xxhash

xxhash functions for PostgreSQL

Overview

PackageVersionCategoryLicenseLanguage
pg_xxhash0.0.1UTILBSD 2-ClauseC
IDExtensionBinLibLoadCreateTrustRelocSchema
4430xxhashNoYesNoYesYesYes-
Relatedhashlib shacrypt pgcrypto gzip bzip zstd http pg_net

Version

TypeRepoVersionPG VerPackageDeps
EXTPIGSTY0.0.11817161514pg_xxhash-
RPMPIGSTY0.0.11817161514pg_xxhash_$v-
DEBPIGSTY0.0.11817161514postgresql-$v-pg-xxhash-
OS / PGPG18PG17PG16PG15PG14
el8.x86_64
el8.aarch64
el9.x86_64
el9.aarch64
el10.x86_64
el10.aarch64
d12.x86_64
d12.aarch64
d13.x86_64
PIGSTY 0.0.1
PIGSTY 0.0.1
PIGSTY 0.0.1
PIGSTY 0.0.1
PIGSTY 0.0.1
d13.aarch64
PIGSTY 0.0.1
PIGSTY 0.0.1
PIGSTY 0.0.1
PIGSTY 0.0.1
PIGSTY 0.0.1
u22.x86_64
PIGSTY 0.0.1
PIGSTY 0.0.1
PIGSTY 0.0.1
PIGSTY 0.0.1
PIGSTY 0.0.1
u22.aarch64
PIGSTY 0.0.1
PIGSTY 0.0.1
PIGSTY 0.0.1
PIGSTY 0.0.1
PIGSTY 0.0.1
u24.x86_64
PIGSTY 0.0.1
PIGSTY 0.0.1
PIGSTY 0.0.1
PIGSTY 0.0.1
PIGSTY 0.0.1
u24.aarch64
PIGSTY 0.0.1
PIGSTY 0.0.1
PIGSTY 0.0.1
PIGSTY 0.0.1
PIGSTY 0.0.1

Build

You can build the RPM / DEB packages for pg_xxhash using pig build:

pig build pkg pg_xxhash         # build RPM / DEB packages

Install

You can install pg_xxhash directly. First, make sure the PGDG and PIGSTY repositories are added and enabled:

pig repo add pgsql -u          # Add repo and update cache

Install the extension using pig or apt/yum/dnf:

pig install pg_xxhash;          # Install for current active PG version
pig ext install -y pg_xxhash -v 18  # PG 18
pig ext install -y pg_xxhash -v 17  # PG 17
pig ext install -y pg_xxhash -v 16  # PG 16
pig ext install -y pg_xxhash -v 15  # PG 15
pig ext install -y pg_xxhash -v 14  # PG 14
dnf install -y pg_xxhash_18       # PG 18
dnf install -y pg_xxhash_17       # PG 17
dnf install -y pg_xxhash_16       # PG 16
dnf install -y pg_xxhash_15       # PG 15
dnf install -y pg_xxhash_14       # PG 14
apt install -y postgresql-18-pg-xxhash   # PG 18
apt install -y postgresql-17-pg-xxhash   # PG 17
apt install -y postgresql-16-pg-xxhash   # PG 16
apt install -y postgresql-15-pg-xxhash   # PG 15
apt install -y postgresql-14-pg-xxhash   # PG 14

Create Extension:

CREATE EXTENSION xxhash;

Usage

xxhash: xxHash hash functions for PostgreSQL

Provides xxHash non-cryptographic hash functions that return hex strings or bytea.

Text Output Functions

SELECT xxh32('https://example.com');     -- 'ba15a4a8'
SELECT xxh64('https://example.com');     -- 'b131752760b48654'
SELECT xxh3_64('https://example.com');   -- '9398cc7c078760e6'
SELECT xxh128('https://example.com');    -- '4879d6aa9d88e9c7a169c008892d4829'

Binary Output Functions

SELECT xxh32b('https://example.com');    -- \xba15a4a8
SELECT xxh64b('https://example.com');    -- \xb131752760b48654
SELECT xxh3_64b('https://example.com');  -- \x9398cc7c078760e6
SELECT xxh128b('https://example.com');   -- \x4879d6aa9d88e9c7a169c008892d4829

Available Functions

FunctionBitsOutput
xxh32(text)32hex text
xxh64(text)64hex text
xxh3_64(text)64hex text
xxh128(text)128hex text
xxh32b(text)32bytea
xxh64b(text)64bytea
xxh3_64b(text)64bytea
xxh128b(text)128bytea

Last Modified 2026-03-12: add pg extension catalog (95749bf)