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dhamaniasad/awesome-postgres

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TLDR

A community-maintained reference list of the best PostgreSQL tools, libraries, GUI clients, monitoring solutions, backup utilities, and learning resources, organized by category for quick discovery.

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    Tool Categories
      High availability
      Backup and restore
      GUI clients
      Monitoring
    Extensions
      Performance tools
      Geospatial
      Full-text search
    Learning Resources
      Tutorials
      Blogs and newsletters
      Community forums
    Audience
      Developers
      Database admins
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USE CASE 1

Find a free GUI tool for browsing and editing a PostgreSQL database without writing SQL commands.

USE CASE 2

Discover backup tools that can automatically sync Postgres database snapshots to Amazon S3 or Google Cloud Storage.

USE CASE 3

Locate a monitoring solution that tracks slow queries and connection pool usage in a production Postgres database.

USE CASE 4

Find the official language binding or ORM for PostgreSQL in the programming language you are already using.

Tech stack

PostgreSQL

Getting it running

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

In plain English

dhamaniasad/awesome-postgres is a curated reference list of software, libraries, tools, and resources related to PostgreSQL, a widely used open-source database system. It follows the "awesome list" format common on GitHub: a single document organized into categories, where each entry is a short link with a one-line description. The list is community-maintained, and contributions are accepted through pull requests. PostgreSQL, often called Postgres, is a relational database that stores data in structured tables and supports complex queries. It is known for its reliability, depth of features, and being entirely free and open-source. The tools in this list extend or complement it in various ways. The categories cover a wide range of use cases. High-availability tools help keep a database running without interruption if a server fails. Backup tools handle saving and restoring data to cloud storage like Amazon S3 or Google Cloud. GUI tools provide visual interfaces for browsing and editing data, from free options like DBeaver and Beekeeper Studio to commercial products like DataGrip. Other sections cover monitoring, performance optimization, database extensions, language bindings for specific programming languages, and hosted Postgres platforms that manage infrastructure for you. There are also resource sections with links to tutorials, blogs, newsletters, videos, and community forums for people learning or working with Postgres. This is not software you install or run. It is a reference index for discovering tools in the PostgreSQL ecosystem. The full README is longer than what was shown.

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Prompt 1
I need a free, open-source PostgreSQL GUI that works on macOS and lets me browse tables, run queries, and view ERDs. Based on the awesome-postgres list, which tool should I try first and how do I install it?
Prompt 2
What are the best options from the awesome-postgres list for setting up continuous Postgres backups to S3 with point-in-time recovery? Compare two options.
Prompt 3
I want to add pg_stat_statements to monitor slow queries on my Postgres database. Walk me through enabling it in postgresql.conf and querying it to find the top 10 slowest queries.
Prompt 4
From the awesome-postgres extensions list, which extension would help me run geospatial queries on location data, and what does the basic setup look like?
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