Open-Source Impact

Impact comparison of PostgreSQL ecosystem projects, mainly measured by GitHub star counts.

China PostgreSQL Ecosystem Projects

Sorted by GitHub stars in descending order. Last updated: 2026-08-13 (Beijing time).

Project	Star	Author	Type	Summary
`pgsty/pigsty`	5521	Ruohang Feng @ PGSTY	Distribution	Out-of-the-box PostgreSQL distribution
`polardb/PolarDB-for-PostgreSQL`	3191	Alibaba Cloud	Kernel	Open-source PolarDB for PostgreSQL kernel
`tensorchord/pgvecto.rs`	2181	TensorChord	Extension	Vector search extension written in Rust
`tensorchord/VectorChord`	1770	TensorChord	Extension	Next-generation vector search extension
`Tencent/TBase`	1439	Tencent Cloud	Kernel	Tencent distributed HTAP database kernel
`apache/cloudberry`	1315	HashData	Kernel	Open-source MPP data warehouse kernel
`IvorySQL/IvorySQL`	1051	HighGo	Kernel	Oracle-compatible PostgreSQL fork
`pgplex/pgschema`	995	Chen Tianzhou	Tool	Declarative Postgres schema migration CLI
`amutu/zhparser`	869	Jov	Extension	Chinese full-text parser based on SCWS
`opengauss-mirror/openGauss-server`	784	Huawei	Kernel	Early PostgreSQL 9.2 kernel fork
`HaloTech-Co-Ltd/openHalo`	437	HaloTech	Kernel	PostgreSQL kernel compatible with MySQL wire protocol
`jaiminpan/pg_jieba`	417	Pan Jiamin	Extension	Chinese full-text search extension based on Jieba
`alitrack/duckdb_fdw`	409	Li Hongyan	Extension	DuckDB foreign data wrapper
`tensorchord/VectorChord-bm25`	375	TensorChord	Extension	Native BM25 ranking index for PostgreSQL
`pgsty/pg_exporter`	359	Ruohang Feng @ PGSTY	Tool	Metrics exporter for PostgreSQL and Pgbouncer
`ChenHuajun/pg_roaringbitmap`	286	Chen Huajun @ Suning	Extension	PostgreSQL RoaringBitmap bitmap extension
`pgsty/pig`	199	Ruohang Feng @ PGSTY	Tool	PostgreSQL extension package manager
`tensorchord/pg_bestmatch.rs`	101	TensorChord	Extension	BM25 sparse-vector generation in PostgreSQL
`wublabdubdub/PDU-PostgreSQLDataUnloader`	101	Zhang Chen	Tool	PostgreSQL database rescue and unloading tool
`tensorchord/pg_tokenizer.rs`	45	TensorChord	Extension	Full-text search tokenizer extension
`jaiminpan/pg_scws`	41	Pan Jiamin	Extension	Chinese tokenizer extension based on SCWS
`pgsty/pgext`	31	Ruohang Feng @ PGSTY	Tool	PostgreSQL extension catalog and metadata tool

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PostgreSQL Distribution Impact Metrics

Sorted by GitHub stars in descending order, with commercial products that do not publish stars listed last. Last updated: 2026-08-13 (Beijing time).

Project	Star	Vendor	Type	License	Summary
CloudNativePG	9133	EDB	K8S Native	Apache-2.0	Mainstream PG Operator without Patroni dependency
Pigsty	5521	PGSTY	Linux Native	Apache-2.0	Ansible-driven integrated PostgreSQL distribution
Zalando Postgres Operator	5222	Zalando	K8S Native	MIT	Long-standing Patroni/Spilo architecture operator
PGO	4436	Crunchy Data	K8S Native	Apache-2.0	Production-grade operator with backup and monitoring
Autobase	4332	vitabaks	Linux Native	MIT	Automated deployment for Patroni/etcd/Consul
KubeBlocks	3102	ApeCloud	K8S Native	AGPL-3.0	Unified multi-database operator platform
StackGres	1426	OnGres	K8S Native	AGPL-3.0	Integrated PG operator with CRD/CLI/Web UI
Kubegres	1350	Reactive Tech	K8S Native	Apache-2.0	Minimal operator built on native streaming replication
Tembo Operator	1263	Tembo	K8S Native	Unspecified	Scenario-based stacks for PostgreSQL
pgEdge	744	pgEdge	Linux Native	PostgreSQL	Distributed PG distribution focused on Spock multi-master replication
KubeDB	733	AppsCode	K8S Native	ACL-1.0	Multi-database operator with kubectl plugin
Percona Operator for PostgreSQL	381	Percona	K8S Native	Apache-2.0	PostgreSQL operator in Percona ecosystem
EDB TPA	86	EDB	Linux Native	GPL-3.0	EDB official Ansible delivery toolkit
Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL	-	Percona	Linux Native	Multi	Integrated PostgreSQL distribution bundle
ClusterControl	-	ServerNines	Linux Native	Commercial	Multi-database deploy, monitoring, backup, and failover platform
CYBERTEC PGEE	-	CYBERTEC	Linux Native	Commercial	Enterprise PostgreSQL distribution focused on security and performance
Crunchy Postgres for Ansible	-	Crunchy Data	Linux Native	Commercial	Crunchy bare-metal/VM automation solution
EDB Postgres Advanced Server (EPAS)	-	EDB	Linux Native	Commercial	EDB flagship distribution with Oracle-compatibility features

Other Resources

Map of GitHub: Pigsty
DeepWiki: pgsty/pigsty
OSS Insight: pgsty/pigsty
OSS Insight: pgsty