity hardware.
📘 PgDog documentation can be found here. Any questions? Chat with us on Discord.
Daily snapshots
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Forks
306+69
Open issues
272+107
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| pgdogdev/pgdog | 5.6K | — | 59 | 10 days ago |
| Category median | 38.7K | +399 | 60 | — |
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